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Encyclopedia > Values Party

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The Values Party, sometimes considered the world's first national-level environmentalist party, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The Values Party contested three elections but did not gain seats under the first past the post electoral system in use at that time. Environmentalism is the support or involvement with the environmental movement by environmentalists. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Victoria University of Wellington is the oldest university in Wellington, New Zealand. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...


It did manage to get some candidates elected to local government. The first was Helen Smith of Titahi Bay, who joined the Porirua City Council in 1973. Titahi Bay is a suburb of Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand. ... Porirua is a city in New Zealand, 20 km north of Wellington. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...


Values Party policies included campaigns against nuclear power and armaments, advocating zero population and economic growth, abortion, drug and homosexual law reform. Although the Values Party was never in parliament, it drew considerable attention to these topics. Many political scientists credit the Values Party with making the environment a political issue, and with prompting other parties to formulate their own environmental policies.


In light of its failure to win seats, the Values Party gradually lost much of its earlier support. In May 1990, however, the Values Party joined with a number of other environmentalist organizations to form the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Many former members of the Values Party are now active in the Green Party - Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald, co-leaders of the Greens, were both members of the Values Party, and Mike Ward, once co-leader of the Values Party, now serves as a Green MP. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... Jeanette Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... Rod Donald (1957 - ), a New Zealand politician, co-leads the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ... Mike Ward (born 1942) is a member of Parliament for the Green Party of New Zealand. ...

 
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Values Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (504 words)
The Values Party, sometimes considered the world's first national-level environmentalist party, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, one of its initial leaders being Tony Brunt.
The party appealed especially to those elements of the New Left who felt alienated both by the small Marxist-Leninist parties of the day, as well as by the bread-and-butter centre-left politics of the New Zealand Labour Party.
The Values Party contested three elections (1972, 1975 and 1978) but did not gain seats under the first past the post electoral system in use at that time.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Values Party (1354 words)
The Values Party, sometimes considered the world's first national-level environmentalist party, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
The Socialist Unity Party was one of the better-known communist parties in New Zealand.
The distinction is very often made between "green parties" (generally spelled in lowercase) in a general sense of emphasizing environmentalism, and specific organized political parties with the name "Green Party" (capitalized) that have grown up around a statement of principles called the Four Pillars and the consensus process built on them.
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