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▪ TablePrime ministers of New Zealand*name party termHenry Sewell (Sewell, Henry) 1856William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1856Edward William Stafford (Stafford, Sir Edward William) 1856-61William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1861-62Alfred Domett (Domett, Alfred) 1862-63Frederick Whitaker (Whitaker, Sir Frederick) 1863-64Frederick Aloysius Weld (Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius) 1864-65Edward William Stafford (Stafford, Sir Edward William) 1865-69William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1869-72Edward William Stafford (Stafford, Sir Edward William) 1872George Marsden Waterhouse (Waterhouse, George Marsden) 1872-73William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1873Julius Vogel (Vogel, Sir Julius) (from 1875, Sir Julius Vogel) 1873-75Daniel Pollen (Pollen, Daniel) 1875-76Sir Julius Vogel (Vogel, Sir Julius) 1876Harry Atkinson (Atkinson, Sir Harry) 1876-77Sir George Grey (Grey, Sir George) 1877-79John Hall (Hall, Sir John) 1879-82Frederick Whitaker (Whitaker, Sir Frederick) 1882-83Harry Atkinson (Atkinson, Sir Harry) 1883-84Robert Stout (Stout, Sir Robert) (from 1886, Sir Robert Stout) 1884-87Harry Atkinson (Atkinson, Sir Harry) (from 1888, Sir Harry Atkinson) 1887-91John Ballance (Ballance, John) Liberal 1891-93Richard John Seddon (Seddon, Richard John) Liberal 1893-1906Joseph Ward (Ward, Sir Joseph) (from 1911, Sir Joseph Ward) Liberal 1906-12William Ferguson Massey (Massey, William Ferguson) Reform 1912-25Joseph Gordon Coates (Coates, Joseph Gordon) Reform 1925-28Sir Joseph Ward (Ward, Sir Joseph) United 1928-30George William Forbes (Forbes, George William) Reform-United 1930-35Michael Joseph Savage (Savage, Michael Joseph) Labour 1935-40Peter Fraser (Fraser, Peter) Labour 1940-49Sidney Holland (Holland, Sir Sidney) National 1949-57Walter Nash (Nash, Sir Walter) Labour 1957-60Keith Jacka Holyoake (Holyoake, Sir Keith Jacka) (from 1970, Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake) National 1960-72John Marshall (Marshall, Sir John Ross) National 1972Norman E. Kirk (Kirk, Norman Eric) Labour 1972-74Wallace Edward Rowling (Rowling, Sir Wallace Edward) Labour 1974-75Robert Muldoon (Muldoon, Robert) National 1975-84David Lange (Lange, David) Labour 1984-89Geoffrey Palmer (Palmer, Sir Geoffrey) Labour 1989-90Mike Moore (Moore, Mike) Labour 1990James Bolger (Bolger, James Brendan) National 1990-97Jennifer Shipley (Shipley, Jennifer) National 1997-99Helen Clark (Clark, Helen) Labour 1999-2008John Key (Key, John) National 2008-*The titles premier and first minister were variously applied to each of the principal ministers until 1869, when premier became customary. Although the title prime minister was first used formally in the Schedule of the Civil List Act of 1873, no one used the title officially until Richard John Seddon, beginning in 1893.See as table:
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