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.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime 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 1872Waterhouse4Edward Richardson29 October 18724 January 1877 Fox Vogel Pollen Vogel 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 Johnston 21 April 1882 23 November 1883 Whitaker 9 Edwin Mitchelson 23 November 1883 16 August 1884 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 189111Richard Seddon24 January 18912 March 1896 BallanceSeddon 12William Hall-Jones 2 March 189630 November 1908 Hall-JonesWard 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 1920Massey 16Gordon Coates 3 April 192012 June 1926 BellCoates 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 1931Forbes (16) Gordon Coates 22 September 1931 10 April 1933 20 John Bitchener 10 April 1933 6 December 193521Bob Semple6 December 193521 January 1941 SavageFraser 22 Tim Armstrong 21 January 1941 8 November 1942 (21) Bob Semple 8 November 1942 13 December 194923Stan Goosman13 December 194912 December 1957 Holland Holyoake 24 Hugh Watt 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash (23) Stan Goosman 12 December 1960 20 December 1963 Holyoake 25 Percy Allen 20 December 1963 8 December 1972 Marshall (24) Hugh Watt 8 December 1972 29 August 1974Kirk 26 Arthur Faulkner 29 August 1974 10 September 1974 (24) Hugh Watt 10 September 1974 13 March 1975Rowling 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 33 Bill Jeffries 8 November 1988 9 February 1990 Palmer 34 Peter Neilson 9 February 1990 2 November 1990 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
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