The New Zealand Social Credit Party is a New Zealand political organisation that was formerly registered as a political party. For several decades it was the country's most successful third party outs
Social Credit marching song from the 1950s
Vernon Cracknell, leader 1963–1970 and MP for Hobson 1966–1969
Bruce Beetham, leader 1972–1986 and MP for Rangitikei 1978–1984
1980s party logo
The 1981 New Zealand general election, held on 28 November 1981, was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 40th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the governing National Party, led by Robert Mul
Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
…party's first parliamentary seat in 1966, and Bruce Beetham, who rebuilt it into a significant electoral force during the 1970s and early 1980s. At the 1981 general election, Social Credit received 20.65% of the nationwide vote but won only two of the 92 seats in Parliament. The party held no seats in its own right after…
Robert Muldoon
Bill Rowling, 1974