Minister of Statistics (New Zealand)

Minister of Statistics
Minister of Statistics
	Coat of arms of New Zealand
	Flag of New Zealand
	Incumbent; Hon James Shaw; since 26 October 2017
	Statistics New Zealand
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand; Executive Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	February 1922
First holder	William Downie Stewart Jr; as Minister in charge of the Department of Statistics
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Statistics in New Zealand is a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility of Statistics New Zealand.

The current minister is James Shaw.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Statistics.^[2]

Key

Reform United Labour National Alliance Green

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	1	William Downie Stewart Jr		February 1922	27 June 1923	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"\|	2	Richard Bollard		27 June 1923	February 1927	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"\|	3	Māui Pōmare		February 1927	10 December 1928	Coates	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	4	Philip De La Perrelle		10 December 1928	22 September 1931	style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color;"\|	Ward
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"\|	4	Philip De La Perrelle		10 December 1928	22 September 1931	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color;"\|	Forbes
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color;"\|	5	Adam Hamilton		22 September 1931	6 December 1935	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color;"\|	Forbes
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	6	Walter Nash		6 December 1935	13 December 1949	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Savage
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	6	Walter Nash		6 December 1935	13 December 1949	Fraser
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	7	Jack Marshall		13 December 1949	26 November 1954	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Holland
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	8	Jack Watts		26 November 1954	12 December 1957	height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Holland
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	8	Jack Watts		26 November 1954	12 December 1957	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	(6)	Walter Nash		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"\|	9	Harry Lake		12 December 1960	21 February 1967	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Holyoake
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	10	Robert Muldoon		4 March 1967	8 December 1972
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|						Marshall
style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	11	Bill Rowling		8 December 1972	10 September 1974	width=1 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"\|	Kirk
style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	12	Mick Connelly		10 September 1974	12 December 1975	width=1 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"\|	Rowling
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	13	Peter Wilkinson		12 December 1975	8 March 1977	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Muldoon
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	14	Hugh Templeton		8 March 1977	11 December 1981
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	15	John Falloon		11 December 1981	26 July 1984
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	16	Bob Tizard		26 July 1984	24 August 1987	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Lange
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	17	Margaret Shields		24 August 1987	2 November 1990		Lange
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"\|	Palmer
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|						Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	18	Rob Storey		2 November 1990	1 July 1993	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Bolger
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	19	Maurice Williamson		1 July 1993	10 December 1999		Bolger
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	19	Maurice Williamson		1 July 1993	10 December 1999	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Shipley
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	20	Paul Swain		10 December 1999	13 November 2000	rowspan=7 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Clark
style="background:Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/color"\|	21	Laila Harré		13 November 2000	15 August 2002
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	22	John Tamihere		15 August 2002	15 October 2004
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	-	Michael Cullen Acting Minister		15 October 2004	21 December 2004
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	23	Pete Hodgson		21 December 2004	19 October 2005
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	24	Clayton Cosgrove		19 October 2005	5 November 2007
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	25	Darren Hughes		5 November 2007	19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	(19)	Maurice Williamson		19 November 2008	1 May 2014	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	Key
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	26	Nicky Wagner		7 May 2014	8 October 2014
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	27	Craig Foss	File:Craig Foss.jpg	16 October 2014	20 December 2016
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	27	Craig Foss	File:Craig Foss.jpg	16 October 2014	20 December 2016	English
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	28	Mark Mitchell		20 December 2016	2 May 2017
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"\|	29	Scott Simpson		2 May 2017	26 October 2017
style="background:Template:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand/meta/color"\|	30	James Shaw		26 October 2017	present	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"\|	Ardern

Notes

^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 93–97, 131–2.

References

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

[1] "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[FOOTNOTEWilson198593–97,_131–2-2] Wilson 1985, pp. 93–97, 131–2.

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