List of prime ministers of New Zealand by place of birth
This is a list of prime ministers of New Zealand by place of birth. Of New Zealand's forty-two prime ministers, twenty were born in New Zealand, nineteen in the United Kingdom (including one in what is now the Republic of Ireland, but was then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), two in Australia, and one in Portugal. Of those born in New Zealand, eleven were born in the North Island, and nine in the South Island. All prime ministers in office since 1960 have been born in New Zealand.
Australia (2)
[edit]New Zealand (20)
[edit]North Island (11)
[edit]- John Key – Auckland[3]
- David Lange – Auckland
- Robert Muldoon – Auckland
- Jacinda Ardern – Hamilton, Waikato[4]
- Helen Clark – Hamilton, Waikato
- Chris Hipkins – Hutt Valley, Wellington
- Gordon Coates – Kaipara Harbour
- Jim Bolger – Ōpunake, Taranaki
- Keith Holyoake – Mangamutu, Manawatū
- Jack Marshall – Wellington
- Mike Moore – Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty
South Island (9)
[edit]- Christopher Luxon – Christchurch, Canterbury[5]
- Jenny Shipley – Gore, Southland
- Sidney Holland – Greendale, Canterbury
- Bill English – Lumsden, Southland
- George Forbes – Lyttelton, Canterbury
- Bill Rowling – Motueka, Tasman Region
- Francis Bell – Nelson
- Geoffrey Palmer – Nelson
- Norman Kirk – Waimate, Canterbury
Portugal (1)
[edit]United Kingdom (19)
[edit]England (12)
[edit]- Frederick Whitaker – Bampton, Oxfordshire
- Frederick Weld – Bridport, Dorset
- Harry Atkinson – Broxton, Cheshire
- Alfred Domett – Camberwell, Surrey
- Richard Seddon – Eccleston, Lancashire
- William Hall-Jones – Folkestone, Kent
- Walter Nash – Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- John Hall – Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire
- Julius Vogel – London
- Henry Sewell – Newport, Isle of Wight
- George Waterhouse – Penzance, Cornwall
- William Fox – South Shields, County Durham
Ireland (3)
[edit]- Daniel Pollen – Dublin, Leinster (now the Republic of Ireland)
- John Ballance – Glenavy, Ulster
- William Massey – Limavady, Ulster
Scotland (4)
[edit]- Thomas Mackenzie – Edinburgh
- Edward Stafford – Edinburgh
- Robert Stout – Lerwick, Shetland Islands
- Peter Fraser – Hill of Fearn, Ross and Cromarty
See also
[edit]- Immigration to New Zealand
- List of prime ministers of New Zealand
- List of prime ministers of New Zealand by age
References
[edit]- ^ Bassett, Michael. "Ward, Joseph George". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Hobbs, Leslie (1967). The Thirty-year Wonders. Whitcombe and Tombs. p. 32.
- ^ "John Key's Family Tree" (PDF). New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Candidate profile: Jacinda Ardern". 3 News. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Air New Zealand Announces New Chief Executive Officer". Scoop. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
