Minister of Statistics (New Zealand)

The Minister of Statistics in New Zealand is a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility of Statistics New Zealand.

Minister of Statistics
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Incumbent
Deborah Russell
since 1 February 2023
Statistics New Zealand
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
FormationFebruary 1922
First holderWilliam Downie Stewart Jr
as Minister in charge of the Department of Statistics
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The current minister is Deborah Russell.

List of ministers

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 February 1922 27 June 1923 Massey
2 Richard Bollard 27 June 1923 25 August 1927
Bell
Coates
3 Māui Pōmare 25 August 1927 10 December 1928
4 Philip De La Perrelle 10 December 1928 22 September 1931 Ward
Forbes
5 Adam Hamilton 22 September 1931 6 December 1935
6 Walter Nash 6 December 1935 11 October 1936 Savage
- Dan Sullivan
Acting Minister		 11 October 1936 16 August 1937
(6) Walter Nash 16 August 1937 13 December 1949
Fraser
7 Jack Marshall 13 December 1949 26 November 1954 Holland
8 Jack Watts 26 November 1954 12 December 1957
Holyoake
(6) Walter Nash 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
9 Harry Lake 12 December 1960 21 February 1967 Holyoake
10 Robert Muldoon 4 March 1967 8 December 1972
Marshall
11 Bill Rowling 8 December 1972 10 September 1974 Kirk
12 Mick Connelly 10 September 1974 12 December 1975 Rowling
13 Peter Wilkinson 12 December 1975 8 March 1977 Muldoon
14 Hugh Templeton 8 March 1977 11 December 1981
15 John Falloon 11 December 1981 26 July 1984
16 Bob Tizard 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
17 Margaret Shields 24 August 1987 2 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
18 Rob Storey 2 November 1990 1 July 1993 Bolger
19 Maurice Williamson 1 July 1993 10 December 1999
Shipley
20 Paul Swain 10 December 1999 13 November 2000 Clark
21 Laila Harré 13 November 2000 15 August 2002
22 John Tamihere 15 August 2002 15 October 2004
- Michael Cullen
Acting Minister		 15 October 2004 21 December 2004
23 Pete Hodgson 21 December 2004 19 October 2005
24 Clayton Cosgrove 19 October 2005 5 November 2007
25 Darren Hughes 5 November 2007 19 November 2008
(19) Maurice Williamson 19 November 2008 1 May 2014 Key
26 Nicky Wagner 7 May 2014 8 October 2014
27 Craig Foss 16 October 2014 20 December 2016
28 Mark Mitchell 20 December 2016 2 May 2017 English
29 Scott Simpson 2 May 2017 26 October 2017
30 James Shaw 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
31 David Clark 6 November 2020 1 February 2023
Hipkins
32 Deborah Russell 1 February 2023 Present

Notes
  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. Wilson 1985, pp. 93–97, 131–2.

References
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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