ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand is the other a branch of the political spectrum in New Zealand right party. The party was founded in 1994 and since 1996 has been continuously represented in the House of Representatives. The party stands for individual freedom, less government intervention and reward of hard work.

History

The origins of the New Zealand Act Party go back to lobbyists organization Association of Consumers and Taxpayers. The driving force behind the founding of the Association and later the party in both cases was Roger Douglas, the government as Finance Minister of Labour for its market- liberal economic and financial policy in November 1988 - also known as Rogernomics - was forced to resign in July 1990, not back to the parliamentary elections took and later the Labour Party left.

In 1993, Douglas along with Derek Quigley, a former minister of the National Party, the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers, from 1995, the party ACT New Zealand was formed. The idea of ​​establishing the Association was at Douglas in mid-1991 after a meeting with activists of the backbone clubs, a group within the Labour Party. Took shape the formation of the Association but in 1992, after Douglas traveled to Canada and had contact with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. So he formed the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers in accordance with Canadian organization.

After 1994 New Zealand Ground surrounded his electoral system based on the German electoral system on the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP ) and thus small parties conceded a better chance against the previous majority electoral system, the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers decided as a party under the name of ACT New Zealand (ACT ) to set up. ACT stepped to the General Election (National Election ) first time in 1996 and won in the prior eight parliamentary seats in the 1999 elections was it nine.

Parliamentary elections

Sources: Election New Zealand