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 replaced with the new office of Minister of Trade and Industry.

List of ministers

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The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Industries and Commerce.[1]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Joseph Ward   20 January 1894 2 March 1896 Seddon
2 Thomas Thompson   2 March 1896 21 December 1899
(1) Joseph Ward   21 December 1899 23 November 1906
Hall-Jones
Ward
3 James McGowan   23 November 1906 6 January 1909
4 Thomas Mackenzie   6 January 1909 10 July 1912
Mackenzie
5 William Fraser   10 July 1912 26 July 1912 Massey
6 William Massey   26 July 1912 22 June 1920
7 Ernest Lee   22 June 1920 13 January 1923
8 William Downie Stewart   13 January 1923 24 May 1926
Bell
Coates
9 Alex McLeod   24 May 1926 28 November 1928
10 Alexander Young   28 November 1928 10 December 1928
11 John Cobbe   10 December 1928 18 December 1929 Ward
12 James Donald   18 December 1929 28 May 1930
13 Philip De La Perrelle   28 May 1930 22 September 1931 Forbes
14 Robert Masters   22 September 1931 6 December 1935
15 Dan Sullivan   6 December 1935 8 April 1947 Savage
Fraser
16 Arnold Nordmeyer   29 May 1947 12 December 1949
17 Charles Bowden   12 December 1949 19 December 1950 Holland
18 Jack Watts   19 December 1950 26 November 1954
19 Dean Eyre   26 November 1954 23 March 1956
20 Eric Halstead   23 March 1956 12 December 1957
Holyoake
21 Phil Holloway   12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
22 Jack Marshall   12 December 1960 22 December 1969 Holyoake
23 Norman Shelton   22 December 1969 9 February 1972
24 Brian Talboys   9 February 1972 24 October 1972 Marshall

Notes

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  1. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97.

References

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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.