Minister of Industries and Commerce

The Minister of Industries and Commerce in New Zealand is a former cabinet position (existing from 1894 to 1972) appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of matters of industrial and commercial growth and trade. In 1972 it was merged with the Trade portfolio.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Colour key (for political parties)
Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	1	Joseph Ward		20 January 1894	2 March 1896	rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Seddon
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	2	Thomas Thompson		2 March 1896	21 December 1899
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	(1)	Joseph Ward		21 December 1899	23 November 1906	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"|	3	James McGowan		23 November 1906	6 January 1909		rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	4	Thomas Mackenzie		6 January 1909	10 July 1912
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Mackenzie
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	5	William Fraser		10 July 1912	26 July 1912	rowspan=3 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	Massey
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	6	William Massey		26 July 1912	22 June 1920
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	7	Ernest Lee		22 June 1920	13 January 1923
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	8	William Downie Stewart		13 January 1923	24 May 1926	height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|						Bell
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|						Coates
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	9	Alexander McLeod		24 May 1926	28 November 1928		rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	10	Alexander Young		28 November 1928	10 December 1928
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	11	John Cobbe		10 December 1928	18 December 1929	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	Ward
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	12	James Donald		18 December 1929	28 May 1930
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	13	Philip De La Perrelle		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"|	14	Robert Masters		22 September 1931	6 December 1935
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	15	Dan Sullivan		6 December 1935	8 April 1947	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;"|	16	Arnold Nordmeyer		29 May 1947	12 December 1949	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	17	Charles Bowden		12 December 1949	19 December 1950	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holland
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	18	Jack Watts		19 December 1950	26 November 1954
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	19	Dean Eyre		26 November 1954	23 March 1956
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	20	Eric Halstead		23 March 1956	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"|	21	Phil Holloway		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"|	22	Jack Marshall		12 December 1960	22 December 1969	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	23	Norman Shelton		22 December 1969	9 February 1972
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	24	Brian Talboys		9 February 1972	8 December 1972	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Marshall

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)