The Minister of Lands in New Zealand was a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Department of Lands and Survey.
List of ministers
The following ministers held the office of Minister of Lands.[1]
- Key
Independent Liberal Reform United Labour National
No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Tancred | 19 August 1858 | 12 July 1861 | Stafford | |||
2 | William Gisborne | 2 August 1861 | 6 August 1862 | Fox | |||
3 | Walter Mantell | 6 August 1862 | 21 August 1862 | Domett | |||
4 | Alfred Domett | 22 August 1862 | 30 October 1863 | ||||
5 | Thomas Gillies | 30 October 1863 | 13 January 1864 | Whitaker | |||
(4) | Alfred Domett[nb 1] | 13 January 1864 | 24 November 1864 | ||||
Office not in use | |||||||
6 | William Fitzherbert | 10 September 1872 | 11 October 1872 | Stafford | |||
7 | Maurice O'Rorke | 11 October 1872 | 13 August 1874 | Waterhouse | |||
Fox | |||||||
Vogel | |||||||
8 | Harry Atkinson | 7 September 1874 | 1 September 1876 | ||||
Pollen | |||||||
Vogel | |||||||
9 | John Davies Ormond | 1 September 1876 | 13 September 1876 | Atkinson | |||
(8) | Harry Atkinson | 13 September 1876 | 4 January 1877 | ||||
10 | Donald Reid | 4 January 1877 | 13 October 1877 | ||||
11 | James Macandrew | 15 October 1877 | 25 July 1878 | Grey | |||
12 | Robert Stout | 25 July 1878 | 25 June 1879 | ||||
13 | William Gisborne | 25 June 1879 | 15 July 1879 | ||||
14 | James William Thomson | 15 July 1879 | 8 October 1879 | ||||
15 | William Rolleston | 8 October 1879 | 16 August 1884 | Hall | |||
Whitaker | |||||||
Atkinson | |||||||
(11) | James Macandrew | 16 August 1884 | 28 August 1884 | Stout | |||
16 | Richmond Hursthouse | 28 August 1884 | 3 September 1884 | Atkinson | |||
17 | John Ballance | 3 September 1884 | 8 October 1887 | Stout | |||
18 | George Richardson | 8 October 1887 | 24 January 1891 | Atkinson | |||
19 | John McKenzie | 24 January 1891 | 27 June 1900 | Ballance | |||
Seddon | |||||||
20 | Thomas Young Duncan | 2 July 1900 | 6 August 1906 | ||||
Hall-Jones | |||||||
21 | Robert McNab | 6 August 1906 | 30 November 1908 | Ward | |||
22 | Joseph Ward | 1 December 1908 | 28 March 1912 | ||||
23 | Thomas Mackenzie | 28 March 1912 | 10 July 1912 | Mackenzie | |||
24 | William Massey | 10 July 1912 | 27 February 1918 | Massey | |||
25 | David Guthrie | 27 February 1918 | 25 June 1924 | ||||
26 | Alex McLeod | 25 June 1924 | 28 November 1928 | ||||
Bell | |||||||
Coates | |||||||
27 | Kenneth Williams | 28 November 1928 | 10 December 1928 | ||||
28 | George Forbes | 10 December 1928 | 28 May 1930 | Ward | |||
29 | Alfred Ransom | 28 May 1930 | 6 December 1935 | Forbes | |||
30 | Frank Langstone | 6 December 1935 | 21 December 1942 | Savage | |||
Fraser | |||||||
31 | Jim Barclay | 7 July 1943 | 18 October 1943 | ||||
32 | Jerry Skinner | 29 October 1943 | 26 November 1949 | ||||
33 | Ernest Corbett | 13 December 1949 | 26 September 1957 | Holland | |||
34 | Geoff Gerard | 26 September 1957 | 12 December 1957 | ||||
Holyoake | |||||||
(32) | Jerry Skinner | 12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Nash | |||
(34) | Geoff Gerard | 12 December 1960 | 12 December 1966 | Holyoake | |||
35 | Duncan MacIntyre | 12 December 1966 | 8 December 1972 | ||||
Marshall | |||||||
36 | Matiu Rata | 8 December 1972 | 12 December 1975 | Kirk | |||
Rowling | |||||||
37 | Venn Young | 12 December 1975 | 11 December 1981 | Muldoon | |||
38 | Jonathan Elworthy | 11 December 1981 | 26 July 1984 | ||||
39 | Koro Wētere | 26 July 1984 | 16 September 1987 | Lange | |||
40 | Peter Tapsell | 16 September 1987 | 2 November 1990 | ||||
Palmer | |||||||
Moore | |||||||
41 | Rob Storey | 2 November 1990 | 2 November 1993 | Bolger | |||
42 | Denis Marshall | 2 November 1993 | 10 December 1996 | ||||
43 | John Luxton | 10 December 1996 | 31 August 1998 |
Table footnotes:
Notes
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 61–98.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 62.