Minister of Health (New Zealand)

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The Minister of Health, formerly styled Minister of Public Health, is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for the New Zealand Ministry of Health and the District Health Boards.

The present Minister is Jonathan Coleman, a member of the National Party.

History

The first Minister of Public Health was appointed in 1900, during the premiership of Richard Seddon. The word "Public" was dropped from the title when Sir Maui Pomare took over the portfolio from 27 June 1923, as simply "Minister of Health".

In the health system reforms of the 1980s, the Department of Health lost responsibility for both the provision and funding of healthcare — these roles were transferred to separate Crown Health Enterprises (the precursors to today's District Health Boards) and the Health Funding Authority, respectively. The only function remaining was policy-making (resulting in the Department being renamed a Ministry). For a time, there was a separate Minister in Charge of Crown Health Enterprises, who was not necessarily the same as the Minister of Health. Further reforms have changed this, however — the Health Funding Authority has been re-absorbed into the Ministry of Health, and the modern District Health Boards, while not part of the Ministry, are considered a responsibility of the Minister of Health.

List of Health Ministers

	Name	PM Served	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Joseph Ward	Seddon, Hall-Jones	8 November 1900	6 August 1906	Liberal
2	George Fowlds	Ward	6 August 1906	6 January 1909	Liberal
3	David Buddo	Ward	6 January 1909	28 March 1912	Liberal
4	George Warren Russell, 1st time	Mackenzie	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	Liberal
5	Heaton Rhodes	Massey	10 July 1912	12 August 1915	Reform
	George Warren Russell, 2nd time	Massey	12 August 1915	25 August 1919	Liberal
6	Francis Bell	Massey	4 September 1919	3 April 1920	Reform
7	James Parr	Massey	3 April 1920	7 June 1923	Reform
8	Maui Pomare	Massey, Bell, Coates	7 June 1923	18 January 1926	Reform
9	Alexander Young, 1st time	Coates	18 January 1926	10 December 1928	Reform
10	Arthur Stallworthy	Ward, Forbes	10 December 1928	22 September 1931	United
	Alexander Young, 2nd time	Forbes	22 September 1931	6 December 1935	Reform
11	Peter Fraser	Savage, himself	6 December 1935	30 April 1940	Labour
12	Tim Armstrong	Fraser	30 April 1940	21 January 1941	Labour
13	Arnold Nordmeyer	Fraser	21 January 1941	29 May 1947	Labour
14	Mabel Howard	Fraser	29 May 1947	13 December 1949	Labour
15	Jack Watts	Holland	13 December 1949	19 September 1951	National
16	Jack Marshall	Holland	19 September 1951	26 November 1954	National
17	Ralph Hanan	Holland, Holyoake	26 November 1954	12 December 1957	National
18	Rex Mason	Nash	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Labour
19	Norman Shelton	Holyoake	12 December 1960	24 January 1962	National
20	Donald McKay	Holyoake	24 January 1962	9 February 1972	National
21	Lance Adams-Schneider	Marshall	9 February 1972	8 December 1972	National
22	Bob Tizard	Kirk	8 December 1972	10 September 1974	Labour
23	Tom McGuigan	Rowling	10 September 1974	12 December 1975	Labour
24	Frank Gill	Muldoon	12 December 1975	13 December 1978	National
25	George Gair	Muldoon	13 December 1978	11 December 1981	National
26	Aussie Malcolm	Muldoon	11 December 1981	26 July 1984	National
27	Michael Bassett	Lange	26 July 1984	24 August 1987	Labour
28	David Caygill	Lange	24 August 1987	30 January 1989	Labour
29	Helen Clark	Lange, Palmer, Moore	30 January 1989	2 November 1990	Labour
30	Simon Upton	Bolger	2 November 1990	27 March 1993	National
31	Bill Birch	Bolger	27 March 1993	29 November 1993	National
32	Jenny Shipley	Bolger	29 November 1993	16 December 1996	National
33	Bill English	Bolger	16 December 1996	2 February 1999	National
34	Wyatt Creech	Shipley	1 February 1999	5 December 1999	National
35	Annette King	Clark	5 December 1999	19 October 2005	Labour
36	Pete Hodgson	Clark	19 October 2005	31 October 2007	Labour
37	David Cunliffe	Clark	31 October 2007^[1]	19 November 2008	Labour
38	Tony Ryall	Key	19 November 2008	6 October 2014	National
39	Jonathan Coleman	Key	6 October 2014	Incumbent	National

References

↑ "New Minister of Health" (Press release). New Zealand Government. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-10.

External links

New Zealand Ministry of Health

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