Minister of Police (New Zealand)
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| New Zealand Police | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 25 February 1896 |
| First holder | Thomas Thompson |
| Salary | $288,900[1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
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The Minister of Police is the minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Police.
The current officeholder is Mark Mitchell.
History
[edit]Initially, responsibility for the police force had rested with the Minister of Defence but was instead allocated to the Minister of Justice in 1896.[2] The minister responsible for police was, for the most part, the holder of either aforementioned office until it was later split into a separate full ministerial portfolio in 1969.
List of Police Ministers
[edit]The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Police.[3]
- Key
Liberal Reform United Labour National NZ First Mauri Pacific
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Thompson | 
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25 February 1896 | 23 January 1900 | Seddon | ||
| 2 | James McGowan | 
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23 January 1900 | 6 January 1909 | |||
| Hall-Jones | |||||||
| Ward | |||||||
| 3 | John Findlay | 
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6 January 1909 | 26 December 1911 | |||
| 4 | Josiah Hanan | 
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28 March 1912 | 10 July 1912 | Mackenzie | ||
| 5 | Alexander Herdman | 
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10 July 1912 | 4 February 1918 | Massey | ||
| 6 | Thomas Wilford | 
|
4 February 1918 | 25 August 1919 | |||
| 7 | William Massey | 
|
4 September 1919 | 3 April 1920 | |||
| 8 | Ernest Lee | 
|
3 April 1920 | 13 January 1923 | |||
| 9 | Francis Bell | 
|
13 January 1923 | 27 June 1923 | |||
| 10 | James Parr | 
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27 June 1923 | 18 January 1926 | |||
| Bell | |||||||
| Coates | |||||||
| 11 | Frank Rolleston | 
|
18 January 1926 | 26 November 1928 | |||
| 12 | William Downie Stewart Jr | 
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26 November 1928 | 10 December 1928 | |||
| (6) | Thomas Wilford |
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10 December 1928 | 10 December 1929 | Ward | ||
| 13 | John Cobbe | 
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18 December 1929 | 6 December 1935 | |||
| Forbes | |||||||
| 14 | Peter Fraser | 
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6 December 1935 | 13 December 1949 | Savage | ||
| Fraser | |||||||
| 15 | Sidney Holland | 
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13 December 1949 | 18 January 1950 | Holland | ||
| 16 | Wilfred Fortune | 
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18 January 1950 | 26 November 1954 | |||
| (15) | Sidney Holland |
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26 November 1954 | 7 December 1956 | |||
| 17 | Dean Eyre | 
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7 December 1956 | 12 December 1957 | |||
| Holyoake | |||||||
| 18 | Phil Connolly | 
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12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Nash | ||
| (17) | Dean Eyre |
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12 December 1960 | 20 December 1963 | Holyoake | ||
| 19 | Percy Allen | 
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20 December 1963 | 22 December 1969 | |||
| 20 | David Thomson | 
|
22 December 1969 | 9 February 1972 | |||
| (17) | Percy Allen |
|
9 February 1972 | 8 December 1972 | Marshall | ||
| 21 | Mick Connelly | 
|
8 December 1972 | 12 December 1975 | Kirk | ||
| Rowling | |||||||
| 22 | Allan McCready | 
|
12 December 1975 | 13 December 1978 | Muldoon | ||
| 23 | Frank Gill | 
|
13 December 1978 | 21 August 1980 | |||
| 24 | Ben Couch | 21 August 1980 | 26 July 1984 | ||||
| 25 | Ann Hercus | 
|
26 July 1984 | 16 September 1987 | Lange | ||
| 26 | Peter Tapsell | 
|
16 September 1987 | 8 August 1989 | |||
| 27 | Roger Douglas | 
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8 August 1989 | 10 July 1990 | Palmer | ||
| 28 | Richard Prebble | 
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10 July 1990 | 2 November 1990 | |||
| Moore | |||||||
| 29 | John Banks | 
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2 November 1990 | 2 March 1994 | Bolger | ||
| 30 | John Luxton | 
|
2 March 1994 | 16 December 1996 | |||
| 31 | Jack Elder | 16 December 1996 | 31 August 1998 | ||||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 32 | Clem Simich | 
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31 August 1998 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| 33 | George Hawkins | 
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10 December 1999 | 19 October 2005 | Clark | ||
| 34 | Annette King | 
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19 October 2005 | 19 November 2008 | |||
| 35 | Judith Collins | 
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19 November 2008 | 12 December 2011 | Key | ||
| 36 | Anne Tolley | 
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12 December 2011 | 7 October 2014 | |||
| 37 | Michael Woodhouse | 
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8 October 2014 | 14 December 2015 | |||
| (35) | Judith Collins |
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14 December 2015 | 20 December 2016 | |||
| 38 | Paula Bennett | 
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20 December 2016 | 26 October 2017 | English | ||
| 39 | Stuart Nash | 
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26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||
| 40 | Poto Williams | 
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6 November 2020 | 14 June 2022 | |||
| 41 | Chris Hipkins | 
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14 June 2022 | 25 January 2023 | |||
| (39) | Stuart Nash | 
|
1 February 2023 | 15 March 2023 | Hipkins | ||
| - | Megan Woods acting minister |
|
15 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | |||
| 42 | Ginny Andersen | 
|
20 March 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||
| 43 | Mark Mitchell | 
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27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "The Cabinet". The Star. No. 5498. 25 February 1896. p. 3.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97, 127.
References
[edit]- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
