Postmaster-General (New Zealand)
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The Postmaster-General in New Zealand was the government minister responsible for the New Zealand Post Office from 1858 to 1989, when the NZPO (formerly the P&T or Post and Telegraph Department) was split into three SOEs responsible to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises: New Zealand Post Limited, Telecom New Zealand Limited, and Post Office Bank Limited.
History
From 1841 to 1853 the Postmaster-General was a civil servant, responsible to the Postmaster-General of New South Wales (1841–42) then the Postmaster-General of Great Britain (1842–53).[1]
Governor Sir George Grey appointed Henry William Petre to be Postmaster-General on 13 August 1853, but his appointment was not accepted by the First Parliament that met in 1854, and he left for England early in the new year.[1]
Office-holders
Name | Premier/Prime Minister Served | Took Office | Left Office | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Tancred (MLC) [2] | Stafford | 3 November 1858 (or 2 November) [1] | 12 July 1861 | None |
2 | Crosbie Ward [2] | Fox | 2 August 1861 (or 21 August)[1] | 6 August 1862 | None |
3 | Walter Mantell [1] [3] | Domett | 6 August 1862 | 21 August 1862 | None |
- | Crosbie Ward (2nd time) [1] [3] | Domett | 21 August 1862 | 30 October 1863 | None |
4 | Thomas Gillies [1][3] | Whittaker-Fox | 30 October 1863 | 24 November 1864 | None |
5 | John Richardson [1][3] | Weld | 24 November 1864 | 16 October 1865 | None |
6 | Edward Stafford [1][4] | (himself) | 31 October 1865 | 8 May 1866 | None |
7 | James Paterson [1] [4] | Stafford | 8 May 1866 | 24 August 1866 | None |
8 | John Hall [1](& Electric Telegraph Commissioner from 16 October 1866) [4] | Stafford | 24 August 1866 | 5 February 1869 | None |
- | Edward Stafford (2nd time) [1][4] | (himself) | 6 February 1869 | 28 June 1869 | None |
9 | Julius Vogel [1] (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner from 1 July 1869)[4] | Fox | 28 June 1869 | 10 September 1872 | None |
10 | Oswald Curtis [1] (& Telegraph Commissioner)[5] | Stafford | 10 September 1872 | 11 October 1872 | None |
- | Julius Vogel (2nd time) [1] (& Telegraph Commissioner from 8 April 1873, Commissioner of Telegraphs from 6 July 1875)[6] | Waterhouse, Fox, himself, | 11 October 1872 | 1 September 1876 | None |
11 | George McLean (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [7][8] | Atkinson | 1 September 1876 | 13 September 1876 | None |
12 | Frederick Whitaker (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [9][7] | Atkinson | 13 September 1876 | 7 December 1876 | None |
13 | John Davies Ormond (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [7] | Atkinson | 7 December 1876 | 12 January 1877 | None |
- | George McLean (2nd time) [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [9] | Atkinson | 12 January 1877 | 13 October 1877 | None |
14 | James Temple Fisher [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [9] | Grey | 15 October 1877 | 8 October 1879 | None |
- | John Hall (2nd time) (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [10] | (himself) | 8 October 1879 (or 22 December)[7] | 9 March 1881 | None |
15 | Walter W. Johnston [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [10] | Hall/Whitaker | 9 March 1881 | 11 October 1882 | None |
16 | Thomas Dick [7](& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [10] | Whitaker | 11 October 1882 | 25 September 1883 | None |
17 | Richard Oliver (MLC) [7](& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [11] | Atkinson | 25 September 1883 | 16 August 1884 | None |
- | Julius Vogel (3rd time) [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [11] | Stout | 16 August 1884 | 28 August 1884 | None |
18 | William Russell (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [12] | Atkinson | 28 August 1884 (or 26 August)[7] | 3 September 1884 | None |
- | Julius Vogel (4th time) [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [12] | Stout | 3 September 1884 | 8 October 1887 | None |
19 | Harry Atkinson [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [12] | (himself) | 8 October 1887 | 17 October 1889 | None |
20 | Edwin Mitchelson [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [13] | Atkinson | 17 October 1889 | 24 January 1891 | None |
21 | Patrick Buckley (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [13][7] | Ballance | 24 January 1891 | 4 February 1891 | Liberal |
22 | Joseph Ward (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [14][7] | Ballance, Seddon, | 4 February 1891 | 16 June 1896 | Liberal |
23 | Richard Seddon (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [15][7] | (himself) | 16 June 1896 | 21 December 1899 | Liberal |
- | Joseph Ward (2nd time) (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner to 29 October 1906, then Minister of Telegraphs) [16][7] | Seddon, Hall-Jones, himself | 21 December 1899 | 28 March 1912 | Liberal |
24 | Henry George Ell (& Minister of Telegraphs) [17][7] | MacKenzie | 28 March 1912 | 10 July 1912 | Liberal |
25 | Heaton Rhodes (& Minister of Telegraphs) [18][7] | Massey | 10 July 1912 | 12 August 1915 | Reform |
- | Joseph Ward (3rd time) (& Minister of Telegraphs) [19][7] | Massey | 12 August 1915 | 4 September 1919 | Liberal |
26 | Gordon Coates (& Minister of Telegraphs) [20][7] | Massey (& Bell 10 to 30 May 1925) | 4 September 1919 | 30 May 1925 | Reform |
27 | James Parr (& Minister of Telegraphs) [21][7] | Coates | 30 May 1925 | 24 May 1926 | Reform |
28 | William Nosworthy (& Minister of Telegraphs) [22][7] | Coates | 24 May 1926 | 10 December 1928 | Reform |
29 | James Bell Donald (& Minister of Telegraphs) [23][7] | Ward | 10 December 1928 | 18 December 1929 | Reform |
- | Joseph Ward (4th time) (& Minister of Telegraphs) [23][7] | (himself) | 18 December 1929 | 28 May 1930 | United |
- | James Bell Donald (2nd time) (& Minister of Telegraphs) [24][7] | Forbes | 28 May 1930 | 22 September 1931 | United |
30 | Adam Hamilton (& Minister of Telegraphs) [25][7] | Forbes | 22 September 1931 | 6 December 1935 | United (Liberal) |
31 | Fred Jones (& Minister of Telegraphs) [26][7] | Savage | 6 December 1935 | 1 April 1940 | Labour |
32 | Paddy Webb (& Minister of Telegraphs) [27][7] | Fraser | 1 April 1940 | 19 December 1946 | Labour |
33 | Fred Hackett (& Minister of Telegraphs) [28][7] | Fraser | 19 December 1946 | 13 December 1949 | Labour |
34 | Walter Broadfoot (& Minister of Telegraphs) [29][7] | Holland | 13 December 1949 | 26 November 1954 | National |
35 | Tom Shand (& Minister of Telegraphs) [30][7] | Holland/Holyoake | 26 November 1954 | 12 December 1957 | National |
36 | Michael Moohan (& Minister of Telegraphs) [30][7] | Nash | 12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Labour |
37 | Thomas Hayman [31][7] | Holyoake | 12 December 1960 | 2 May 1961 | National |
38 | Arthur Kinsella [32][7] | Holyoake | 2 May 1961 | 20 December 1963 | National |
39 | Jack Scott [33][7] | Holyoake | 20 December 1963 | 22 December 1969 | National |
40 | Allan McCready [34] | Holyoake | 22 December 1969 | 9 February 1972 | National |
41 | Bert Walker [35] | Marshall | 9 February 1972 | 8 December 1972 | National |
42 | Roger Douglas [36] | Kirk | 8 December 1972 | 10 September 1974 | Labour |
43 | Fraser Colman [37] | Rowling | 10 September 1974 | 12 December 1975 | Labour |
44 | Hugh Templeton [38] | Muldoon | 12 December 1975 | 8 March 1977 | National |
45 | Peter Wilkinson [38] | Muldoon | 8 March 1977 | 13 December 1978 | National |
46 | Ben Couch [39] | Muldoon | 13 December 1978 | 22 August 1980 | National |
47 | Warren Cooper [39] | Muldoon | 22 August 1980 | 11 December 1981 | National |
48 | John Falloon[40] | Muldoon | 11 December 1981 | 19 February 1982 | National |
49 | Rob Talbot[40] | Muldoon | 19 February 1982 | 26 July 1984 | National |
50 | Jonathan Hunt [41] | Lange | 26 July 1984 | 24 August 1987 | Labour |
51 | Richard Prebble [42] | Lange | 24 August 1987 | 5 November1988 | Labour |
52 | David Butcher [43] | Lange | 8 November1988 | 14 August 1989 | Labour |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Robinson 1964, p. 258.
- 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 61.
- 1 2 3 4 Wilson 1985, p. 62.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Wilson 1985, p. 63.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 64.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 64,65,66.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Robinson 1964, p. 259.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 66.
- 1 2 3 Wilson 1985, p. 67.
- 1 2 3 Wilson 1985, p. 68.
- 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 69.
- 1 2 3 Wilson 1985, p. 70.
- 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 71.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 71,72.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 72.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 72,74.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 3.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 4.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 5.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 8.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 15.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 16.
- 1 2 Wood 1996, pp. 20,21.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 22.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 23.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 26.
- ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 28,34.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 37.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 40.
- 1 2 Wood 1996, pp. 43,46.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 49.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 51.
- ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 51,52.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 54.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 55.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 56.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 58.
- 1 2 Wood 1996, pp. 60,61.
- 1 2 Wood 1996, pp. 62,63.
- 1 2 Wood 1996, pp. 64,65.
- ↑ Wood 1996, p. 66.
- ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 68,71.
- ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 71,72.
References
- Robinson, Howard (1964). A History of the Post Office in New Zealand. Wellington: Government Printer.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V R Ward, Government Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1 877133 00 0.