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Lipa was elected as a Dominion Councillor of the party in the 1970s. With [[Bruce Beetham]], the leader of the party he wrote a major submission on electoral reform to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform.<ref> B.C. Beetham and S. Lipa for and behalf of the New Zealand Social Credit Political League, ''The Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform'', 197?.</ref> On 23 August, at the party's annual conference, he was elected as President of the party<ref>"League Picks Lawyer", ''Dominion'', 24 August, 1979, p. 3.</ref>, a position he held until 1987. From 1985 the Social Credit name was dropped, and the party became the [[New Zealand Democratic Party]]. |
Lipa was elected as a Dominion Councillor of the party in the 1970s. With [[Bruce Beetham]], the leader of the party he wrote a major submission on electoral reform to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform.<ref> B.C. Beetham and S. Lipa for and behalf of the New Zealand Social Credit Political League, ''The Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform'', 197?.</ref> On 23 August, at the party's annual conference, he was elected as President of the party<ref>"League Picks Lawyer", ''Dominion'', 24 August, 1979, p. 3.</ref>, a position he held until 1987. In the New Zealand general election of 1981, the party gained the greatest share of votes in its history, 20%. But only won two seats, giving poignant nuance to the work Lipa had done on electoral reform. From 1985 the Social Credit name was dropped, and the party became the [[New Zealand Democratic Party]]. |
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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 04:24, 18 June 2010
Stefan Lipa (born 1953): LL.B (Auck) 1975 is a former New Zealand politician. He was President of the Social Credit Party (formerly the Social Credit Political League and latterly, the Democrat Party) from 1979 to 1987. [1]
Early life
Lipa spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College where one of the influential teachers was Tom Weal, Deputy leader of the Social Credit Political League 1970-1972.[2]
Political career
Lipa was elected as a Dominion Councillor of the party in the 1970s. With Bruce Beetham, the leader of the party he wrote a major submission on electoral reform to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform.[3] On 23 August, at the party's annual conference, he was elected as President of the party[4], a position he held until 1987. In the New Zealand general election of 1981, the party gained the greatest share of votes in its history, 20%. But only won two seats, giving poignant nuance to the work Lipa had done on electoral reform. From 1985 the Social Credit name was dropped, and the party became the New Zealand Democratic Party.
Notes
- ^ Rick Maxwell, St Peter's College, Auckland, Simerlocy Press, Auckland, 2008, p. 22.
- ^ Rick Maxwell, St Peter's College, Auckland, Simerlocy Press, Auckland, 2008, p. 19.
- ^ B.C. Beetham and S. Lipa for and behalf of the New Zealand Social Credit Political League, The Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform, 197?.
- ^ "League Picks Lawyer", Dominion, 24 August, 1979, p. 3.