{"id":"william-massey","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-massey","language":"en","name":"William Massey","name_en":"William Massey","name_ne":null,"description":"Prime Minister of New Zealand (1856–1925)","headline":"Prime Minister of New Zealand (1856–1925)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"William Ferguson Massey was a politician who served as the 19th prime minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925. He was the founding leader of the Reform Party, New Zealand's second organised political party, from 1909 until his death.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"26 March 1856","date":"1856-03-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Limavady","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1002115"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"10 May 1925","date":"1925-05-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Wellington","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23661"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"New Zealand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664"},{"text":"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174193"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"farmer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131512"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"New Zealand Reform Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132236"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P102"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Christina Massey","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5110738"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Minister of Finance (12 May 1920 – 10 May 1925)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6866129","start":"1920-05-12","end":"1925-05-10"},{"text":"Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (since 1914)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28841847","start":"1914"},{"text":"Prime Minister of New Zealand (10 July 1912 – 10 May 1925)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071117","start":"1912-07-10","end":"1925-05-10"},{"text":"Minister of Agriculture (10 July 1912 – 12 August 1915)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6866033","start":"1912-07-10","end":"1915-08-12"},{"text":"Leader of the Opposition (11 September 1903 – 10 July 1912)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508547","start":"1903-09-11","end":"1912-07-10"},{"text":"Member of the New Zealand Parliament","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18145518"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17200661"},{"text":"Legum Doctor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6518699"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Massey","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806"],"faq":[{"q":"When was William Massey born?","a":"William Massey was born on 26 March 1856 in Limavady."},{"q":"What positions has William Massey held?","a":"Positions held by William Massey include: Minister of Finance (1920–1925); Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (since 1914); Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912–1925); Minister of Agriculture (1912–1915); Leader of the Opposition (1903–1912)."}],"related":[{"name":"William Hall-Jones","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-hall-jones"},{"name":"Richard Seddon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/richard-seddon"},{"name":"Edward Stafford","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edward-stafford"},{"name":"Walter Nash","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/walter-nash"},{"name":"Gordon Coates","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gordon-coates"},{"name":"Robert Muldoon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/robert-muldoon"},{"name":"Swraj Paul, Baron Paul","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/swraj-paul-baron-paul"},{"name":"John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh"},{"name":"George Bowen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-bowen"},{"name":"Edward VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edward-vii"},{"name":"Kwame Nkrumah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kwame-nkrumah"},{"name":"Charles III","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/charles-iii"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/william-massey-962c855b9a.jpg","width":500,"height":700,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Harris & Ewing","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Ferguson_Massey_1919.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): William Massey","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Massey","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q923806","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923806","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg by Harris & Ewing (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Ferguson_Massey_1919.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article William Massey, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg — Harris & Ewing, Public domain.","cite":"\"William Massey\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/william-massey. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T09:02:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-massey","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-massey","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-massey?lang=ne"}}