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views were an illusion born of frustration and boredom, as he was given very little to do. In fact both ministers and public servants alike were proceeding with immense drive, but having a man so disaffected at cabinet meetings was becoming counter-productive. Savage decided that he should instead be put in charge of state housing; and later in the year Lee became Under-Secretary to finance minister Nash instead.
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founded in April 1940 just after Lee's expulsion. When Lee was expelled the Labour Party had 51,175 members. After just one year membership had sunk to 35,481 and after the 1943 election it had receded to a mere 13,995. The party attracted many of the more radical and disenchanted Labour members, but
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rather than himself for the position, Wilson winning 19 votes to 15. In
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National Executive called Lee to appear before it, and gave him warnings about the consequences to himself of such behaviour. However, Lee continued his attacks on the leadership, more and more publicly. It was to be an article bitterly accusing the cancer-stricken Savage of being
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clouded his judgement. However, Lee was by no means the sole source of the friction in caucus, which intensified from 1936 to 1940, but he was in personality, its focus, by pressing his opinions and rebuttals further than any other fellow dissentients.
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election to pressure the election of cabinet by the caucus. After a bitter debate amongst MPs the proposal was successful 26 votes to 23 however Savage over-ruled the vote and proceeded to inform the press that cabinet would remain unchanged.
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1144:(1923–33)
1138:(1919–23)
1108:(2017–23)
1100:(2014–17)
1094:(2013–14)
1088:(2011–13)
1082:(2008–11)
1080:Phil Goff
1068:(1990–93)
1060:(1989–90)
1052:(1983–89)
1044:(1974–83)
1036:(1965–74)
1028:(1963–65)
1022:(1950–63)
1014:(1940–50)
1006:(1933–40)
998:(1919–33)
992:(1916–18)
527:6 January
452:splitting
369:Rebellion
183:Elections
2585:Cunliffe
2475:Corngate
2305:Manurewa
2252:Te Atatū
2035:Remutaka
2009:list MPs
1647:Jill Day
1443:Tom Paul
900:(1977).
863:(1976).
823:(1986).
462:See also
412:Outcomes
2600:Hipkins
2580:Shearer
2555:Rowling
2388:History
2223:Māngere
2091:Dunedin
2050:Kelston
2027:Leader:
975:Leaders
779:(ed.).
399:defeat.
285:and in
2595:Ardern
2590:Little
2520:Fourth
2508:Second
2356:Rātana
2317:Wigram
2174:Ōhāriu
2142:Taieri
2079:Nelson
1914:(2011)
1866:(1990)
1240:(2017)
871:
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332:caucus
2570:Clark
2565:Moore
2560:Lange
2532:Sixth
2526:Fifth
2514:Third
2502:First
775:. In
474:Notes
315:Jones
2784:1933
2768:1938
2763:1935
2717:for
2575:Goff
2550:Kirk
2115:Mana
1388:2023
1383:2017
1378:2014
1373:2013
1368:2011
1363:2008
1358:1996
1353:1993
1348:1990
1343:1989
1338:1988
1333:1983
1328:1980
1323:1974
1318:1965
1313:1963
1308:1954
1303:1951
1298:1940
1293:1933
1288:1923
1283:1922
1278:1921
1273:1920
1268:1919
869:ISBN
829:ISBN
807:ISBN
794:2015
567:2017
529:2016
358:1938
319:Webb
305:and
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283:1935
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249:and
247:1931
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