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Premier and Prime Minister timeline

The first terms only of these Premiers and Prime Ministers are listed below

Premiers
       
Name   1st Term
End 1st term
       
SEWELL Henry 7/5/1856
20/5/1856
       
FOX William 20/5/1856
2/6/1856
       
STAFFORD Edward William 2/6/1856
12/7/1861
       
DOMETT Alfred 6/8/1862
30/10/1863
       
WHITAKER Frederick 30/10/1863
24/11/1864
       
WELD Frederick Aloysius 24/11/1864
16/10/1865
       
WATERHOUSE George Marsden 11/10/1872
3/3/1873
       
VOGEL Julius 8/4/1873
6/7/1875
       
POLLEN Daniel 6/7/1875
15/2/1876
       
ATKINSON Harry Albert 13/9/1876
13/10/1877
       
GREY George 13/10/1877
8/10/1879
       
HALL John 8/10/1879
21/4/1882
       
STOUT Robert 16/8/1884
28/8/1884
       
BALLANCE John 24/1/1891
27/4/1893
       
SEDDON Richard John 1/5/1893
10/6/1906
       
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Prime Ministers
"Prime Minister" officially became the term for leader of the New Zealand government during the term of Richard John Seddon, in 1893. Previous leaders were entitled to be called "Premier". [1]
 
Name   1st term
End 1st term
       
HALL-JONES William 21/6/1906
6/8/1906
       
WARD Joseph George 6/8/1906
28/3/1912
       
MacKENZIE Thomas 28/3/1912
10/7/1912
       
MASSEY William Ferguson 10/71/1912
10/5/1925
       
BELL Francis Henry Dillon 14/5/1925
30/5/1925
       
COATES Joseph Gordon 30/5/1925
10/12/1928
       
FORBES George William 28/5/1930
6/12/1935
       
SAVAGE Michael Joseph 6/12/1935
27/3/1940
       
FRASER Peter 1/4/1940
13/12/1949
       
HOLLAND Sidney George 13/12/1949
20/9/1957
       
HOLYOAKE Keith 20/9/1957
12/12/1957
       
NASH Walter 12/12/1957
12/12/1960
       
MARSHALL John Ross 7/2/1972
8/12/1972
       
KIRK Norman Eric 8/12/1973
31/8/1974
       
ROWLING Wallace Edward 6/9/1974
12/12/1975
       
MULDOON Robert David 12/12/1975
26/7/1984
       
LANGE David Russell 26/7/1984
8/8/1989
       
PALMER Geoffrey Winston Russell 8/8/1989
4/9/1990
       
MOORE Michael Kenneth 4/9/1990
2/11/1990
       
BOLGER James Brendan 2/11/1990
12/10/1996
       
SHIPLEY Jennifer Mary 8/12/1997
5/12/1999
       
CLARK Helen 27/11/1999  
       

Source for this listing : The New Zealand Official Yearbook

[1] Source : The Illustrated Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Bateman

 
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