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484:, Beetham managed to defeat National's replacement candidate and win the seat. Beetham was more successful in parliament than Cracknell had been, and gained Social Credit considerable attention. He also put forward a New Zealand Credit and Currency Bill, intended to implement many Social Credit policies. The Bill was criticised by some of the more extreme Social Credit supporters, who claimed that it was too weak, but was nevertheless strongly promoted in parliament by Beetham. The Bill quickly failed, although this was not particularly unexpected – it had been put forward primarily for the purpose of drawing attention, not because Beetham believed it would succeed. 1559: 346: 451: 42: 693:, both members of the Democratic Party. However, there was considerable dissatisfaction in the Democratic Party over the Alliance's course. Many Democrats believed that their views were not being incorporated into Alliance party policy, particularly as regards the core economic doctrine of social credit. The Alliance tended towards orthodox taxation based left-wing economics and was not prepared to implement the Democratic Party's somewhat unusual economic theories. 709: 511: 1493: 369: 542:, Muldoon undertook to back certain Social Credit proposals. This did considerable harm to Social Credit's popularity, as Muldoon's government (and the project itself) were opposed by most Social Credit members. To make matters worse, Muldoon did not deliver on many of his pledges, depriving Social Credit of any significant victories with which to mitigate its earlier setback. 522:, the party's support had subsided somewhat, and Social Credit gained 20.55% of the vote. As expected, the electoral system did not translate this into seats in parliament, but Social Credit did retain the two seats it already held. A year later, it officially dropped "Political League" from its official name, becoming merely the Social Credit Party. 438:, ended in disaster, with brawling between supporters of each candidate. The damage done to the party's image was considerable. O'Brien was eventually victorious, but his blunt and confrontational style caused him to lose his position after only a short time in office. He split from Social Credit to found his own 620:
The Social Credit name did not vanish immediately, however. In 1986, the year after the party was renamed, Bruce Beetham was removed from the leadership of the Democrats and replaced by Neil Morrison. The Democrats saw their vote slump in 1987 and both its MPs were defeated. By 1990 the party's vote
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and established a caucus committee to challenge their theories. Gustafson comments that the successes in some seats (Hobson, Rangitikei, East Coast Bays and Pakuranga) came from a "peculiar and infrequent combination of factors", with votes in those seats coming from "a handful of committed monetary
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Led by Beetham and Knapp, Social Credit became a popular alternative to the two major parties. Political scientists debate how much of this was due to Social Credit policies and how much was merely a "protest vote" against the established parties, but one poll recorded Social Credit with as much as
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The party's registration was cancelled at its own request on 28 February 2023. Leitch died in January 2023 which left "a really big hole" in the party organisation according to party president Gloria Bruni. The party requested deregistration due to membership having dipped below 500 but will still
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Shortly after the election, the Democrats split from the Progressives, re-establishing themselves as an independent party. However, Gillon and Wright, both of whom opposed the split, chose not to follow the Democrats, instead remaining with the Progressives. The Progressive Coalition became the
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and ejected members with racist views. Professor Paul Spooney stated that antisemitic sentiment was "largely irrelevant" by the 1970s, but remained present until 1984 when Beetham ejected party members who believed in an international financial Jewish conspiracy.
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Cracknell did not prove to be a good performer in parliament itself, however, and did not succeed in advancing the Social Credit manifesto. Partly due to this, and partly due to an exceptionally poor campaign, Cracknell was not re-elected in the
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In 1983, Beetham suffered a minor heart attack, causing him to lose some of his earlier energy. He also became, according to many Social Credit supporters, more demanding and intolerant. This reduced Social Credit's appeal to voters.
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from 1991 to 2002. The party returned to the Social Credit name in 2018. The Social Credit Party and its logo were deregistered at the party's request on 28 February 2023, following the death of its leader
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The Social Credit Political League was formed in 1953 out of the membership of the Social Credit Association, an educational organisation. The association focused much of its efforts on the
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In 2002, when tensions between the "moderate left" and the "hard left" caused a split in the Alliance, the Democrats followed Jim Anderton's moderate faction and became a part of the
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At the party's 1985 conference, the Social Credit name was dropped, and group became the New Zealand Democratic Party (Beetham had earlier argued for a simpler name in 1982). At the
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The Social Credit Party was established as the Social Credit Political League. It was founded on 10 January 1953, and grew out of the earlier Social Credit Association.
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by adopting certain Social Credit policies. Several followers of Social Credit policies eventually left the Labour Party, where their proposals (for example, those of
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In 2005, the party re-added "for Social Credit" to its name to supplement its party name. The Democrats contested that year's
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reformers plus alienated National voters and the tactical voting of Labour supporters in a seat where Labour could not win".
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New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science
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Beetham was extremely bitter about the Democrats' change of direction, and led a short-lived splinter group called
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During that parliamentary term, Social Credit's support was damaged by a deal between Beetham and National Party
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Not a Fair Go: A History and Analysis of Social Credit's Struggle for Success in New Zealand's Electoral System
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who was more liberal. In the late 1970s the party became concerned about infiltration by the anti-semitic
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The following year, a leadership contest between Cracknell and another prominent Social Credit member,
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collapsed altogether by which time they had been eclipsed by other third party choices such as the
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in 1966, a region that had been a stronghold of the Country Party. Cracknell narrowly defeated the
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The party held no seats in its own right after 1987 and subsequently declined. It was named the
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During the 20th century, the social credit movement in New Zealand was accused of indulging in
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Suit and Skoda Brigade" was coined for Social Credit (by defeated National Party Pakuranga MP
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states that the antisemitism of Social Credit ended in the 1970s with the election of leader
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had stood as a monetary reform candidate on behalf of the Real Democracy Movement in the
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The social credit movement decided to set up a "separate political organisation" the
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as it had no geographically concentrated vote. Its most identifiable leaders were
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electoral system, the Alliance won thirteen seats. Among the MPs elected were
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In June 2018, the party voted to change its name back to Social Credit after
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government's abandonment on its election promise to hold a referendum on the
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Orsman, Bernard (2 December 1991). "Alliance born with eye on Tamaki win".
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and R.A Lochore, which repeated Jewish financial conspiracy claims. In the
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From Europe to New Zealand: An Account of Our Continental European Settlers
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The Democrats, finding themselves increasingly pressured by the growth of
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remain active despite being deregistered and being unable to submit a
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In 1940 Lee, who had by then been expelled from the Labour Party, and
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as an independent party and received 0.05% of the party vote. In the
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replaced Owen as leader, before being replaced three years later by
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electorate in 1943, and was later made a life member of the League.
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Progressive Party after the Democrats left. The Democrats chose
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The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party
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Chief Electoral Office: Official Count Results: Overall status
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in forming the Alliance, a broad left-wing coalition group.
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Progressive Coalition and independent again (2002–present)
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from the 1950s to the 1980s. It won representation in the
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Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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The party did not apply for broadcasting funding for the
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for housing) were strongly opposed by the "orthodox"
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Social Credit-NZ

Real Democracy Movement
Ideology
Social credit
socialcredit.nz
Politics of New Zealand
Political parties
Elections
third party
New Zealand House of Representatives
protest vote
first-past-the-post voting
Vernon Cracknell
Bruce Beetham
Alliance
Chris Leitch
social credit
C. H. Douglas
Douglas Credit Party
Australian League of Rights
Social Credit Party of Canada
UK Social Credit Party
antisemitism
Country Party
New Zealand Labour Party
Real Democracy Movement
1943 election
Roly Marks
Wanganui

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