Minister of Industries and Commerce

The Minister of Industries and Commerce in New Zealand is a former cabinet position (existing from 1894 to 1972) appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of matters of industrial and commercial growth and trade. In 1972 it was replaced with the new office of Minister of Trade and Industry.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Industries and Commerce.^[1]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Joseph Ward		20 January 1894	2 March 1896		Seddon
	2	Thomas Thompson		2 March 1896	21 December 1899
	(1)	Joseph Ward		21 December 1899	23 November 1906
							Hall-Jones
							Ward
	3	James McGowan		23 November 1906	6 January 1909
	4	Thomas Mackenzie		6 January 1909	10 July 1912
							Mackenzie
	5	William Fraser		10 July 1912	26 July 1912		Massey
	6	William Massey		26 July 1912	22 June 1920
	7	Ernest Lee		22 June 1920	13 January 1923
	8	William Downie Stewart		13 January 1923	24 May 1926
							Bell
							Coates
	9	Alex McLeod		24 May 1926	28 November 1928
	10	Alexander Young		28 November 1928	10 December 1928
	11	John Cobbe		10 December 1928	18 December 1929		Ward
	12	James Donald		18 December 1929	28 May 1930
	13	Philip De La Perrelle		28 May 1930	22 September 1931		Forbes
	14	Robert Masters		22 September 1931	6 December 1935
	15	Dan Sullivan		6 December 1935	8 April 1947		Savage
							Fraser
	16	Arnold Nordmeyer		29 May 1947	12 December 1949
	17	Charles Bowden		12 December 1949	19 December 1950		Holland
	18	Jack Watts		19 December 1950	26 November 1954
	19	Dean Eyre		26 November 1954	23 March 1956
	20	Eric Halstead		23 March 1956	12 December 1957
							Holyoake
	21	Phil Holloway		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	22	Jack Marshall		12 December 1960	22 December 1969		Holyoake
	23	Norman Shelton		22 December 1969	9 February 1972
	24	Brian Talboys		9 February 1972	24 October 1972		Marshall