Minister of Works (New Zealand)

The Minister of Works in New Zealand was a former cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Ministry of Works and Development.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Works.^[1]

Key

Independent Liberal Reform United Labour National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	1	William Gisborne		27 September 1870	2 December 1871	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Fox
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	2	John Davies Ormond		2 December 1871	10 September 1872		Fox
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	3	Thomas Gillies		10 September 1872	11 October 1872	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Stafford
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	(2)	John Davies Ormond		11 October 1872	29 October 1872	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Waterhouse
rowspan=6 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	4	Edward Richardson		29 October 1872	4 January 1877	height=36 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Waterhouse
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|						Fox
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|						Vogel
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|						Pollen
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|						Vogel
height=36 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|						Atkinson
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	(2)	John Davies Ormond		4 January 1877	13 October 1877	Atkinson	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	5	William Larnach		13 October 1877	5 March 1878	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Grey
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	6	James Macandrew		5 March 1878	8 October 1879		Grey
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	7	Richard Oliver		8 October 1879	31 May 1880	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Hall
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	8	Walter Woods Johnston		21 April 1882	23 November 1883	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Whitaker
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	9	Edwin Mitchelson		23 November 1883	16 August 1884		Whitaker
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	9	Edwin Mitchelson		23 November 1883	16 August 1884	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Atkinson
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	(4)	Edward Richardson		16 August 1884	28 August 1884	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Stout
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	(9)	Edwin Mitchelson		28 August 1884	3 September 1884	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Atkinson
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	(4)	Edward Richardson		3 September 1884	8 October 1887	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Stout
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	(9)	Edwin Mitchelson		11 October 1887	17 October 1889	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Atkinson
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	10	Thomas Fergus		17 October 1889	24 January 1891		Atkinson
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|	11	Richard Seddon		24 January 1891	2 March 1896	style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color;"\|	Ballance
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|	11	Richard Seddon		24 January 1891	2 March 1896	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color;"\|	Seddon
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|	12	William Hall-Jones		2 March 1896	30 November 1908	height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|	Seddon
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|						Hall-Jones
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|						Ward
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|	13	Roderick McKenzie		6 January 1909	28 March 1912	Ward	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|	14	William MacDonald		28 March 1912	10 July 1912	style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"\|	Mackenzie
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	15	William Fraser		10 July 1912	3 April 1920	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	Massey
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	16	Gordon Coates		3 April 1920	12 June 1926	height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	Massey
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|						Bell
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|						Coates
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	17	Kenneth Williams		12 June 1926	10 December 1928	Coates	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	18	Alfred Ransom		10 December 1928	28 May 1930	style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	Ward
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	19	William Burgoyne Taverner		28 May 1930	22 September 1931	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	Forbes
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	(16)	Gordon Coates		22 September 1931	10 April 1933
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	20	John Bitchener		10 April 1933	6 December 1935
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	21	Bob Semple		6 December 1935	21 January 1941	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"\|	Savage
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	21	Bob Semple		6 December 1935	21 January 1941	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"\|	Fraser
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"\|	22	Tim Armstrong		21 January 1941	8 November 1942	rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"\|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"\|	(21)	Bob Semple		8 November 1942	13 December 1949
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	23	Stan Goosman		13 December 1949	12 December 1957	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Holland
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	23	Stan Goosman		13 December 1949	12 December 1957	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	24	Hugh Watt		12 December 1957	12 December 1960	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Nash
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	(23)	Stan Goosman		12 December 1960	20 December 1963	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Holyoake
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	25	Percy Allen		20 December 1963	8 December 1972		Holyoake
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	25	Percy Allen		20 December 1963	8 December 1972	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Marshall
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	(24)	Hugh Watt		8 December 1972	29 August 1974	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Kirk
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	26	Arthur Faulkner		29 August 1974	10 September 1974		Kirk
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	(24)	Hugh Watt		10 September 1974	13 March 1975	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Rowling
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	27	Mick Connelly		13 March 1975	12 December 1975		Rowling
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	28	Bill Young		12 December 1975	11 December 1981	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Muldoon
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	29	Derek Quigley		11 December 1981	15 June 1982
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	30	Tony Friedlander		15 June 1982	26 July 1984
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	31	Fraser Colman		26 July 1984	15 August 1987	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Lange
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	32	Richard Prebble	File:Richard Prebble.jpg	15 August 1987	8 November 1988
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	33	Bill Jeffries		8 November 1988	9 February 1990
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	33	Bill Jeffries		8 November 1988	9 February 1990	Palmer
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	34	Peter Neilson		9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Palmer
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	34	Peter Neilson		9 February 1990	2 November 1990	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	35	Doug Kidd		2 November 1990	3 October 1991	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Bolger
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	36	Maurice McTigue		3 October 1991	1 July 1993
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	37	Wyatt Creech		1 July 1993	21 December 1993

Notes

^ Wilson 1985, pp. 63–98.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[FOOTNOTEWilson198563–98-1] Wilson 1985, pp. 63–98.

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