<page_title> List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Premiers (1869–1907) <col_header> No. </col_header> <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) Constituency </col_header> <col_header> Portrait </col_header> <col_header> Term of office </col_header> <col_header> Elected (Parliament) </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> <col_header> Government </col_header> <col_header> Colonial Secretaries (1856–1869) </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> 1 </col_header> <col_header> 14 days </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> 2 </col_header> <col_header> 14 days </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> 3 </col_header> <col_header> 5 years and 41 days </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> (2) </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 26 days </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> 4 </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 86 days </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> 5 </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 26 days </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> 6 </col_header> <col_header> 327 days </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> (3) </col_header> <col_header> 6 years and 257 days </col_header> </cell> <cell> (3) <col_header> No. </col_header> <col_header> Colonial Secretaries (1856–1869) </col_header> <col_header> 1 </col_header> <col_header> 14 days </col_header> <col_header> 2 </col_header> <col_header> 14 days </col_header> <col_header> 3 </col_header> <col_header> 5 years and 41 days </col_header> <col_header> (2) </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 26 days </col_header> <col_header> 4 </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 86 days </col_header> <col_header> 5 </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 26 days </col_header> <col_header> 6 </col_header> <col_header> 327 days </col_header> <col_header> (3) </col_header> <col_header> 6 years and 257 days </col_header> <col_header> Premiers (1869–1907) </col_header> <col_header> (2) </col_header> <col_header> 3 years and 75 days </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> The Right Honourable Sir Edward Stafford GCMG MP for Timaru, Canterbury (1819–1901) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) Constituency </col_header> <col_header> Colonial Secretaries (1856–1869) </col_header> <col_header> 14 days </col_header> <col_header> 14 days </col_header> <col_header> 5 years and 41 days </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 26 days </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 86 days </col_header> <col_header> 1 year and 26 days </col_header> <col_header> 327 days </col_header> <col_header> 6 years and 257 days </col_header> <col_header> Premiers (1869–1907) </col_header> <col_header> 3 years and 75 days </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> <row_header> (3) </row_header> </cell> </table>
Sir Edward Stafford GCMG (1819–1901) served as the third Premier of New Zealand in the mid 19th century.