New Zealand Representative Party
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Political party
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in New Zealand
New Zealand
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. The party's leader was former ACT Party candidate Reg Turner.
The party claimed to have no policies, and to oppose traditional left-right politics
Left-Right politics
The left–right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, political ideologies, or political parties along a one-dimensional political spectrum. The perspective of Left vs. Right is a binary interpretation of complex questions...
. Despite these claims, it also promoted populist referenda, deregulation, compulsory military service, "stopping the culture for young unmarried women to have babies", and restricting the welfare state
Welfare state
A welfare state is a "concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens. It is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those...
. It is thus better described as a right-wing party.
The NZRP believes list MPs in New Zealand's mixed member proportional electoral system
Electoral system of New Zealand
In 1994 New Zealand officially adopted mixed member proportional representation as its electoral system for the House of Representatives after many years of first-past-the-post voting. The first MMP election was held in 1996....
are not properly accountable to voters. As a result, it will run only electorate candidates, and promises to support the party chosen by the majority of the electorate.
The party applied to register its logo with the Electoral Commission, but the application was refused as the logo could confuse voters.
The party ran only a single candidate in the 2008 election. As of 2010, its website is defunct. It did not run any candidates in the 2011 election
New Zealand general election, 2011
The 2011 New Zealand general election on Saturday 26 November 2011 determined the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.One hundred and twenty-one MPs were elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, 70 from single-member electorates, including one overhang seat, and 51 from party...
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External links
- http://www.nzrepresentativeparty.co.nz/