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including the provisional party president, James Hill-Motion. Pascoe said that the party was based partly on a modification of his own financial ideas and partly on "
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in 1954, but regretted his nomination. The party did not perform well with Pedley only obtaining 4.26% of the vote and lost his deposit.
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Nationalists, but we see a danger for the country in socialism." Hill-Motion had been a Social Credit candidate for
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before he had resigned from the party. Around 40 persons attended some from as far away as
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The
Liberal Federation had several policy platforms it campaigned on:
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Soon after the party launched it decided against contesting the
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on 8 May 1956 with the intention of standing candidates at the
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305:"Bay of Plenty By-Election - Three Candidates In Contest"
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only two
Liberal Federation candidates stood. Pedley in
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New
Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987
345:"N.Z. Liberal Federation - Organiser Outlines Policy"
249:"New Liberal Party - Formation at Lower Hutt Meeting"
385:"Third Party "Dire Need" - Liberals' Plans For 1960"
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194:No direct taxation on personal income
135:The party was formed at a meeting in
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372:Norton 1988
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410:References
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51:8 May 1956
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173:Manawatu
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