Minister of Lands (New Zealand)

The Minister of Lands in New Zealand was a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Department of Lands and Survey.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Lands.^[1]

Key

Independent Liberal Reform United Labour National

No.		Name	Term of Office
	1	Henry Tancred	19 August 1858	12 July 1861	Stafford
	2	William Gisborne	2 August 1861	6 August 1862	Fox
	3	Walter Mantell	6 August 1862	21 August 1862	Domett
	4	Alfred Domett	22 August 1862	30 October 1863	Domett
	5	Thomas Gillies	30 October 1863	13 January 1864	Whitaker
	(4)	Alfred Domett^{[nb 1]}	13 January 1864	24 November 1864	Whitaker
Office not in use
	6	William Fitzherbert	10 September 1872	11 October 1872	Stafford
	7	Maurice O'Rorke	11 October 1872	13 August 1874	Waterhouse
					Fox
					Vogel
	8	Harry Atkinson	7 September 1874	1 September 1876	Vogel
					Pollen
					Vogel
	9	John Davies Ormond	1 September 1876	13 September 1876	Atkinson
	(8)	Harry Atkinson	13 September 1876	4 January 1877
	10	Donald Reid	4 January 1877	13 October 1877
	11	James Macandrew	15 October 1877	25 July 1878	Grey
	12	Robert Stout	25 July 1878	25 June 1879
	13	William Gisborne	25 June 1879	15 July 1879
	14	James William Thomson	15 July 1879	8 October 1879
	15	William Rolleston	8 October 1879	16 August 1884	Hall
					Whitaker
					Atkinson
	(11)	James Macandrew	16 August 1884	28 August 1884	Stout
	16	Richmond Hursthouse	28 August 1884	3 September 1884	Atkinson
	17	John Ballance	3 September 1884	8 October 1887	Stout
	18	George Richardson	8 October 1887	24 January 1891	Atkinson
	19	John McKenzie	24 January 1891	27 June 1900	Ballance
	19	John McKenzie	24 January 1891	27 June 1900	Seddon
	20	Thomas Young Duncan	2 July 1900	6 August 1906	Seddon
	20	Thomas Young Duncan	2 July 1900	6 August 1906	Hall-Jones
	21	Robert McNab	6 August 1906	30 November 1908	Ward
	22	Joseph Ward	1 December 1908	28 March 1912	Ward
	23	Thomas Mackenzie	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	Mackenzie
	24	William Massey	10 July 1912	27 February 1918	Massey
	25	David Guthrie	27 February 1918	25 June 1924
	26	Alex McLeod	25 June 1924	28 November 1928
					Bell
					Coates
	27	Kenneth Williams	28 November 1928	10 December 1928	Coates
	28	George Forbes	10 December 1928	28 May 1930	Ward
	29	Alfred Ransom	28 May 1930	6 December 1935	Forbes
	30	Frank Langstone	6 December 1935	21 December 1942	Savage
	30	Frank Langstone	6 December 1935	21 December 1942	Fraser
	31	Jim Barclay	7 July 1943	18 October 1943
	32	Jerry Skinner	29 October 1943	26 November 1949
	33	Ernest Corbett	13 December 1949	26 September 1957	Holland
	34	Geoff Gerard	26 September 1957	12 December 1957	Holland
	34	Geoff Gerard	26 September 1957	12 December 1957	Holyoake
	(32)	Jerry Skinner	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Nash
	(34)	Geoff Gerard	12 December 1960	12 December 1966	Holyoake
	35	Duncan MacIntyre	12 December 1966	8 December 1972	Holyoake
	35	Duncan MacIntyre	12 December 1966	8 December 1972	Marshall
	36	Matiu Rata	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Kirk
	36	Matiu Rata	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Rowling
	37	Venn Young	12 December 1975	11 December 1981	Muldoon
	38	Jonathan Elworthy	11 December 1981	26 July 1984	Muldoon
	39	Koro Wētere	26 July 1984	16 September 1987	Lange
	40	Peter Tapsell	16 September 1987	2 November 1990	Lange
					Palmer
					Moore
	41	Rob Storey	2 November 1990	2 November 1993	Bolger
	42	Denis Marshall	2 November 1993	10 December 1996
	43	John Luxton	10 December 1996	31 August 1998

Table footnotes:

^ Domett was appointed to the Lands portfolio, but not in Ministerial capacity^[2]

Notes

^ Wilson 1985, pp. 61–98.
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 62.

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.

[3] Domett was appointed to the Lands portfolio, but not in Ministerial capacity^[2]

[FOOTNOTEWilson198561–98-1] Wilson 1985, pp. 61–98.

[FOOTNOTEWilson198562-2] Wilson 1985, pp. 62.

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