Biography: Massey, William Ferguson

Members of the National ministry, 1916

Ministers in the coalition government formed during the First World War were (back row, from left): William Fraser, Alexander Herdman, Francis Dillon Bell, Josiah Hanan, Robert McNab, Māui Pōmare, Arthur Myers, W. D. S. McDonald and George Warren Russell. In the front row, flanking the Governor-General, Lord Liverpool (centre), are (from left) James Allen, William Massey, Joseph Ward and William Herries.

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How to cite this page

Barry Gustafson. 'Massey, William Ferguson', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993, updated November 2013. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/781/members-of-the-national-ministry-1916-7 (accessed 24 June 2026).