The Phoenix Party was a short-lived left-wing political party in New Zealand.
It was founded by Gerald Williams, formerly an organiser for the Labour Party. During Norman Kirk's leadership of Labour, Williams came to disagree with a number of Labour Party policies, particularly policy of giving state funding to church schools. Believing that the Labour Party was becoming moribund, Williams founded the Phonexix Party. The name is an allusion to the mythical phoenix, representing Williams' hope that the party would "rise from the ashes" of the Labour Party. The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ... Norman Eric Kirk served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974 aqnd led the New Zealand Labour Party from 1965 to 1972. ... The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary. ...
Williams was the party's only candidate, and attracted a certain number of protest votes. In the 1969 elections, he contested the Dunedin Central electorate, placing fourth. He continued to criticise the Labour Party by means of satire. Williams later became a member of the Values Party, an environmentalist group. The final results of the New Zealand General Election 1969 were 45 seats won by the National Party, and 39 seats won by the Labour Party, with no minor parties winning any seats. ... A logo used by the Values Party The Values Party, sometimes considered the worlds first national-level environmentalist party, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. ...
The party formerly formed part of the Alliance (see above), and prior to that, as the Social CreditParty, was one of the older surviving parties in NewZealand.
A party focused on establishing a Republic of NewZealand.
A party which campaigned in the 1963 elections on a platform of reducing the size of the government, introducing a written constitution, and restoring the upper house of Parliament.
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