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Minister of Railways of New Zealand

Style| The Honourable
Appointer| Prime Minister of New Zealand
Formation| 24 November 1895
Abolished| 16 December 1996

The Minister of Railways was the minister in the government responsible for the New Zealand Railways Department 1895–1981, the New Zealand Railways Corporation 1981–1993, and New Zealand Rail Limited 1990–1993. The portfolio was established in 1895, 15 years after the Railways Department was formed, and was abolished in 1993, when New Zealand Rail Limited was privatised. Today, KiwiRail is answerable to both the Minister of State Owned Enterprises, and the Minister of Transport.

## Office-holders

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Plaque next to main entrance of Hamilton Railway Station – opened by Hon Ron Bailey, 1975

The following MPs have held the office of Minister of Railways:[1][2]

Key

Liberal Reform United Labour National

No.  | Name  | Portrait  | Term of Office  | Prime Minister

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| 1  | Alfred Cadman |  | 1 January 1895  | 21 December 1899  |  | Seddon
| 2  | Joseph Ward |  | 5 January 1900  | 6 August 1906
|  | Hall-Jones
| 3  | William Hall-Jones |  | 6 August 1906  | 30 November 1908  |  | Ward
| 4  | John A. Millar |  | 6 January 1909  | 28 March 1912
| 5  | Arthur Myers |  | 28 March 1912  | 10 July 1912  |  | Mackenzie
| 6  | William Herries |  | 10 July 1912  | 3 September 1919  |  | Massey
| 7  | William Massey |  | 3 September 1919  | 16 May 1922
| 8  | David Guthrie |  | 16 May 1922  | 6 June 1923
| 9  | Gordon Coates |  | 6 June 1923  | 10 December 1928  |
| Bell
| Coates
| 10  | William Taverner |  | 10 December 1928  | 28 May 1930  |  | Ward
| 11  | Bill Veitch |  | 28 May 1930  | 22 September 1931  |  | Forbes
| 12  | George Forbes |  | 22 September 1931  | 6 December 1935
| 13  | Dan Sullivan |  | 6 December 1935  | 12 December 1941  |  | Savage
|  | Fraser
| 14  | Bob Semple |  | 12 December 1941  | 12 December 1949  |
| 15  | Stan Goosman |  | 13 December 1949  | 26 November 1954  |  | Holland
| 16  | John McAlpine |  | 26 November 1954  | 12 December 1957
|  | Holyoake
| 17  | Mick Moohan |  | 12 December 1957  | 12 December 1960  |  | Nash
| (16) | John McAlpine |  | 12 December 1960  | 12 December 1966  |  | Holyoake
| 17  | Peter Gordon |  | 12 December 1966  | 8 December 1972
|  | Marshall
| 18  | Tom McGuigan |  | 8 December 1972  | 10 September 1974  |  | Kirk
| 19  | Ron Bailey |  | 10 September 1974  | 12 December 1975  |  | Rowling
| 20  | Colin McLachlan |  | 12 December 1975  | 11 December 1981  |  | Muldoon
| 21  | George Gair |  | 11 December 1981  | 26 July 1984
| 22  | Richard Prebble |  | 26 July 1984  | 4 November 1988  |  | Lange
| 23  | David Lange |  | 4 November 1988  | 8 November 1988
| 24  | Stan Rodger |  | 8 November 1988  | 9 February 1990
|  | Palmer
| (22) | Richard Prebble |  | 9 February 1990  | 2 November 1990
|  | Moore
| 25  | Doug Kidd |  | 2 November 1990  | 3 October 1991  |  | Bolger
| 26  | Maurice McTigue |  | 3 October 1991  | 1 July 1993
| 27  | Wyatt Creech |  | 1 July 1993  | 21 December 1993
| 28  | Philip Burdon |  | 21 December 1993  | 16 December 1996

## See also

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* Rail transport in New Zealand

## References

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1. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 72–97.
2. ^ Leitch & Stott 1988, Appendix two – Ministers of Railways 1895–1988.

## Further reading

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* Stott, Bob; Leitch, David (1988). New Zealand Railways: The First 125 Years. Auckland: Heinemann Reed. p. 176\. ISBN 0-7900-0000-8.
* Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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