Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet, was a New Zealand politician who served as the 17th prime minister of New Zealand from 1906 to 1912 and from 1928 to 1930. He was a dominant figure in the Liberal
c. 1906
Ward and his family, around 1905
The Seddon Ministry in 1900. Ward is second from the right in the bottom row.
A portrait of Ward by Sir William Orpen
Joseph Gordon Coates served as the 21st prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. He was the third successive Reform prime minister since 1912.
Joseph Ward
…Succeeded by Thomas Mackenzie In office 10 December 1928 – 28 May 1930 Monarch George V Governors-General Charles Fergusson Charles Bathurst Preceded by Gordon Coates Succeeded by George Forbes 17th Minister of Finance In office 1 May 1893 – 16 June 1896 Prime Minister Richard Seddon Preceded by John Ballance Succeeded…
Captain J. Gordon Coates photograph (1920)
Coates (Back row second left) at the 1926 Imperial Conference