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119:. According to Hughes, most of the people who became involved had previously been involved with the National or Labour parties but became dissatisfied with how they carried out their policies.The party was guided in its policy by the
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electorate, polling last of four candidates with only 1.2% of the votes.
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169:. Hughes stood in the
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