List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand by age

This is a list of Prime Ministers of New Zealand by age, including when they were born, what age they were when they were appointed Prime Minister, what age were they when they left the office and the age at which they died, or their current age as of 7 December 2016 if they are still alive. The table can be sorted by each different category.

The date of appointment as Prime Minister is the date on which they were sworn in by the Governor-General for their first term. The day on which they departed office is the final day of their final term. This is either the day a new Prime Minister was appointed or their date of death if they died whilst in office.

#
 Prime Minister
 Date of birth
 Start date of
(first) term		 Age at beginning of
(first) term		 End date of
(final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death
 Lifespan
1 Henry Sewell 7 September 1807 7 May 1856 48 years, 243 days 20 May 1856 13 days 14 May 1879 26,182 days (71 years, 249 days)
2 William Fox 2 September 1812 20 May 1856 43 years, 261 days 8 April 1873 1,609 days 23 June 1893 29,514 days (80 years, 294 days)
3 Edward Stafford 23 April 1819 2 June 1856 37 years, 40 days 11 October 1872 3,248 days 14 February 1901 29,882 days (81 years, 297 days)
4 Alfred Domett 20 May 1811 6 August 1862 51 years, 78 days 30 October 1863 450 days 2 November 1887 27,925 days (76 years, 166 days)
5 Frederick Whitaker 23 April 1812 30 October 1863 51 years, 190 days 25 September 1883 913 days 4 December 1891 29,079 days (79 years, 225 days)
6 Frederick Weld 9 May 1823 24 November 1864 41 years, 199 days 16 October 1865 326 days 20 July 1891 24,909 days (68 years, 72 days)
7 George Waterhouse 6 April 1824 11 October 1872 48 years, 188 days 3 March 1873 143 days 6 August 1906 30,071 days (82 years, 122 days)
8 Julius Vogel 24 February 1835 8 April 1873 38 years, 43 days 1 September 1876 1,018 days 12 March 1899 23,392 days (64 years, 16 days)
9 Daniel Pollen 2 June 1813 6 July 1875 62 years, 34 days 15 February 1876 224 days 18 May 1896 30,301 days (82 years, 351 days)
10 Harry Atkinson 1 November 1831 1 September 1876 44 years, 305 days 24 January 1891 1,943 days 28 June 1892 22,155 days (60 years, 240 days)
11 George Grey 14 April 1812 13 October 1877 65 years, 182 days 8 October 1879 725 days 19 September 1898 31,569 days (86 years, 158 days)
12 John Hall 18 December 1824 8 October 1879 54 years, 294 days 21 April 1882 926 days 25 June 1907 30,138 days (82 years, 189 days)
13 Robert Stout 28 September 1844 16 August 1884 39 years, 323 days 8 October 1887 1,142 days 19 July 1930 31,339 days (85 years, 294 days)
14 John Ballance 27 March 1839 24 January 1891 51 years, 303 days 27 April 1893[1] 824 days 27 April 1893 19,755 days (54 years, 31 days)
15 Richard Seddon 22 June 1845 27 April 1893 47 years, 309 days 10 June 1906[1] 4,791 days 10 June 1906 22,267 days (60 years, 353 days)
16 William Hall-Jones 16 January 1851 10 June 1906 55 years, 145 days 6 August 1906 57 days 19 June 1936 31,200 days (85 years, 155 days)
17 Joseph Ward 26 April 1856 6 August 1906 50 years, 102 days 28 May 1930 2,595 days 8 July 1930 27,100 days (74 years, 73 days)
18 Thomas Mackenzie 10 March 1853 28 March 1912 59 years, 18 days 10 July 1912 104 days 14 February 1930 28,099 days (76 years, 341 days)
19 William Massey 26 March 1856 10 July 1912 56 years, 106 days 10 May 1925[1] 4,687 days 10 May 1925 25,246 days (69 years, 45 days)
20 Francis Bell 31 March 1851 10 May 1925 74 years, 40 days 30 May 1925 20 days 13 March 1936 31,028 days (84 years, 348 days)
21 Gordon Coates 3 February 1878 30 May 1925 47 years, 116 days 10 December 1928 1,290 days 27 May 1943 23,853 days (65 years, 113 days)
22 George Forbes 12 March 1869 28 May 1930 61 years, 77 days 6 December 1935 2,018 days 17 May 1947 28,554 days (78 years, 66 days)
23 Michael Joseph Savage 23 March 1872 6 December 1935 63 years, 258 days 27 March 1940[1] 1,573 days 27 March 1940 24,840 days (68 years, 4 days)
24 Peter Fraser 28 August 1884 27 March 1940 55 years, 212 days 13 December 1949 3,548 days 12 December 1950 24,211 days (66 years, 106 days)
25 Sidney Holland 18 October 1893 13 December 1949 56 years, 56 days 20 September 1957 2,838 days 5 August 1961 24,762 days (67 years, 291 days)
26 Keith Holyoake 11 February 1904 20 September 1957 53 years, 221 days 7 February 1972 4,157 days 8 December 1983 29,155 days (79 years, 300 days)
27 Walter Nash 12 February 1882 12 December 1957 75 years, 303 days 12 December 1960 1,096 days 4 June 1968 31,523 days (86 years, 113 days)
28 Jack Marshall 5 March 1912 7 February 1972 59 years, 339 days 8 December 1972 305 days 30 August 1988 27,937 days (76 years, 178 days)
29 Norman Kirk 6 January 1923 8 December 1972 49 years, 337 days 31 August 1974[1] 631 days 31 August 1974 18,865 days (51 years, 237 days)
30 Bill Rowling 15 November 1927 6 September 1974 46 years, 295 days 12 December 1975 462 days 31 October 1995 24,822 days (67 years, 350 days)
31 Robert Muldoon 25 September 1921 12 December 1975 54 years, 78 days 26 July 1984 3,149 days 5 August 1992 25,882 days (70 years, 315 days)
32 David Lange 4 August 1942 26 July 1984 41 years, 357 days 8 August 1989 1,839 days 13 August 2005 23,020 days (63 years, 9 days)
33 Geoffrey Palmer 21 April 1942 8 August 1989 47 years, 109 days 4 September 1990 392 days 27,259 days (74 years, 230 days)
34 Mike Moore 28 January 1949 4 September 1990 41 years, 219 days 2 November 1990 59 days 24,785 days (67 years, 314 days)
35 Jim Bolger 31 May 1935 2 November 1990 55 years, 155 days 8 December 1997 2,593 days 29,776 days (81 years, 190 days)
36 Jenny Shipley 4 February 1952 8 December 1997 45 years, 307 days 5 December 1999 727 days 23,683 days (64 years, 307 days)
37 Helen Clark 26 February 1950 5 December 1999 49 years, 282 days 19 November 2008 3,272 days 24,391 days (66 years, 285 days)
38 John Key 9 August 1961 19 November 2008 47 years, 102 days 14 December 2016 2,940 days 20,209 days (55 years, 120 days)
# Prime Minister Date of birth Start date of
(first) term		 Age at beginning of
(first) term		 End date of
(final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death Lifespan

Records

The three youngest people when they first became prime minister were:

The three oldest people when they first became prime minister were:

The three oldest people to last leave the office of prime minister were:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Died in office on this date.
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