Government Appointments and Resignations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 75

The Honourable WILLIAM ALEXANDER BODKIN to be Minister of Internal Affairs ;
The Honourable CHARLES MOORE BOWDEN to be Minister of Customs, Minister of Industries and Commerce, and Minister of Stamp Duties ;
The Honourable WALTER JAMES BROADFOOT to be Postmaster-General and Minister of Telegraphs ;
The Honourable ERNEST BOWYER CORBETT to be Minister of Lands, Minister of Forests, and Minister of Maori Affairs ;
The Honourable FREDERICK WIDDOWSON DOIDGE to be Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Island Territories ;
The Honourable WILLIAM STANLEY GOOSMAN to be Minister of Works, Minister of Transport, Minister of Railways, and Minister of Marine ;
The Honourable THOMAS LACHLAN MACDONALD to be Minister of Defence ; and
The Honourable JACK THOMAS WATTS to be Minister of Social Security and Minister of Health.

By Command,
D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.


Minister of Supply Appointed

Official Secretary's Office,
Government House,
Wellington, 13th December, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

The Minister of Industries and Commerce

to be the Minister of Supply for the purposes of the Supply Control Emergency Regulations 1939.

By Command,
D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Resignation of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936, to accept, as from 12th December, 1949, the resignations of—

ARTHUR GEORGE OSBORNE, Esquire, and
MICHAEL MOOHAN, Esquire,

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries in relation to the office of the Prime Minister ; and

HARRY ERNEST COMBS, Esquire,

Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the office of the Minister of Finance.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.


Appointment of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936, to appoint—

SIDNEY WALTER SMITH, Esquire, of Moerewa,

a Member of the House of Representatives,

to be a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the offices of the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Marketing ; and

WILLIAM ALFRED SHEAT, Esquire, of Hawera,

a Member of the House of Representatives,

to be a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the office of the Minister of Works.

S. G. HOLLAND, Prime Minister.


By Authority: R. E. OWEN, Government Printer, Wellington.

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🏛️ Ministers Appointed

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 December 1949
Appointments, Ministers, Government
8 names identified
  • William Alexander Bodkin (Honourable), Appointed Minister of Internal Affairs
  • Charles Moore Bowden (Honourable), Appointed Minister of Customs, Minister of Industries and Commerce, and Minister of Stamp Duties
  • Walter James Broadfoot (Honourable), Appointed Postmaster-General and Minister of Telegraphs
  • Ernest Bowyer Corbett (Honourable), Appointed Minister of Lands, Minister of Forests, and Minister of Maori Affairs
  • Frederick Widdowson Doidge (Honourable), Appointed Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Island Territories
  • William Stanley Goosman (Honourable), Appointed Minister of Works, Minister of Transport, Minister of Railways, and Minister of Marine
  • Thomas Lachlan MacDonald (Honourable), Appointed Minister of Defence
  • Jack Thomas Watts (Honourable), Appointed Minister of Social Security and Minister of Health

  • D. E. Fouhy, Official Secretary

🏛️ Minister of Supply Appointed

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 December 1949
Appointment, Minister of Supply, Supply Control Emergency Regulations 1939
  • Charles Moore Bowden (Honourable), Appointed Minister of Supply

  • D. E. Fouhy, Official Secretary

🏛️ Resignation of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 December 1949
Resignations, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
  • Arthur George Osborne (Esquire), Resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the office of the Prime Minister
  • Michael Moohan (Esquire), Resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the office of the Prime Minister
  • Harry Ernest Combs (Esquire), Resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the office of the Minister of Finance

  • P. Fraser, Prime Minister

🏛️ Appointment of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 December 1949
Appointments, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Marketing, Minister of Works
  • Sidney Walter Smith (Esquire), Appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the offices of the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Marketing
  • William Alfred Sheat (Esquire), Appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the office of the Minister of Works

  • S. G. Holland, Prime Minister