The Liberal Reform Party was a rural based political party in New Zealand. It was the successor to the Country Party that contested the .

History

The party was launched as a revival of the decades earlier Country Party by the New Zealand Free Enterprise Movement in 1968 feeling that voters needed a genuine free enterprise choice in elections as, in their view, New Zealand was caught between monopoly business interests and overly empowered trade unions. The Liberal Reform Party main goals were individual freedom, self reliance and maximised free enterprise. In addition it had other policy platforms it campaigned on: #To create a written constitution #Reducing government spending to control inflation #To hold a referendum on the issue of compulsory unionism #Establishing a petition system to allow electors to challenge legislation between elections #The abolition of payroll tax, death duties and gift duties #Inscentivising students to attend technical institutes rather than universities The party stood 26 candidates at the but performed poorly, winning only 0.29% of the vote with all candidates losing their deposits.

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