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[]

• Aquaculture in New Zealand
• Fishing industry in New Zealand

Notes[]

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.