Iain Francis Lees-Galloway, initially Iain Galloway, is a New Zealand former politician. He represented the Palmerston North electorate in Parliament for the Labour Party. He was the Minister for Workplace Relations, Immigration, and ACC. He was dismissed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from Cabinet on 22 July 2020 after an affair with a staff member over a period of 12 months. He did not stand for reelection in the 2020 election.
Lees-Galloway in 2020
Lees-Galloway leading a protest march against privatisation in July 2012
Minister of Immigration (New Zealand)
The Minister of Immigration is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The portfolio was established in 1872 as the Secretary for Crown Lands and Immigration. The minister appointed was William Fitzherbert but when replaced later in the year by Maurice O'Rorke, the title was changed to Minister of Immigration.
Image: William Fitzherbert
Image: George Maurice O’Rorke
Image: Julius Vogel, ca 1870s
Image: Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885