Minister of Marine (New Zealand)

The Minister of Marine in New Zealand was a former cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be responsible for New Zealand's aquaculture and fishing industries. Similar duties are performed today by the Minister of Fisheries.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Marine.

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	1	William Larnach		5 January 1885	9 August 1887	width=1 rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Stout
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	2	Julius Vogel		9 August 1887	8 October 1887
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	3	Harry Atkinson		8 October 1887	24 January 1891	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Atkinson
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	4	Richard Seddon		3 June 1892	1 May 1893	style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Ballance
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	5	Patrick Buckley		1 May 1893	13 October 1893	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Seddon
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	6	Joseph Ward		13 October 1893	16 June 1896
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	7	William Hall-Jones		16 June 1896	6 August 1906
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Hall-Jones
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	8	John A. Millar		6 August 1906	28 March 1912	style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Ward
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	9	George Laurenson		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"|	10	Francis Fisher		10 July 1912	7 January 1915	rowspan=7 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	Massey
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	11	William Herries		19 February 1915	12 August 1915
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	12	Robert McNab		12 August 1915	3 February 1917†
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	13	George Warren Russell		20 August 1917	14 November 1917
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	14	Thomas Wilford		14 November 1917	22 August 1919
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	(11)	William Herries		4 September 1919	7 February 1921
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	15	Francis Bell		1 March 1921	21 February 1922
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	16	George Anderson		21 February 1922	24 August 1928	height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|
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"|	(15)	Francis Bell		24 August 1928	10 December 1928		style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	17	John Cobbe		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"|	18	James Donald		28 May 1930	22 September 1931	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	Forbes
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	(17)	John Cobbe		22 September 1931	6 December 1935
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	19	Peter Fraser		6 December 1935	30 April 1940	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"|						style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	Fraser
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	20	Bob Semple		30 April 1940	12 June 1940	rowspan=5 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	21	Gervan McMillan		12 June 1940	21 January 1941
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	(20)	Bob Semple		21 January 1941	19 December 1942
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	22	James O'Brien		19 December 1942	28 September 1947
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	23	Fred Hackett		28 September 1947	13 December 1949
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	24	Stan Goosman		13 December 1949	26 November 1954	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holland
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	25	John McAlpine		26 November 1954	13 February 1957
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	26	Geoff Gerard		13 February 1957	12 December 1957
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	27	Bill Fox		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"|	(25)	John McAlpine		12 December 1960	2 May 1961	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	(26)	Geoff Gerard		2 May 1961	20 December 1963
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	28	Jack Scott		20 December 1963	22 December 1969
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	29	Allan McCready		22 December 1969	9 February 1972
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	30	Peter Gordon		9 February 1972	8 December 1972	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Marshall

See also

• Aquaculture in New Zealand
• Fishing industry in New Zealand

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)