Minister of Police (New Zealand)

The Minister of Police is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for the New Zealand Police.

Minister of Police
Incumbent
Hon Poto Williams
since 6 November 2020
New Zealand Police
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation25 February 1896
First holderThomas Thompson
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

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The incoming Minister is Poto Williams, announced 6 November 2020. The outgoing Minister is Stuart Nash, a member of the Labour Party.[2]

History

Initially responsibility for the police force had rested with the Minister of Defence but was instead allocated to the Minister of Justice in 1896.[3] 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

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Police.[4]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National   NZ First   Mauri Pacific

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Thomas Thompson 25 February 1896 23 January 1900 Seddon
2 James McGowan 23 January 1900 6 January 1909
Hall-Jones
Ward
3 John Findlay 6 January 1909 26 December 1911
4 Josiah Hanan 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie
5 Alexander Herdman 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 27 June 1923 18 January 1926
Bell
Coates
11 Frank Rolleston 18 January 1926 26 November 1928
12 William Downie Stewart Jr 26 November 1928 10 December 1928
(6) Thomas Wilford 10 December 1928 10 December 1929 Ward
13 John Cobbe 18 December 1929 6 December 1935
Forbes
14 Peter Fraser 6 December 1935 13 December 1949 Savage
Fraser
15 Sidney Holland 13 December 1949 18 January 1950 Holland
16 Wilfred Fortune 18 January 1950 26 November 1954
(15) Sidney Holland 26 November 1954 7 December 1956
17 Dean Eyre 7 December 1956 12 December 1957
Holyoake
18 Phil Connolly 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
(17) Dean Eyre 12 December 1960 20 December 1963 Holyoake
19 Percy Allen 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 8 August 1989 10 July 1990 Palmer
28 Richard Prebble 10 July 1990 2 November 1990
Moore
29 John Banks 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 31 August 1998 10 December 1999
33 George Hawkins 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 Clark
34 Annette King 19 October 2005 19 November 2008
35 Judith Collins 19 November 2008 12 December 2011 Key
36 Anne Tolley 12 December 2011 7 October 2014
37 Michael Woodhouse 8 October 2014 14 December 2015
(35) Judith Collins 14 December 2015 20 December 2016
English
38 Paula Bennett 20 December 2016 26 October 2017
39 Stuart Nash 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
40 Poto Williams 6 November 2020 To present

See also

New Zealand Police

Notes
  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. "The Cabinet". The Star (5498). 25 February 1896. p. 3.
  4. Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97, 127.

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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