Minister of Consumer Affairs (New Zealand)

The Minister of Consumer Affairs was a minister in the government of New Zealand with the responsibilities including corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual property, and trade policy and international regulatory cooperation, most of which is now administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The position was established in 1984 and was absorbed into the office of Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs after the 2014 general election.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Consumer Affairs.^[1]

Key

  Labour   National   NZ First   Independent   Alliance   ACT

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Margaret Shields		24 August 1987	2 November 1990		Lange
							Palmer
							Moore
	2	Katherine O'Regan		2 November 1990	16 December 1996		Bolger
	3	Robyn McDonald		16 December 1996	31 August 1998
							Shipley
	4	Peter McCardle		31 August 1998	10 December 1999
	5	Phillida Bunkle		10 December 1999	23 February 2001		Clark
	-	Jim Anderton Acting Minister		23 February 2001	15 August 2002
	6	Judith Tizard		15 August 2002	19 November 2008
	7	Heather Roy		19 November 2008	17 August 2010		Key
	8	John Boscawen		17 August 2010	3 May 2011
	9	Simon Power		4 May 2011	14 December 2011
	10	Chris Tremain		14 December 2011	2 April 2012
	11	Simon Bridges		3 April 2012	30 January 2013
	12	Craig Foss		30 January 2013	6 October 2014

See also

• Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
• Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Notes

1. Wilson 1985, pp. 98.

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.