Minister of Statistics (New Zealand)
| Minister of Statistics | |
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| Statistics New Zealand | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | February 1922 |
| First holder | William Downie Stewart Jr as Minister in charge of the Department of Statistics |
| Salary | $288,900[1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The Minister of Statistics in New Zealand is a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility of Statistics New Zealand.
The current minister is David Clark.
List of ministers[]
The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Statistics.[2]
- Key
Reform United Labour National Alliance Green
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Downie Stewart Jr | 
|
February 1922 | 27 June 1923 | Massey | ||
| 2 | Richard Bollard | 
|
27 June 1923 | 25 August 1927 | |||
| Bell | |||||||
| Coates | |||||||
| 3 | Māui Pōmare | 
|
25 August 1927 | 10 December 1928 | |||
| 4 | Philip De La Perrelle | 
|
10 December 1928 | 22 September 1931 | Ward | ||
| Forbes | |||||||
| 5 | Adam Hamilton | 
|
22 September 1931 | 6 December 1935 | |||
| 6 | Walter Nash | 
|
6 December 1935 | 11 October 1936 | Savage | ||
| - | Dan Sullivan Acting Minister |
|
11 October 1936 | 16 August 1937 | |||
| (6) | Walter Nash |
|
16 August 1937 | 13 December 1949 | |||
| Fraser | |||||||
| 7 | Jack Marshall | 
|
13 December 1949 | 26 November 1954 | Holland | ||
| 8 | Jack Watts | 
|
26 November 1954 | 12 December 1957 | |||
| Holyoake | |||||||
| (6) | Walter Nash | 
|
12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Nash | ||
| 9 | Harry Lake | 
|
12 December 1960 | 21 February 1967 | Holyoake | ||
| 10 | Robert Muldoon | 
|
4 March 1967 | 8 December 1972 | |||
| Marshall | |||||||
| 11 | Bill Rowling | 
|
8 December 1972 | 10 September 1974 | Kirk | ||
| 12 | Mick Connelly | 
|
10 September 1974 | 12 December 1975 | Rowling | ||
| 13 | Peter Wilkinson | 
|
12 December 1975 | 8 March 1977 | Muldoon | ||
| 14 | Hugh Templeton | 
|
8 March 1977 | 11 December 1981 | |||
| 15 | John Falloon |
|
11 December 1981 | 26 July 1984 | |||
| 16 | Bob Tizard | 
|
26 July 1984 | 24 August 1987 | Lange | ||
| 17 | Margaret Shields | 
|
24 August 1987 | 2 November 1990 | |||
| Palmer | |||||||
| Moore | |||||||
| 18 | Rob Storey |
|
2 November 1990 | 1 July 1993 | Bolger | ||
| 19 | Maurice Williamson | 
|
1 July 1993 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 20 | Paul Swain | 
|
10 December 1999 | 13 November 2000 | Clark | ||
| 21 | Laila Harré | 
|
13 November 2000 | 15 August 2002 | |||
| 22 | John Tamihere |
|
15 August 2002 | 15 October 2004 | |||
| - | Michael Cullen Acting Minister |
|
15 October 2004 | 21 December 2004 | |||
| 23 | Pete Hodgson | 
|
21 December 2004 | 19 October 2005 | |||
| 24 | Clayton Cosgrove | 
|
19 October 2005 | 5 November 2007 | |||
| 25 | Darren Hughes | 
|
5 November 2007 | 19 November 2008 | |||
| (19) | Maurice Williamson |
|
19 November 2008 | 1 May 2014 | Key | ||
| 26 | Nicky Wagner | 
|
7 May 2014 | 8 October 2014 | |||
| 27 | Craig Foss | 
|
16 October 2014 | 20 December 2016 | |||
| 28 | Mark Mitchell | 
|
20 December 2016 | 2 May 2017 | English | ||
| 29 | Scott Simpson | 
|
2 May 2017 | 26 October 2017 | |||
| 30 | James Shaw | 
|
26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||
| 31 | David Clark | 
|
6 November 2020 | present | |||
Notes[]
- ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 93–97, 131–2.
References[]
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Categories:
- Lists of government ministers of New Zealand
- Political office-holders in New Zealand