Postmaster-General (New Zealand)

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Foundation stone on the former Akaroa Post Office, commemorating Heaton Rhodes as Postmaster-General

The Postmaster-General in New Zealand was the government minister responsible for the New Zealand Post Office from 1858 to 1989, when the NZPO (formerly the P&T or Post and Telegraph Department) was split into three SOEs responsible to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises: New Zealand Post Limited, Telecom New Zealand Limited, and Post Office Bank Limited.

History

From 1841 to 1853 the Postmaster-General was a civil servant, responsible to the Postmaster-General of New South Wales (1841–42) then the Postmaster-General of Great Britain (1842–53).[1]

Governor Sir George Grey appointed Henry William Petre to be Postmaster-General on 13 August 1853, but his appointment was not accepted by the First Parliament that met in 1854, and he left for England early in the new year.[1]

Office-holders

Name Premier/Prime Minister Served Took Office Left Office Party
1 Henry Tancred (MLC) [2] Stafford 3 November 1858 (or 2 November) [1] 12 July 1861 None
2 Crosbie Ward [2] Fox 2 August 1861 (or 21 August)[1] 6 August 1862 None
3 Walter Mantell [1] [3] Domett 6 August 1862 21 August 1862 None
- Crosbie Ward (2nd time) [1] [3] Domett 21 August 1862 30 October 1863 None
4 Thomas Gillies [1][3] Whittaker-Fox 30 October 1863 24 November 1864 None
5 John Richardson [1][3] Weld 24 November 1864 16 October 1865 None
6 Edward Stafford [1][4] (himself) 31 October 1865 8 May 1866 None
7 James Paterson [1] [4] Stafford 8 May 1866 24 August 1866 None
8 John Hall [1](& Electric Telegraph Commissioner from 16 October 1866) [4] Stafford 24 August 1866 5 February 1869 None
- Edward Stafford (2nd time) [1][4] (himself) 6 February 1869 28 June 1869 None
9 Julius Vogel [1] (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner from 1 July 1869)[4] Fox 28 June 1869 10 September 1872 None
10 Oswald Curtis [1] (& Telegraph Commissioner)[5] Stafford 10 September 1872 11 October 1872 None
- Julius Vogel (2nd time) [1] (& Telegraph Commissioner from 8 April 1873, Commissioner of Telegraphs from 6 July 1875)[6] Waterhouse, Fox, himself, 11 October 1872 1 September 1876 None
11 George McLean (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [7][8] Atkinson 1 September 1876 13 September 1876 None
12 Frederick Whitaker (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [9][7] Atkinson 13 September 1876 7 December 1876 None
13 John Davies Ormond (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [7] Atkinson 7 December 1876 12 January 1877 None
- George McLean (2nd time) [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [9] Atkinson 12 January 1877 13 October 1877 None
14 James Temple Fisher [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [9] Grey 15 October 1877 8 October 1879 None
- John Hall (2nd time) (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [10] (himself) 8 October 1879 (or 22 December)[7] 9 March 1881 None
15 Walter W. Johnston [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [10] Hall/Whitaker 9 March 1881 11 October 1882 None
16 Thomas Dick [7](& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [10] Whitaker 11 October 1882 25 September 1883 None
17 Richard Oliver (MLC) [7](& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [11] Atkinson 25 September 1883 16 August 1884 None
- Julius Vogel (3rd time) [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [11] Stout 16 August 1884 28 August 1884 None
18 William Russell (& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [12] Atkinson 28 August 1884 (or 26 August)[7] 3 September 1884 None
- Julius Vogel (4th time) [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [12] Stout 3 September 1884 8 October 1887 None
19 Harry Atkinson [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [12] (himself) 8 October 1887 17 October 1889 None
20 Edwin Mitchelson [7](& Commissioner of Telegraphs) [13] Atkinson 17 October 1889 24 January 1891 None
21 Patrick Buckley (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [13][7] Ballance 24 January 1891 4 February 1891 Liberal
22 Joseph Ward (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [14][7] Ballance, Seddon, 4 February 1891 16 June 1896 Liberal
23 Richard Seddon (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner) [15][7] (himself) 16 June 1896 21 December 1899 Liberal
- Joseph Ward (2nd time) (& Electric Telegraph Commissioner to 29 October 1906, then Minister of Telegraphs) [16][7] Seddon, Hall-Jones, himself 21 December 1899 28 March 1912 Liberal
24 Henry George Ell (& Minister of Telegraphs) [17][7] MacKenzie 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Liberal
25 Heaton Rhodes (& Minister of Telegraphs) [18][7] Massey 10 July 1912 12 August 1915 Reform
- Joseph Ward (3rd time) (& Minister of Telegraphs) [19][7] Massey 12 August 1915 4 September 1919 Liberal
26 Gordon Coates (& Minister of Telegraphs) [20][7] Massey (& Bell 10 to 30 May 1925) 4 September 1919 30 May 1925 Reform
27 James Parr (& Minister of Telegraphs) [21][7] Coates 30 May 1925 24 May 1926 Reform
28 William Nosworthy (& Minister of Telegraphs) [22][7] Coates 24 May 1926 10 December 1928 Reform
29 James Bell Donald (& Minister of Telegraphs) [23][7] Ward 10 December 1928 18 December 1929 Reform
- Joseph Ward (4th time) (& Minister of Telegraphs) [23][7] (himself) 18 December 1929 28 May 1930 United
- James Bell Donald (2nd time) (& Minister of Telegraphs) [24][7] Forbes 28 May 1930 22 September 1931 United
30 Adam Hamilton (& Minister of Telegraphs) [25][7] Forbes 22 September 1931 6 December 1935 United (Liberal)
31 Fred Jones (& Minister of Telegraphs) [26][7] Savage 6 December 1935 1 April 1940 Labour
32 Paddy Webb (& Minister of Telegraphs) [27][7] Fraser 1 April 1940 19 December 1946 Labour
33 Fred Hackett (& Minister of Telegraphs) [28][7] Fraser 19 December 1946 13 December 1949 Labour
34 Walter Broadfoot (& Minister of Telegraphs) [29][7] Holland 13 December 1949 26 November 1954 National
35 Tom Shand (& Minister of Telegraphs) [30][7] Holland/Holyoake 26 November 1954 12 December 1957 National
36 Michael Moohan (& Minister of Telegraphs) [30][7] Nash 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Labour
37 Thomas Hayman [31][7] Holyoake 12 December 1960 2 May 1961 National
38 Arthur Kinsella [32][7] Holyoake 2 May 1961 20 December 1963 National
39 Jack Scott [33][7] Holyoake 20 December 1963 22 December 1969 National
40 Allan McCready [34] Holyoake 22 December 1969 9 February 1972 National
41 Bert Walker [35] Marshall 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 National
42 Roger Douglas [36] Kirk 8 December 1972 10 September 1974 Labour
43 Fraser Colman [37] Rowling 10 September 1974 12 December 1975 Labour
44 Hugh Templeton [38] Muldoon 12 December 1975 8 March 1977 National
45 Peter Wilkinson [38] Muldoon 8 March 1977 13 December 1978 National
46 Ben Couch [39] Muldoon 13 December 1978 22 August 1980 National
47 Warren Cooper [39] Muldoon 22 August 1980 11 December 1981 National
48 John Falloon[40] Muldoon 11 December 1981 19 February 1982 National
49 Rob Talbot[40] Muldoon 19 February 1982 26 July 1984 National
50 Jonathan Hunt [41] Lange 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Labour
51 Richard Prebble [42] Lange 24 August 1987 5 November1988 Labour
52 David Butcher [43] Lange 8 November1988 14 August 1989 Labour

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