Minister for State Insurance

The Minister for State Insurance was a former cabinet member in New Zealand appointed by the Prime Minister to be responsible for New Zealand's state owned insurance scheme.

It was established in response to the founding of the State Fire Insurance Office in 1903 following a government decision for state involvement in the insurance industry. The portfolio existed until 1990 when, following its restructuring as a state owned enterprise, and it was sold to Norwich Union in 1990.

List of ministers

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The following ministers have held the office of Minister for State Insurance.[1]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Albert Pitt   6 August 1906 December 1906 Ward
2 George Fowlds   December 1906 4 September 1911
3 David Buddo   4 September 1911 28 March 1912
4 George Warren Russell   28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie
5 Frank Fisher   10 July 1912 12 August 1915 Massey
6 William MacDonald   12 August 1915 25 August 1919
7 John Bird Hine   4 September 1919 17 May 1920
8 George James Anderson   17 May 1920 7 June 1923
9 Heaton Rhodes   7 June 1923 24 May 1926
Bell
Coates
10 William Nosworthy   24 May 1926 10 December 1928
11 Āpirana Ngata   10 December 1928 1 November 1934 Ward
Forbes
12 George Forbes   1 November 1934 19 December 1934
13 Robert Masters   19 December 1934 6 December 1935
14 Walter Nash   6 December 1935 30 April 1940 Savage
Fraser
15 David Wilson   30 April 1940 12 April 1944
16 Arnold Nordmeyer   12 April 1944 18 December 1946
17 Fred Hackett   18 December 1946 18 October 1947
18 Rex Mason   18 October 1947 13 December 1949
19 Wilfred Fortune   13 December 1949 26 November 1954 Holland
20 Ernest Corbett   26 November 1954 23 March 1956
21 Dean Eyre   23 March 1956 12 December 1957
Holyoake
22 Philip Skoglund   12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
23 Arthur Kinsella   12 December 1960 20 December 1963 Holyoake
24 John Rae   20 December 1963 9 February 1972
25 George Gair   9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall
26 Sir Basil Arthur   8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
27 Bert Walker   12 December 1975 13 December 1978 Muldoon
28 Derek Quigley   13 December 1978 15 June 1982
29 Keith Allen   15 June 1982 26 July 1984
30 Phil Goff   26 July 1984 6 April 1987 Lange
31 Kerry Burke   6 April 1987 24 July 1987
32 Richard Prebble   15 August 1987 4 November 1988
33 David Lange   4 November 1988 8 November 1988
34 Bill Jeffries   8 November 1988 8 August 1989
35 Stan Rodger   8 August 1989 9 February 1990 Palmer
36 Richard Prebble   9 February 1990 2 November 1990
Moore

Notes

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  1. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 131.

References

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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.