Cabinet Holyoake IV
The Holyoake IV cabinet was formed in New Zealand on December 22, 1969 by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake of the New Zealand National Party and replaced the Holyoake III cabinet . It was in office until February 7, 1972, when it was replaced by the Marshall Cabinet.
In the election of November 29, 1969, the Holyoakes National Party won 45.2 percent and got 45 seats in the House of Representatives , which was enlarged to 84 seats. The opposition New Zealand Labor Party with its top candidate Norman Kirk scored 44.2 percent and now has 39 MPs. Holyoake then formed his fourth cabinet on December 22, 1969. On February 7, 1972, around nine months before the next election, Holyoake resigned as Prime Minister after more than eleven years in office and was replaced by the previous Deputy Prime Minister Jack Marshall .
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The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
Office | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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prime minister | Keith Holyoake | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Foreign minister | Keith Holyoake | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Overseas Trade | Jack Marshall | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Labor and Immigration | Jack Marshall | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Attorney General | Jack Marshall Dan Riddiford |
December 22nd, 1969 February 2nd, 1971 |
February 2nd 1971 February 7th 1972 |
Minister of Justice | Dan Riddiford | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Industry, Trade and Mining | Norman Shelton | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Education and Science | Brian Talboys | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Finance minister | Robert Muldoon | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Housing Minister | John Rae | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Health and Social Security | Donald Norman McKay | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children | Donald Norman McKay | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister of the Interior and Minister of Civil Defense | David Seath | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister of Public Works and Electricity | Percy Benjamin Allen | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister of Agriculture | Douglas Carter | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Transport and Railways | Peter Gordon | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Lands and Forests | Duncan MacIntyre | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Māori Affairs and Minister for Island Territories | Duncan MacIntyre | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Defense Minister and Police Minister | David Spence Thomson | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Customs | Lance Adams tailor | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Postmaster General | Allan McCready | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for the Navy and Fisheries | Allan McCready | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister for Tourism and Broadcasting | Bert Walker | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |
Minister with no portfolio | Herbert Pickering | 22nd December 1969 | 7th February 1972 |