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The '''Chairman of Committees''' was an elected position of the [[New Zealand House of Representatives]]. The role existed between 1854 and 1992. The roles of the Chairman of Committees were to deputise for the Speaker, and to chair the House when it was in committee. The role is now carried out by the Deputy Speaker. The role of [[Chairman of Committees (New Zealand Legislative Council)|Chairman of Committees]] also existed for the [[New Zealand Legislative Council|Legislative Council]].
==Establishment==
The position was established during the first session of the [[1st New Zealand Parliament]]. Parliament first convened on 24 May 1854,{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=68}} and on 21 June of that year, [[Auckland]] lawyer [[Frederick Merriman (politician)|Frederick Merriman]] was elected as its first Chairman of Committees.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=151}} The role also existed for the [[New Zealand Legislative Council|Legislative Council]], was established in 1865 and first held by [[Mathew Richmond]].{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=89}}
==Role==
The chief role of the Chairman of Committees was to chair the House when it was in committee (i.e., considering a bill at committee stage) or preside in the absence of the Speaker or when the [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker]] so requested. These arrangements were based on those of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].{{sfn|McLintock|1966}}
The Chairman of Committees ceased to hold office on the dissolution of Parliament, but was remunerated until the next Parliament first met, when it then had a chance to elect a new chairman.<ref name=Conditions /><ref>{{cite web|title=Speaker of House of Representatives and Chairman of Committees|url=http://legislation.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpacts/reprint/text/1998/se/006se17.html|publisher=Knowledge Basket New Zealand|access-date=19 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724192802/http://legislation.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpacts/reprint/text/1998/se/006se17.html|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Until 1992, the Chairman of Committees was known as the Deputy Speaker only when presiding over the House. That year, the position of [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives#Deputies|Deputy Speaker]] was made official under the Standing Orders, and the role of Chairman of Committees was discontinued.<ref name="Conditions">{{cite web |title=Members' Conditions Of Service |url= http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/AboutParl/HowPWorks/PPNZ/2/a/c/00HOOOCPPNZ_31-Chapter-3-Members-Conditions-of-Service.htm |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref> The first Deputy Speaker was appointed on 10 November 1992.<ref name="The Speaker">{{cite web|title=Speaker of the House of Representatives |url= http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/AboutParl/HowPWorks/PPNZ/5/d/e/00HOOOCPPNZ_41-Chapter-4-Speaker-of-the-House-of-Representatives.htm |publisher=New Zealand Parliament| access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref>
==Office holders==
The following is a list of Chairmen of Committees of the House of Representatives:{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=251–252}}<ref name="post-84">Refer to the [[Talk:Chairman of Committees (New Zealand House of Representatives)|talk page]] for Chairmen post–1984</ref>
'''Key'''
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=2 | No.
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2 width = 250 | Term start and end dates
! width = 80 |Parliament
|-
! style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}} |
| '''1'''
| [[Frederick Merriman (politician)|Frederick Merriman]]
| [[File:Frederick W Merriman.jpg|75px]]
| 21 June 1854
| 15 September 1855
| [[1st New Zealand Parliament|1st]]
|-
! rowspan=3 style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}} |
| rowspan=3 | '''2'''
| rowspan=3 | [[Hugh Carleton]]
| rowspan=3 |[[File:Hugh Francis Carleton, ca 1870s.jpg|75px]]
| 17 April 1856
| 5 November 1860
| [[2nd New Zealand Parliament|2nd]]
|-
| 11 June 1861
| 27 January 1866
| [[3rd New Zealand Parliament|3rd]]
|-
| 4 July 1866
| 30 December 1870
| [[4th New Zealand Parliament|4th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| rowspan=1 | '''3'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Maurice O'Rorke]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[File:George Maurice O’Rorke.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 16 August 1871
| 23 October 1872
| rowspan=3 | [[5th New Zealand Parliament|5th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''4'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Arthur Seymour (politician)|Arthur Seymour]]
| [[File:Arthur Seymour, NZETC.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 16 July 1873
| 14 May 1875
|-
! rowspan=2 style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}} |
| rowspan=2 | <small>'''(3)'''</small>
| rowspan=2 | Maurice O'Rorke
| rowspan=2 |[[File:George Maurice O’Rorke.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 21 July 1875
| 6 December 1875
|-
| rowspan=1 | 28 June 1876
| 11 July 1879
| rowspan=2 | [[6th New Zealand Parliament|6th]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}} |
| rowspan=2 | <small>'''(4)'''</small>
| rowspan=2 | Arthur Seymour
| rowspan=2 |[[File:Arthur Seymour, NZETC.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 16 July 1879
| 15 August 1879
|-
| rowspan=1 | 26 September 1879
| 8 November 1881
| rowspan=1 | [[7th New Zealand Parliament|7th]]
|-
! rowspan=3 style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}} |
| rowspan=3 | '''5'''
| rowspan=3 | [[Ebenezer Hamlin]]
| rowspan=3 |[[File:Ebenezer Hamlin, 1882.jpg|75px]]
| 30 May 1882
| 27 June 1884
| rowspan=1 | [[8th New Zealand Parliament|8th]]
|-
| 5 September 1884
| 15 July 1887
| rowspan=1 | [[9th New Zealand Parliament|9th]]
|-
| 13 October 1887
| 3 October 1890
| rowspan=1 | [[10th New Zealand Parliament|10th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''6'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Westby Perceval]]
| [[File:Westby Brook Perceval, 1890.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 23 June 1891
| 15 September 1891
| rowspan=3 | [[11th New Zealand Parliament|11th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''7'''
| rowspan=1 | [[William Lee Rees]]
| [[File:William Lee Rees.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 18 September 1891
| 11 July 1893
|-
! rowspan=4 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |
| rowspan=4 | '''8'''
| rowspan=4 | [[Arthur Guinness (New Zealand politician)|Arthur Guinness]]<sup>1</sup>
| rowspan=4 |[[File:Arthur Robert Guinness, 1880s.jpg|75px]]
| 13 July 1893
| 8 November 1893
|-
| 10 July 1894
| 14 November 1896
| [[12th New Zealand Parliament|12th]]
|-
| 9 April 1897
| 15 November 1899
| [[13th New Zealand Parliament|13th]]
|-
| 3 July 1900
| 5 November 1902
| [[14th New Zealand Parliament|14th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |
| '''9'''
| [[John A. Millar]]
| [[File:John Andrew Millar.jpg|75px]]
| 2 July 1903
| 15 November 1905
| [[15th New Zealand Parliament|15th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |
| '''10'''
| [[Roderick McKenzie]]
| [[File:Roderick McKenzie 1900's.jpg|75px]]
| 31 August 1906
| 29 October 1908
| [[16th New Zealand Parliament|16th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |
| '''11'''
| [[Thomas Wilford]]
| [[File:Thomas Wilford, 1909.jpg|75px]]
| 12 June 1909
| 8 July 1910
| rowspan=2 | [[17th New Zealand Parliament|17th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |
| '''12'''
| [[James Colvin]]
| [[File:James Colvin.jpg|75px]]
| 23 August 1910
| 20 November 1911
|-
! style=background:{{party color|Independent politician}} |
| '''13'''
| [[Frederic Lang]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[File:Frederic Lang.jpg|75px]]
| 2 August 1912
| 26 June 1913
| rowspan=2 | [[18th New Zealand Parliament|18th]]
|-
! rowspan=3 style=background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} |
| rowspan=3 | '''14'''
| rowspan=3 | [[Alexander Malcolm (politician)|Alexander Malcolm]]
| rowspan=3 |[[File:No image.png|75px]]
| 4 July 1913
| 20 November 1914
|-
| 7 July 1915
| 27 November 1919
| [[19th New Zealand Parliament|19th]]
|-
| 15 July 1920
| 30 November 1922
| [[20th New Zealand Parliament|20th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} |
| '''15'''
| [[Alexander Young (New Zealand politician)|Alexander Young]]
| [[File:Alexander Young.jpg|75px]]
| 24 July 1923
| 14 October 1925
| [[21st New Zealand Parliament|21st]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''16'''
| [[Frank Hockly]]
| [[File:Frank Franklin Hockly, 1922.jpg|75px]]
| 2 July 1926
| 18 October 1928
| [[22nd New Zealand Parliament|22nd]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''17'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Sydney George Smith]]
| [[File:Sydney George Smith, year unknown.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 11 December 1928
| 28 May 1930
| rowspan=3 | [[23rd New Zealand Parliament|23rd]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}} |
| '''18'''
| [[William Bodkin (New Zealand politician)|William Bodkin]]
| [[File:William Bodkin, 1935.jpg|75px]]
| 27 June 1930
| 27 October 1931
|-
! rowspan=2 style=background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}} |
| rowspan=2 | <small>'''(17)'''</small>
| rowspan=2 |Sydney George Smith
| rowspan=2 |[[File:Sydney George Smith, year unknown.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 27 October 1931
| 12 November 1931
|-
| rowspan=1 | 26 February 1932
| 12 February 1935
| rowspan=2 | [[24th New Zealand Parliament|24th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''19'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Jimmy Nash]]
| [[File:James Alfred Nash, 1928.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 13 February 1935
| 1 November 1935
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''20'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Ted Howard (politician)|Ted Howard]]
| [[File:Ted Howard.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 1 April 1936
| 20 September 1938
| [[25th New Zealand Parliament|25th]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=2 | '''21'''
| rowspan=2 | [[Robert McKeen]]<sup>1</sup>
| rowspan=2 |[[File:Robert McKeen, 1930s.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 29 June 1939
| 30 August 1943
| [[26th New Zealand Parliament|26th]]
|-
| 1 March 1944
| 4 November 1946
| [[27th New Zealand Parliament|27th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''22'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Clyde Carr]]
| [[File:Clyde Carr.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 24 June 1947
| 3 November 1949
| [[28th New Zealand Parliament|28th]]
|-
! rowspan=3 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=3 | '''23'''
| rowspan=3 | [[Cyril Harker]]
| rowspan=3 |[[File:No image.png|75px]]
| 29 June 1950
| 27 July 1951
| [[29th New Zealand Parliament|29th]]
|-
| 28 September 1951
| 5 October 1954
| [[30th New Zealand Parliament|30th]]
|-
| 30 March 1955
| 29 October 1957
| [[31st New Zealand Parliament|31st]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''24'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Reginald Keeling]]<ref name="Brown parliamentary bio">{{cite web |last=Hancock |first=Mervyn |title=George Hamish Ormond Wilson : Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1960–67 |url=http://citylibrary.pncc.govt.nz/user/file/283/(12)%20William%20Brown.pdf |publisher=Palmerston North Library |access-date=28 December 2011 |date=December 2005 |page=375 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407025214/http://citylibrary.pncc.govt.nz/user/file/283/%2812%29%20William%20Brown.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| [[File:Reginald Keeling.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 22 January 1958
| 31 October 1960
| [[32nd New Zealand Parliament|32nd]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=2 | '''25'''
| rowspan=2 | [[Roy Jack]]<sup>1</sup>
| rowspan=2 |[[File:Roy Jack.jpg|75px]]
| 23 June 1961
| 29 October 1963
| [[33rd New Zealand Parliament|33rd]]
|-
| 12 June 1964
| 25 October 1966
| [[34th New Zealand Parliament|34th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''26'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Jack George (politician)|Jack George]]
| [[File:No image.png|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 28 April 1967
| 28 October 1969
| [[35th New Zealand Parliament|35th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''27'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Alfred E. Allen]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[File:No image.png|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 13 March 1970
| 7 June 1972
| rowspan=2 | [[36th New Zealand Parliament|36th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''28'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Richard Harrison (New Zealand politician)|Richard Harrison]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[File:Richard Harrison MP.png|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 8 June 1972
| 26 October 1972
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''29'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Ron Bailey (politician)|Ron Bailey]]
| [[File:Ron Bailey.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 16 February 1973
| 10 September 1974
| rowspan=2 | [[37th New Zealand Parliament|37th]]
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''30'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician)|Jonathan Hunt]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[File:Jonathan Hunt 1986.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 17 September 1974
| 30 October 1975
|-
! rowspan=1 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | <small>'''(28)'''</small>
| rowspan=1 | [[Richard Harrison (New Zealand politician)|Richard Harrison]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[File:Richard Harrison MP.png|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 24 June 1976
| 9 May 1978
| rowspan=2 | [[38th New Zealand Parliament|38th]]
|-
! rowspan=3 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=3 | '''31'''
| rowspan=3 | [[Jack Luxton]]
| rowspan=3 |[[File:No image.png|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 12 May 1978
| 26 October 1978
|-
| 18 May 1979
| 29 October 1981
| [[39th New Zealand Parliament|39th]]
|-
| 8 April 1982
| 15 June 1984
| [[40th New Zealand Parliament|40th]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=2 | '''32'''
| rowspan=2 | [[John Terris]]<ref name="post-84" />
| rowspan=2 |[[File:Mr J Terris.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 17 August 1984
| 29 July 1987
| [[41st New Zealand Parliament|41st]]
|-
| 17 September 1987
| 10 September 1990
| [[42nd New Zealand Parliament|42nd]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''33'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Jim Gerard]]<ref name="post-84" />
| [[File:No image.png|75px]]
| rowspan=1 | 29 November 1990
| 10 November 1992
| [[43rd New Zealand Parliament|43rd]]
|}
<sup>1</sup> Also served as [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker]]
==Deputy Chairman of Committees==
The position of Deputy Chairman of Committees was created in 1975.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=253}} After the role of chairman was replaced by that of Deputy Speaker in 1992, the third presiding officer of the House continued to be known as the deputy chairman for several more years,<ref name="Hansard McLauchlan">{{Cite book|title=Hansard|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|year=1994|volume=539|pages=22}}</ref><ref name="Hansard Hilt 1">{{Cite book|title=Hansard|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|year=1995|volume=546|pages=137}}</ref> until the final holder of the office, [[Peter Hilt]], became the first MP to be appointed [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives#Deputies|Assistant Speaker]] on 21 February 1996.<ref name="Hansard Hilt 2">{{Cite book|title=Hansard|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|year=1996|volume=552|pages=75}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+List of Deputy Chairmen of Committees
|-
! colspan=2 | No.
! Name
! colspan=2 width = 250 | Term start and end dates
! width = 80 |Parliament
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''1'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Ron Barclay]]{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=253}}
| rowspan=1 | 26 March 1975
| 30 October 1975
| [[37th New Zealand Parliament|37th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''2'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Bill Birch]]{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=253}}
| rowspan=1 | 24 June 1976
| 26 October 1978
| [[38th New Zealand Parliament|38th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''3'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Tony Friedlander]]{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=253}}
| rowspan=1 | 13 June 1979
| 29 October 1981
| [[39th New Zealand Parliament|39th]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''4'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Dail Jones]]{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=253}}
| rowspan=1 | 8 April 1982
| 15 June 1984
| [[40th New Zealand Parliament|40th]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style=background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=2 | '''5'''
| rowspan=2 | [[Trevor Young]]{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=253}}<ref name="Hansard Young">{{Cite book|title=Hansard|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|year=1987|volume=483|pages=10}}</ref>
| rowspan=1 | 17 August 1984
| 29 July 1987
| [[41st New Zealand Parliament|41st]]
|-
| 17 September 1987
| 10 September 1990
| [[42nd New Zealand Parliament|42nd]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''6'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Robert Anderson (New Zealand politician)|Robert Anderson]]<ref name="Hansard Anderson">{{Cite book|title=Hansard|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|year=1990|volume=511|pages=16}}</ref>
| rowspan=1 | 29 November 1990
| 23 September 1993
| [[43rd New Zealand Parliament|43rd]]
|-
! style=background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} |
| rowspan=1 | '''7'''
| rowspan=1 | [[Joy Quigley|Joy McLauchlan]]<ref name="Hansard McLauchlan" />
| rowspan=1 | 22 December 1993
| 27 February 1995
| rowspan=3| [[44th New Zealand Parliament|44th]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
! rowspan=2 | '''8'''
| rowspan=2 | [[Peter Hilt]]<ref name="Hansard Hilt 1" />
| rowspan=2 | 1 March 1995
| rowspan=2 | 21 February 1996
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United New Zealand}}"|
|}
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
==References==
*{{Cite book |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|year=1966 |publisher=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/government-parliament/10 |edition=updated 22 April 2009|editor-first=A. H. | editor-last=McLintock | editor-link=Alexander Hare McLintock|access-date=19 February 2011|chapter=Meeting of Parliament}}
*{{Cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |author-link=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington}}
*{{Cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}
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