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 marine transport, aquaculture and fishing industries and in charge of the New Zealand Marine Department. The portfolio was abolished in 1972 with responsibilities split between the Minister of Transport (marine transport) and Minister of Agriculture (aquaculture and fishing). Similar duties are performed today by the Minister of Transport and Minister of Fisheries.

List of ministers

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

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 George Grey 9 April 1878 10 October 1879 Grey
2 Harry Atkinson 10 October 1879 21 April 1882 Hall
3 George Morris 20 August 1884 28 August 1884 Stout
4 William Larnach 5 January 1885 9 August 1887
5 Julius Vogel 9 August 1887 8 October 1887
(2) Harry Atkinson 8 October 1887 24 January 1891 Atkinson
6 Richard Seddon 3 June 1892 1 May 1893 Ballance
7 Patrick Buckley 1 May 1893 13 October 1893 Seddon
8 Joseph Ward 13 October 1893 16 June 1896
9 William Hall-Jones 16 June 1896 6 August 1906
Hall-Jones
10 John A. Millar 6 August 1906 28 March 1912 Ward
11 George Laurenson 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie
12 Francis Fisher 10 July 1912 7 January 1915 Massey
13 William Herries 19 February 1915 12 August 1915
14 Robert McNab 12 August 1915 3 February 1917†
15 George Warren Russell 20 August 1917 14 November 1917
16 Thomas Wilford 14 November 1917 22 August 1919
(13) William Herries 4 September 1919 7 February 1921
17 Francis Bell 1 March 1921 21 February 1922
18 George Anderson 21 February 1922 24 August 1928
Bell
Coates
(17) Francis Bell 24 August 1928 10 December 1928
19 John Cobbe 10 December 1928 28 May 1930 Ward
20 James Donald 28 May 1930 22 September 1931 Forbes
(19) John Cobbe 22 September 1931 6 December 1935
21 Peter Fraser 6 December 1935 30 April 1940 Savage
Fraser
22 Bob Semple 30 April 1940 12 June 1940
23 Gervan McMillan 12 June 1940 21 January 1941
(22) Bob Semple 21 January 1941 19 December 1942
24 James O'Brien 19 December 1942 28 September 1947
25 Fred Hackett 28 September 1947 13 December 1949
26 Stan Goosman 13 December 1949 26 November 1954 Holland
27 John McAlpine 26 November 1954 13 February 1957
28 Geoff Gerard 13 February 1957 12 December 1957
Holyoake
29 Bill Fox 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
(27) John McAlpine 12 December 1960 2 May 1961 Holyoake
(28) Geoff Gerard 2 May 1961 20 December 1963
30 Jack Scott 20 December 1963 22 December 1969
31 Allan McCready 22 December 1969 9 February 1972
32 Peter Gordon 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall

See also

Notes
  1. Wilson 1985, pp. 63–98; 125.

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.
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