Minister of Police (New Zealand)

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Minister of Police (New Zealand)

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

The current officeholder is Mark Mitchell.

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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.[2] 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.

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List of Police Ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Police.[3]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National   NZ First   Mauri Pacific

More information No., Name ...
No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Thomas Thompson Thumb 25 February 1896 23 January 1900 Seddon
2 James McGowan Thumb 23 January 1900 6 January 1909
Hall-Jones
Ward
3 John Findlay Thumb 6 January 1909 26 December 1911
4 Josiah Hanan Thumb 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie
5 Alexander Herdman Thumb 10 July 1912 4 February 1918 Massey
6 Thomas Wilford Thumb 4 February 1918 25 August 1919
7 William Massey Thumb 4 September 1919 3 April 1920
8 Ernest Lee Thumb 3 April 1920 13 January 1923
9 Francis Bell Thumb 13 January 1923 27 June 1923
10 James Parr Thumb 27 June 1923 18 January 1926
Bell
Coates
11 Frank Rolleston Thumb 18 January 1926 26 November 1928
12 William Downie Stewart Jr Thumb 26 November 1928 10 December 1928
(6) Thomas Wilford Thumb 10 December 1928 10 December 1929 Ward
13 John Cobbe Thumb 18 December 1929 6 December 1935
Forbes
14 Peter Fraser Thumb 6 December 1935 13 December 1949 Savage
Fraser
15 Sidney Holland Thumb 13 December 1949 18 January 1950 Holland
16 Wilfred Fortune Thumb 18 January 1950 26 November 1954
(15) Sidney Holland Thumb 26 November 1954 7 December 1956
17 Dean Eyre Thumb 7 December 1956 12 December 1957
Holyoake
18 Phil Connolly Thumb 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
(17) Dean Eyre Thumb 12 December 1960 20 December 1963 Holyoake
19 Percy Allen Thumb 20 December 1963 22 December 1969
20 David Thomson Thumb 22 December 1969 9 February 1972
(17) Percy Allen Thumb 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall
21 Mick Connelly Thumb 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
22 Allan McCready Thumb 12 December 1975 13 December 1978 Muldoon
23 Frank Gill Thumb 13 December 1978 21 August 1980
24 Ben Couch Thumb 21 August 1980 26 July 1984
25 Ann Hercus Thumb 26 July 1984 16 September 1987 Lange
26 Peter Tapsell Thumb 16 September 1987 8 August 1989
27 Roger Douglas Thumb 8 August 1989 10 July 1990 Palmer
28 Richard Prebble Thumb 10 July 1990 2 November 1990
Moore
29 John Banks Thumb 2 November 1990 2 March 1994 Bolger
30 John Luxton Thumb 2 March 1994 16 December 1996
31 Jack Elder Thumb 16 December 1996 31 August 1998
Shipley
32 Clem Simich Thumb 31 August 1998 10 December 1999
33 George Hawkins Thumb 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 Clark
34 Annette King Thumb 19 October 2005 19 November 2008
35 Judith Collins Thumb 19 November 2008 12 December 2011 Key
36 Anne Tolley Thumb 12 December 2011 7 October 2014
37 Michael Woodhouse Thumb 8 October 2014 14 December 2015
(35) Judith Collins Thumb 14 December 2015 20 December 2016
38 Paula Bennett Thumb 20 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
39 Stuart Nash Thumb 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
40 Poto Williams Thumb 6 November 2020 14 June 2022
41 Chris Hipkins Thumb 14 June 2022 25 January 2023
(39) Stuart Nash Thumb 1 February 2023 15 March 2023 Hipkins
- Megan Woods
acting minister
Thumb 15 March 2023 20 March 2023
42 Ginny Andersen Thumb 20 March 2023 27 November 2023
43 Mark Mitchell Thumb 27 November 2023 present Luxon
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References

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