Minister of Works (New Zealand) explained

The Minister of Works was a former ministerial position in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Ministry of Works and Development.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Works.

Key

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	William Gisborne		27 September 1870	2 December 1871		Fox
	2	John Davies Ormond		2 December 1871	10 September 1872
	3	Thomas Gillies		10 September 1872	11 October 1872		Stafford
	(2)	John Davies Ormond		11 October 1872	29 October 1872		Waterhouse
	4	Edward Richardson		29 October 1872	4 January 1877	height=36 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"
						Fox
						Vogel
						Pollen
						Vogel
height=36 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"							Atkinson
	(2)	John Davies Ormond		4 January 1877	13 October 1877
	5	William Larnach		13 October 1877	5 March 1878		Grey
	6	James Macandrew		5 March 1878	8 October 1879
	7	Richard Oliver		8 October 1879	31 May 1880		Hall
	8	Walter Woods Johnston		21 April 1882	23 November 1883		Whitaker
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		9	Edwin Mitchelson		23 November 1883	16 August 1884
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Atkinson
	(4)	Edward Richardson		16 August 1884	28 August 1884		Stout
	(9)	Edwin Mitchelson		28 August 1884	3 September 1884		Atkinson
	(4)	Edward Richardson		3 September 1884	8 October 1887		Stout
	(9)	Edwin Mitchelson		11 October 1887	17 October 1889		Atkinson
	10	Thomas Fergus		17 October 1889	24 January 1891
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		11	Richard Seddon		24 January 1891	2 March 1896		Ballance
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Seddon
	12	William Hall-Jones		2 March 1896	30 November 1908	height=35 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"
height=15 style="color:inherit;background:"							Hall-Jones
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"							Ward
	13	Roderick McKenzie		6 January 1909	28 March 1912
	14	William MacDonald		28 March 1912	10 July 1912		Mackenzie
	15	William Fraser		10 July 1912	3 April 1920		Massey
	16	Gordon Coates		3 April 1920	12 June 1926	height=40 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"
height=15 style="color:inherit;background:"							Bell
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"							Coates
	17	Kenneth Williams		12 June 1926	10 December 1928
	18	Alfred Ransom		10 December 1928	28 May 1930		Ward
	19	William Taverner		28 May 1930	22 September 1931		Forbes
	(16)	Gordon Coates		22 September 1931	10 April 1933
	20	John Bitchener		10 April 1933	6 December 1935
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		21	Bob Semple		6 December 1935	21 January 1941		Savage
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Fraser
	22	Tim Armstrong		21 January 1941	8 November 1942
	(21)	Bob Semple		8 November 1942	13 December 1949
	23	Stan Goosman		13 December 1949	12 December 1957		Holland
						Holyoake
	24	Hugh Watt		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	(23)	Stan Goosman		12 December 1960	20 December 1963		Holyoake
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		25	Percy Allen		20 December 1963	8 December 1972
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Marshall
	(24)	Hugh Watt		8 December 1972	29 August 1974		Kirk
	26	Arthur Faulkner		29 August 1974	10 September 1974
	(24)	Hugh Watt		10 September 1974	13 March 1975		Rowling
	27	Mick Connelly		13 March 1975	12 December 1975
	28	Bill Young		12 December 1975	11 December 1981		Muldoon
	29	Derek Quigley		11 December 1981	15 June 1982
	30	Tony Friedlander		15 June 1982	26 July 1984
	31	Fraser Colman		26 July 1984	15 August 1987		Lange
	32	Richard Prebble		15 August 1987	8 November 1988
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		33	Bill Jeffries		8 November 1988	9 February 1990
height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Palmer
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		34	Peter Neilson		9 February 1990	2 November 1990
height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Moore
	35	Doug Kidd		2 November 1990	3 October 1991		Bolger
	36	Maurice McTigue		3 October 1991	1 July 1993
	37	Wyatt Creech		1 July 1993	21 December 1993

References

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