User:YBG/Living officeholders/nzpm-table

Number of prime ministers alive at each moment in New Zealand history  

1 Order of service (linked)            +Increases (inaugurations)            – Decreases (deaths)
Starting event			Number alive		Ending		Time span
7 May 1856	Appointment of Henry Sewell	+1	1:	1	+2​	20 May 1856	13 days
20 May 1856	1st appointment of William Fox	+2	2:	21	+3​	2 Jun 1856	13 days
2 Jun 1856	1st appointment of Edward Stafford	+3	3:	321	+4​	6 Aug 1862	6 years, 65 days
6 Aug 1862	Appointment of Alfred Domett	+4	4:	4321	+5​	30 Oct 1863	1 year, 85 days
30 Oct 1863	1st appointment of Frederick Whitaker	+5	5:	54321	+6​	24 Nov 1864	1 year, 25 days
24 Nov 1864	Appointment of Frederick Weld	+6	6:	654321	+7​	11 Oct 1872	7 years, 322 days
11 Oct 1872	Appointment of George Waterhouse	+7	7:	7654321	+8​	8 Apr 1873	179 days
8 Apr 1873	1st appointment of Julius Vogel	+8	8:	87654321	+9​	6 Jul 1875	2 years, 89 days
6 Jul 1875	Appointment of Daniel Pollen	+9	9:	987654321	+10​	1 Sep 1876	1 year, 57 days
1 Sep 1876	1st appointment of Harry Atkinson	+10	10:	10987654321	+11​	13 Oct 1877	1 year, 42 days
13 Oct 1877	Appointment of George Grey	+11	11:	1110987654321	–1​	14 May 1879	1 year, 213 days
14 May 1879	Death of Henry Sewell	–1	10:	111098765432	+12​	8 Oct 1879	147 days
8 Oct 1879	Appointment of John Hall	+12	11:	12111098765432	+13​	16 Aug 1884	4 years, 313 days
16 Aug 1884	1st appointment of Robert Stout	+13	12:	1312111098765432	–4​	2 Nov 1887	3 years, 78 days
2 Nov 1887	Death of Alfred Domett	–4	11:	131211109876532	+14​	24 Jan 1891	3 years, 83 days
24 Jan 1891	Appointment of John Ballance	+14	12:	14131211109876532	–6​	20 Jul 1891	177 days
20 Jul 1891	Death of Frederick Weld	–6	11:	1413121110987532	–5​	4 Dec 1891	137 days
4 Dec 1891	Death of Frederick Whitaker	–5	10:	141312111098732	–10​	28 Jun 1892	207 days
28 Jun 1892	Death of Harry Atkinson	–10	9:	1413121198732	–14​	27 Apr 1893	303 days
27 Apr 1893	Death of John Ballance (in office)	–14	8:	13121198732	+15​	1 May 1893	4 days
1 May 1893	Appointment of Richard Seddon	+15	9:	1513121198732	–2​	23 Jun 1893	53 days
23 Jun 1893	Death of William Fox	–2	8:	151312119873	–9​	18 May 1896	2 years, 330 days
18 May 1896	Death of Daniel Pollen	–9	7:	15131211873	–11​	19 Sep 1898	2 years, 124 days
19 Sep 1898	Death of George Grey	–11	6:	151312873	–8​	12 Mar 1899	174 days
12 Mar 1899	Death of Julius Vogel	–8	5:	15131273	–3​	14 Feb 1901	1 year, 339 days
14 Feb 1901	Death of Edward Stafford	–3	4:	1513127	–15​	10 Jun 1906	5 years, 116 days
10 Jun 1906	Death of Richard Seddon (in office)	–15	3:	13127	+16​	21 Jun 1906	11 days
21 Jun 1906	Appointment of William Hall-Jones	+16	4:	1613127	–7​	6 Aug 1906	46 days
6 Aug 1906	Death of George Waterhouse	–7	3:	161312	+17​	6 Aug 1906	0 days
6 Aug 1906	1st appointment of Joseph Ward	+17	4:	17161312	–12​	25 Jun 1907	323 days
25 Jun 1907	Death of John Hall	–12	3:	171613	+18​	28 Mar 1912	4 years, 277 days
28 Mar 1912	Appointment of Thomas Mackenzie	+18	4:	18171613	+19​	10 Jul 1912	104 days
10 Jul 1912	Appointment of William Massey	+19	5:	1918171613	–19​	10 May 1925	12 years, 304 days
10 May 1925	Death of William Massey (in office)	–19	4:	18171613	+20​	14 May 1925	4 days
14 May 1925	Appointment of Francis Bell	+20	5:	2018171613	+21​	30 May 1925	16 days
30 May 1925	Appointment of Gordon Coates	+21	6:	212018171613	–18​	14 Feb 1930	4 years, 260 days
14 Feb 1930	Death of Thomas Mackenzie	–18	5:	2120171613	+22​	28 May 1930	103 days
28 May 1930	Appointment of George Forbes	+22	6:	222120171613	–17​	8 Jul 1930	41 days
8 Jul 1930	Death of Joseph Ward	–17	5:	2221201613	–13​	19 Jul 1930	11 days
19 Jul 1930	Death of Robert Stout	–13	4:	22212016	+23​	6 Dec 1935	5 years, 140 days
6 Dec 1935	Appointment of Michael Joseph Savage	+23	5:	2322212016	–20​	13 Mar 1936	98 days
13 Mar 1936	Death of Francis Bell	–20	4:	23222116	–16​	19 Jun 1936	98 days
19 Jun 1936	Death of William Hall-Jones	–16	3:	232221	–23​	27 Mar 1940	3 years, 282 days
27 Mar 1940	Death of Michael Joseph Savage (in office)	–23	2:	2221	+24​	27 Mar 1940	0 days
27 Mar 1940	Appointment of Peter Fraser	+24	3:	242221	–21​	27 May 1943	3 years, 61 days
27 May 1943	Death of Gordon Coates	–21	2:	2422	–22​	17 May 1947	3 years, 355 days
17 May 1947	Death of George Forbes	–22	1:	24	+25​	13 Dec 1949	2 years, 210 days
13 Dec 1949	Appointment of Sidney Holland	+25	2:	2524	–24​	12 Dec 1950	364 days
12 Dec 1950	Death of Peter Fraser	–24	1:	25	+26​	20 Sep 1957	6 years, 282 days
20 Sep 1957	1st appointment of Keith Holyoake	+26	2:	2625	+27​	12 Dec 1957	83 days
12 Dec 1957	Appointment of Walter Nash	+27	3:	272625	–25​	5 Aug 1961	3 years, 236 days
5 Aug 1961	Death of Sidney Holland	–25	2:	2726	–27​	4 Jun 1968	6 years, 304 days
4 Jun 1968	Death of Walter Nash	–27	1:	26	+28​	7 Feb 1972	3 years, 248 days
7 Feb 1972	Appointment of Jack Marshall	+28	2:	2826	+29​	8 Dec 1972	305 days
8 Dec 1972	Appointment of Norman Kirk	+29	3:	292826	–29​	31 Aug 1974	1 year, 266 days
31 Aug 1974	Death of Norman Kirk (in office)	–29	2:	2826	+30​	6 Sep 1974	6 days
6 Sep 1974	Appointment of Bill Rowling	+30	3:	302826	+31​	12 Dec 1975	1 year, 97 days
12 Dec 1975	Appointment of Robert Muldoon	+31	4:	31302826	–26​	8 Dec 1983	7 years, 361 days
8 Dec 1983	Death of Keith Holyoake	–26	3:	313028	+32​	26 Jul 1984	231 days
26 Jul 1984	Appointment of David Lange	+32	4:	32313028	–28​	30 Aug 1988	4 years, 35 days
30 Aug 1988	Death of Jack Marshall	–28	3:	323130	+33​	8 Aug 1989	343 days
8 Aug 1989	Appointment of Geoffrey Palmer	+33	4:	33323130	+34​	4 Sep 1990	1 year, 27 days
4 Sep 1990	Appointment of Mike Moore	+34	5:	3433323130	+35​	2 Nov 1990	59 days
2 Nov 1990	Appointment of Jim Bolger	+35	6:	353433323130	–31​	5 Aug 1992	1 year, 277 days
5 Aug 1992	Death of Robert Muldoon	–31	5:	3534333230	–30​	31 Oct 1995	3 years, 87 days
31 Oct 1995	Death of Bill Rowling	–30	4:	35343332	+36​	8 Dec 1997	2 years, 38 days
8 Dec 1997	Appointment of Jenny Shipley	+36	5:	3635343332	+37​	5 Dec 1999	1 year, 362 days
5 Dec 1999	Appointment of Helen Clark	+37	6:	373635343332	–32​	13 Aug 2005	5 years, 251 days
13 Aug 2005	Death of David Lange	–32	5:	3736353433	+38​	19 Nov 2008	3 years, 98 days
19 Nov 2008	Appointment of John Key	+38	6:	383736353433	+39​	12 Dec 2016	8 years, 23 days
12 Dec 2016	Appointment of Bill English	+39	7:	39383736353433	+40​	26 Oct 2017	318 days
26 Oct 2017	Appointment of Jacinda Ardern	+40	8:	4039383736353433	–34​	2 Feb 2020	2 years, 99 days
2 Feb 2020	Death of Michael Moore	–34	7:	40393837363533	​	(Present)	4 years, 300 days
Starting event			Number alive		Ending		Time span
1 Order of service (linked)            + Increases (inaugurations)            – Decreases (deaths)