Minister of Railways (New Zealand)
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The Minister of Railways was the minister in the government
responsible for the New Zealand Railways Department
1895–1981, the New Zealand Railways Corporation
1981–1993, and New Zealand Rail Limited
1990–1993. The portfolio was established in 1895, 15 years after the Railways Department was formed, and was abolished in 1993, when New Zealand Rail Limited was privatised.
New Zealand Cabinet
The Cabinet of New Zealand functions as the policy and decision-making body of the executive branch within the New Zealand government system...
responsible for the New Zealand Railways Department
New Zealand Railways Department
The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system. The Department was created in 1880 and was reformed in 1981 into the New...
1895–1981, the New Zealand Railways Corporation
OnTrack
OnTrack was a regional rail line that operated in Syracuse, New York from 1994 to 2007. During its operation, Syracuse was the smallest city in the United States to have regional train service. The line ran from Colvin Street on the city's south side via Syracuse University and Armory Square to the...
1981–1993, and New Zealand Rail Limited
Tranz Rail
Tranz Rail, formally Tranz Rail Holdings Ltd , was the main rail operator in New Zealand from 1991 until it was purchased by Toll Holdings in 2003.- Formation :...
1990–1993. The portfolio was established in 1895, 15 years after the Railways Department was formed, and was abolished in 1993, when New Zealand Rail Limited was privatised.
Office-holders
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred Cadman Alfred Cadman Sir Alfred Jerome Cadman was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He was the Minister of Railways from 1895 to 1899 in the First Liberal Government.-Early life:Cadman was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1847... |
24 November 1895 | 28 April 1899 | Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party The New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. Out of office, the Liberals gradually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party... |
| 2 | Joseph Ward Joseph Ward Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet, GCMG was the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the early 20th century.-Early life:... |
17 May 1900 | 13 January 1906 | Liberal |
| 3 | William Hall-Jones William Hall-Jones Sir William Hall-Jones, KCMG was the 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand from June 1906 until August 1906. He was the interim Prime Minister after the death of Richard Seddon and the return from overseas of Joseph Ward.... |
18 June 1906 | 24 May 1908 | Liberal |
| 4 | John A. Millar John A. Millar John Andrew Millar was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party from Otago.Born in Jalandhar, India, he came to New Zealand in 1870... |
24 May 1908 | 24 August 1912 | Liberal |
| 5 | Arthur Myers Arthur Myers Sir Arthur Mielziner Myers was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Auckland City from 1905 to 1909, Member of the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1921, and a Cabinet Minister... |
25 August 1912 | 10 December 1912 | Liberal |
| 6 | William Herries William Herries Sir William Herbert Herries KCMG was an English-born New Zealand politician.Herries was born in London, the son of a barrister, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. At the age of 22 he emigrated to New Zealand and became a farmer near Te Aroha... |
10 December 1912 | 28 May 1919 | Reform New Zealand Reform Party The Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party... |
| 7 | William Massey William Massey William Ferguson Massey, often known as Bill Massey or "Farmer Bill" served as the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party. He is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time, and was known for the particular... |
28 May 1919 | 6 December 1922 | Reform |
| 8 | David Guthrie David Guthrie David Henry Guthrie was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He was the Minister of Railways in the Reform Government, and the Member of Parliament for Oroua from 1908 to 1925, when he retired.... |
6 December 1922 | 27 March 1923 | Reform |
| 9 | Gordon Coates Gordon Coates Joseph Gordon Coates, MC and bar served as the 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928.- Early life :Born on the Hukatere Peninsula in Kaipara Harbour where his family ran a farm, Coates took on significant responsibility at a relatively early age because his father suffered from... |
1 April 1923 | 21 December 1928 | Reform |
| 10 | William Taverner William Burgoyne Taverner William Burgoyne Taverner OBE was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Reform Party,and Mayor of Dunedin.- Member of Parliament :... |
7 July 1928 | 13 December 1930 | United (Liberal) United Party (New Zealand) The United Party of New Zealand, a party formed out of the remnants of the Liberal Party, formed a government between 1928 and 1935, and in 1936 merged with the Reform Party to establish the National Party... |
| 11 | Bill Veitch Bill Veitch William Andrew Veitch was a New Zealand politician. He began his career in the labour movement, but was a strong opponent of socialism, and rejected the militant views held by many of his colleagues.-Early life:... |
13 December 1930 | 31 August 1931 | United |
| 12 | George Forbes George William Forbes George William Forbes served as the 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. Few expected him to become Prime Minister when he did, and some believed him unsuitable, but he nevertheless remained in that office for five years... |
19 September 1931 | 26 November 1935 | United |
| 13 | Daniel Sullivan Daniel Giles Sullivan Daniel Giles "Dan" Sullivan was a New Zealand Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and Mayor of Christchurch.-Early years:... |
26 November 1935 | 12 December 1941 | Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935.... |
| 14 | Bob Semple Bob Semple Robert "Bob" Semple was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand.... |
12 December 1941 | 12 December 1949 | Labour |
| 15 | William Goosman William Goosman Sir William Stanley Goosman, KCMG was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He was the Member of Parliament for Waikato 1938-46, Piako 1946-54, Waipa 1954-57, then Piako again 1957-63, when he retired.... |
12 December 1949 | 7 February 1954 | National New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:... |
| 16 | John McAlpine John McAlpine Sir John Kenneth McAlpine, KCMG was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Selwyn from 1946 to 1966, when he retired.... |
7 February 1954 | 8 December 1957 | National |
| 17 | Michael Moohan Michael Moohan Michael Moohan was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Early life:Born in Garrison, County Fermanagh, Ireland he served in the British Army in World War I, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1919... |
8 December 1957 | 31 August 1960 | Labour |
| 18 | John McAlpine John McAlpine Sir John Kenneth McAlpine, KCMG was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Selwyn from 1946 to 1966, when he retired.... |
6 September 1960 | 12 December 1966 | National |
| 19 | John Gordon John Bowie Gordon John Bowie Gordon , known as Peter Gordon, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He was the Member of Parliament for Clutha from 1960 to 1978, when he retired... |
12 December 1966 | 11 December 1972 | National |
| 20 | Thomas McGuigan Thomas McGuigan Thomas Malcolm McGuigan was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Lyttelton from 1969 to 1975, when he was defeated.... |
11 December 1972 | 26 July 1974 | Labour |
| 21 | Ron Bailey Ron Bailey (New Zealand) Ronald "Ron" Leslie Bailey was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Heretaunga from 1960 to 1981, when he retired.... |
26 July 1974 | 24 August 1975 | Labour |
| 22 | Colin McLachlan Colin McLachlan Colin Campbell Alexander McLachlan was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. A farmer by profession, he was the Member of Parliament for Selwyn 1966–72, Rakaia 1972–78, then Selwyn again 1978–81, when he retired.... |
24 August 1975 | 9 February 1981 | National |
| 23 | George Gair George Gair George Frederick Gair, CMG, QSO is a former New Zealand politician. He was once deputy leader of the National Party in the Parliament of New Zealand, and was considered by many to be a possible contender for the leadership itself... |
9 February 1981 | 2 November 1984 | National |
| 24 | Richard Prebble Richard Prebble Richard William Prebble CBE, born 7 February 1948, was for many years a member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996.-Early and personal life:... |
2 November 1984 | 5 December 1990 | Labour |
| 25 | Roger Sowry Roger Sowry Roger Morrison Sowry, ONZM is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party, and was the deputy leader from 2001 to 2003.-Early life:... |
5 December 1990 | 19 October 1993 | National |