Minister of Employment
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent
Louise Upston
since 27 November 2023
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation22 September 1931
First holderGordon Coates
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Employment is a cabinet portfolio in New Zealand which was first established in 1931 and was in use until 1938 before being used in several separate increments. It was revived from 1946 to 1954 and was again reconstituted in 1984.[2]

The current minister is Louise Upston.[3]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Employment.[2]

Key

  Reform   United   Labour   National   NZ First

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Gordon Coates 22 September 1931 20 January 1933 Forbes
2 Adam Hamilton 20 January 1933 26 July 1934
- Alexander Young
Acting Minister		 26 July 1934 8 April 1935
3 Sydney Smith 8 April 1935 6 December 1935
4 Tim Armstrong 6 December 1935 13 December 1938 Savage
Office not in use
5 Peter Fraser 28 March 1946 19 December 1946 Fraser
6 Angus McLagan 19 December 1946 13 December 1949
7 Bill Sullivan 13 December 1949 31 October 1954 Holland
Office not in use
8 Kerry Burke 26 July 1984 6 April 1987 Lange
9 Phil Goff 6 April 1987 14 August 1989
Palmer
10 Annette King 14 August 1989 2 November 1990
Moore
11 Maurice McTigue 2 November 1990 1 July 1993 Bolger
12 Denis Marshall 1 July 1993 2 March 1994
13 Wyatt Creech 2 March 1994 16 December 1996
14 Peter McCardle 16 December 1996 31 August 1998
Shipley
15 Roger Sowry 31 August 1998 10 December 1999
16 Steve Maharey 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 Clark
17 Ruth Dyson 19 October 2005 19 November 2008
18 Paula Bennett 19 November 2008 27 January 2010 Key
19 Steven Joyce 27 January 2010 20 December 2016
20 Paul Goldsmith 20 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
21 Willie Jackson 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
22 Carmel Sepuloni 6 November 2020 27 November 2023
Hipkins

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf
  2. 1 2 Wilson 1985, pp. 83–86, 98.
  3. ↑ "Term Pages | Beehive.govt.nz". The Beehive. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

References

  • 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.
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