Submitted by admin on April 22, 2009 - 23:17
The First Premier
Here it may be noted, on the side, that James Edward FitzGerald, who joined a still non-responsible Executive Council in 1854, cannot be called, as he sometimes is, New Zealand's first premier. That distinction must be reserved for the leader of the first executive responsible to the elected house of legislature – Henry Sewell, who took office briefly in 1856.