Former Prime Ministers of New Zealand

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Please note: Some of the Prime Ministers served several terms so their names and links are repeated.

08 Dec 1997 -- 05 Dec 1999 Rt Hon Jenny Shipley

02 Nov 1990 – 08 Dec 1997 Rt Hon James Bolger

04 Sep 1990 – 02 Nov 1990 Rt Hon Michael Moore

08 Aug 1989 – 04 Sep 1990 Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer

26 July 1984 -- 08 Aug 1989 Rt Hon David Lange

12 Dec 1975 – 26 July 1984 Rt Hon Sir Robert Muldoon

06 Sep 1974 – 12 Dec 1975 Rt Hon Wallace Rowling

08 Dec 1972 – 31 Aug 1974 Rt Hon Norman Eric Kirk

07 Feb 1972 – 08 Dec 1972 Rt Hon John Ross Marshall

12 Dec 1960 – 07 Feb 1972 Rt Hon Sir Keith Holyoake

12 Dec 1957 – 12 Dec 1960 Rt Hon Walter Nash

20 Sep 1957 – 12 Dec 1957 Rt Hon Keith Holyoake

13 Dec 1949 – 20 Sep 1957 Rt Hon Sir Sidney Holland

01 Apr 1940 – 13 Dec 1949 Rt Hon Peter Fraser

06 Dec 1935 – 27 Mar 1940 Rt Hon Michael Joseph Savage

28 May 1930 – 06 Dec 1935 Rt Hon George William Forbes

10 Dec 1928 – 28 May 1930 Rt Hon Sir Joseph Ward

30 May 1925 – 10 Dec 1928 Rt Hon Gordon Coates

14 May 1925 – 30 May 1925 Hon Sir Francis Bell

10 Jul 1912 – 10 May 1925 Rt Hon William Massey

28 Mar 1912 – 10 Jul 1912 Thomas MacKenzie

06 Aug 1906 – 28 Mar 1912 Rt Hon Sir Joseph Ward

21 Jun 1906 – 06 Aug 1906 William Hall-Jones

01 May 1893 – 10 Jun 1906 Rt Hon Richard Seddon

24 Jan 1891 – 27 Apr 1893 John Balance

08 Oct 1887 – 24 Jan 1891 Sir Harry Atkinson

03 Sep 1884 – 08 Oct 1887 Sir Robert Stout

28 Aug 1884 – 03 Sep 1884 Harry Atkinson

16 Aug 1884 – 28 Aug 1884 Robert Stout

25 Sep 1883 – 16 Aug 1884 Harry Atkinson

21 Apr 1882 – 25 Sep 1883 Frederick Whitaker

08 Oct 1879 – 21 Apr 1882 John Hall

13 Oct 1877 – 08 Oct 1879 Sir George Grey

01 Sep 1876 – 13 Oct 1877 Harry Atkinson

15 Feb 1876 – 01 Sep 1876 Sir Julius Vogel

06 Jul 1875 – 15 Feb 1876 Daniel Pollen

08 Apr 1873 – 06 Jul 1875 Julius Vogel

03 Mar 1873 – 08 Apr 1873 William Fox

11 Oct 1872 – 03 Mar 1873 Hon George Waterhouse

10 Sep 1872 – 11 Oct 1872 Edward Stafford

28 Jun 1869 – 19 Sep 1872 William Fox

16 Oct 1865 – 28 Jun 1869 Edward Stafford

24 Nov 1864 - 16 Oct 1865 Frederick Weld

30 Oct 1863 - 24 Nov 1864 Frederick Whitaker

06 Aug 1862 - 30 Oct 1863 Alfred Domett

12 Jul 1861 - 06 Aug 1862 William Fox

02 Jun 1856 - 12 Jul 1861 Edward Stafford

20 May 1856 - 02 Jun 1856 William Fox

07 May 1856 - 20 May 1856 Henry Sewell

Thanks to David Farrar, Charlotte Brown and Bernard Cadogen and to the staff of the Parliamentary Library for researching and compiling biographies.

Biographical material was sources from the following publications :
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volumes 1, 2 , 3 and 4
New Zealand's Heritage, Volume 6
Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia, 1995
New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840 - 1984 by J.O. WIlson
The Times (UK) Life and career of the late Prime Minister Norman Kirk 1974
Sir Keith Holyoake - Towards A Political Biography, Edited by Margaret Clark 1997
Who's Who in New Zealand
1971
The Dominion
The Press
The Evening Post

NEW ZEALAND Politrix

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