Michael Joseph Savage
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Michael Joseph Savage was an Australian-born New Zealand politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of New Zealand, heading the First Labour Government from 1935 until his death in 1940.
Savage in 1935
Savage (right, front row) at the Socialist Party's 1911 conference
Savage and his ministers in the first Labour Cabinet, photographed in the Old Parliament Building, c. 1935
Savage demonstrates his common touch, attending a rugby league match between New Zealand and Australia at Auckland, 1937
Lee affair
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The Lee affair was an event that transpired in the late 1930s in New Zealand revolving around the unequivocally socialist Labour Party MP John A. Lee and his repeated public critiques of his party's l
John A. Lee
A cartoon showing Lee thrown out the window of the 1940 Labour Party Conference.