Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is a minister in the New Zealand Government with the responsibilities including corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual property, and trade policy and international regulatory cooperation, most of which is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The position was established as Minister of Commerce in 1987 and superseded the previous office of Minister of Trade and Industry.

Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Incumbent
Andrew Bayly
since 27 November 2023
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation24 August 1987
First holderDavid Butcher
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

Starting from October 2014, the position was combined with the now-disestablished Minister of Consumer Affairs.

The present Minister is Andrew Bayly.[2]

List of ministers

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The following ministers held the office of Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.[3]

Key

  National   Labour

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
As Minister of Commerce
1 David Butcher   24 August 1987 2 November 1990 Lange
Palmer
Moore
2 Philip Burdon   2 November 1990 1 March 1996 Bolger
3 John Luxton   1 March 1996 31 August 1998
Shipley
4 Max Bradford   31 August 1998 10 December 1999
5 Paul Swain   10 December 1999 15 August 2002 Clark
6 Lianne Dalziel   15 August 2002 21 February 2004
7 Margaret Wilson   21 February 2004 21 December 2004
8 Pete Hodgson   21 December 2004 19 October 2005
(6) Lianne Dalziel   19 October 2005 19 November 2008
9 Simon Power   19 November 2008 12 December 2011 Key
10 Craig Foss 12 December 2011 8 October 2014
As Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
11 Paul Goldsmith   8 October 2014 20 December 2016 Key
English
12 Jacqui Dean   20 December 2016 26 October 2017
13 Kris Faafoi   26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
14 David Clark   6 November 2020 1 February 2023
Hipkins
15 Duncan Webb   1 February 2023 27 November 2023
16 Andrew Bayly   27 November 2023 present Luxon

Notes

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97.

References

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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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