The Minister of Statistics is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility 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 His 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 current minister is Andrew Bayly.
List of ministers edit
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 | 
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February 1922 | 27 June 1923 | Massey | ||
| 2 | Richard Bollard | 
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27 June 1923 | 25 August 1927 | |||
| Bell | |||||||
| Coates | |||||||
| 3 | Māui Pōmare | 
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25 August 1927 | 10 December 1928 | |||
| 4 | Philip De La Perrelle | 
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10 December 1928 | 22 September 1931 | Ward | ||
| Forbes | |||||||
| 5 | Adam Hamilton | .jpg)
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22 September 1931 | 6 December 1935 | |||
| 6 | Walter Nash | .jpg)
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6 December 1935 | 11 October 1936 | Savage | ||
| - | Dan Sullivan Acting Minister |
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11 October 1936 | 16 August 1937 | |||
| (6) | Walter Nash |
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16 August 1937 | 13 December 1949 | |||
| Fraser | |||||||
| 7 | Jack Marshall | 
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13 December 1949 | 26 November 1954 | Holland | ||
| 8 | Jack Watts | 
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26 November 1954 | 12 December 1957 | |||
| Holyoake | |||||||
| (6) | Walter Nash | .jpg)
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12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Nash | ||
| 9 | Harry Lake | 
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12 December 1960 | 21 February 1967 | Holyoake | ||
| 10 | Robert Muldoon | 
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4 March 1967 | 8 December 1972 | |||
| Marshall | |||||||
| 11 | Bill Rowling | .jpg)
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8 December 1972 | 10 September 1974 | Kirk | ||
| 12 | Mick Connelly | 
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10 September 1974 | 12 December 1975 | Rowling | ||
| 13 | Peter Wilkinson | 
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12 December 1975 | 8 March 1977 | Muldoon | ||
| 14 | Hugh Templeton | 
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8 March 1977 | 11 December 1981 | |||
| 15 | John Falloon |
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11 December 1981 | 26 July 1984 | |||
| 16 | Bob Tizard | 
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26 July 1984 | 24 August 1987 | Lange | ||
| 17 | Margaret Shields | .jpg)
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24 August 1987 | 2 November 1990 | |||
| Palmer | |||||||
| Moore | |||||||
| 18 | Rob Storey |
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2 November 1990 | 1 July 1993 | Bolger | ||
| 19 | Maurice Williamson | 
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1 July 1993 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 20 | Paul Swain | .jpg)
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10 December 1999 | 13 November 2000 | Clark | ||
| 21 | Laila Harré | 
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13 November 2000 | 15 August 2002 | |||
| 22 | John Tamihere | .png)
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15 August 2002 | 15 October 2004 | |||
| - | Michael Cullen Acting Minister |
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15 October 2004 | 21 December 2004 | |||
| 23 | Pete Hodgson | 
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21 December 2004 | 19 October 2005 | |||
| 24 | Clayton Cosgrove | 
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19 October 2005 | 5 November 2007 | |||
| 25 | Darren Hughes | 
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5 November 2007 | 19 November 2008 | |||
| (19) | Maurice Williamson |
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19 November 2008 | 1 May 2014 | Key | ||
| 26 | Nicky Wagner | 
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7 May 2014 | 8 October 2014 | |||
| 27 | Craig Foss | 
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16 October 2014 | 20 December 2016 | |||
| 28 | Mark Mitchell | 
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20 December 2016 | 2 May 2017 | English | ||
| 29 | Scott Simpson | .jpg)
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2 May 2017 | 26 October 2017 | |||
| 30 | James Shaw | .jpg)
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26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||
| 31 | David Clark | 
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6 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | |||
| Hipkins | |||||||
| 32 | Deborah Russell | 
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1 February 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||
| 33 | Andrew Bayly | .png)
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27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||
Notes edit
- ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 93–97, 131–2.