Minister of Mines (New Zealand)

The Minister of Mines in New Zealand was a former cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be responsible for New Zealand's mining industries. The portfolio was abolished in 1977 and its responsibilities were assumed by the Minister of Energy.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Mines.

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		5 July 1879	8 October 1879	width=1 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Grey
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	2	William Rolleston		15 December 1880	16 August 1884	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Hall
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|						Whitaker
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|						Atkinson
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	3	James Macandrew		16 August 1884	28 August 1884	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Stout
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	4	William Larnach		5 January 1885	8 October 1887
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	5	George Richardson		8 October 1887	17 October 1889	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Atkinson
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	6	Thomas Fergus		17 October 1889	24 January 1891
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	7	Richard Seddon		24 January 1891	6 September 1893	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; 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"|						rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Seddon
style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	8	Alfred Cadman		6 September 1893	21 December 1899
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	9	James McGowan		21 December 1899	6 January 1909	height=15 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
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"|	10	Roderick McKenzie		6 January 1909	28 March 1912		style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	11	James Colvin		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"|	12	William Fraser		10 July 1912	12 August 1915	rowspan=4 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	Massey
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	13	William MacDonald		12 August 1915	22 August 1919
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	(12)	William Fraser		4 September 1919	27 July 1920
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	14	William Massey		3 April 1920	15 April 1921
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	15	George Anderson		15 April 1921	28 November 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"|	16	Gordon Coates		28 November 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	Bill Veitch		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	Alfred Murdoch		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"|	19	David Jones		22 September 1931	8 January 1932
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	20	Charles MacMillan		8 January 1932	6 December 1935
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	21	Paddy Webb		6 December 1935	27 June 1946	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;"|	22	James O'Brien		27 June 1946	19 December 1946	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;"|	23	Angus McLagan		19 December 1946	13 December 1949
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	24	Bill Sullivan		13 December 1949	13 February 1957	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holland
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	25	John McAlpine		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"|	26	Fred Hackett		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"|	27	Tom Shand		12 December 1960	11 December 1969	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	28	Norman Shelton		22 December 1969	7 February 1972
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	29	Les Gandar		7 February 1972	8 December 1972	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Marshall
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	30	Fraser Colman		8 December 1972	12 December 1975	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Kirk
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						Rowling
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	31	Eric Holland		12 December 1975	8 March 1977	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Muldoon
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	32	George Gair		8 March 1977	6 October 1977

See also

• Mining 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)