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Kōrero: Labour Party

Labour's election campaign

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Labour's election campaign

This pamphlet was produced by the Labour Party, probably for a by-election in 1918. The pamphlet asks voters to support Harry Holland, who became the Labour MP for the West Coast seat of Grey in 1918. It describes its statements of its political rival, the 'National government' (a wartime coalition of the Reform and United parties), as 'cant' (hypocrisy). In the next general election, in 1919, the Labour Party won almost 24% of the vote.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-LABOUR-1919

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Peter Aimer, Labour Party – Origins of the Labour Party, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/34026/labours-election-campaign (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Aimer, i tāngia i te 31 October 2011, updated 1 January 2023.