Country Party (New Zealand)

New Zealand Country Party
LeaderHarold Rushworth
Founded1922 (1922)
Dissolved1938 (1938)
Split fromReform Party
Succeeded bySocial Credit Party[1]
IdeologyAgrarianism
Social Credit
Political positionCentre
Colours  Green

The Country Party of New Zealand was a political party which appealed to rural voters. It was represented in Parliament from 1928 to 1938. Its policies were a mixture of rural advocacy and social credit theory.

  1. ^ Gully, John Sidney (1966). "Social Credit Political League". In McLintock, A. H. (ed.). An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

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