United–Reform Coalition

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The United–Reform Coalition was a New Zealand political alliance formed in the early 1930s between the United and Reform parties to provide a united non-Labour government during the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral coalition
political alliance
aimedTo maintain non-Labour majority in Parliament
areaOfPolitics national politics of New Zealand
coalitionPartner Reform Party
United Party
continent Oceania
country New Zealand
countryGoverned Dominion of New Zealand
dissolved mid-1930s
electoralCompetitionWith New Zealand Labour Party
electoralStrategy to avoid vote-splitting between non-Labour parties
followedBy First Labour Government of New Zealand
formedFrom Reform Party
United Party
governmentType coalition government
hasGovernmentHead George Forbes
Gordon Coates
hasOppositionRole faced growing Labour opposition
hasPart Reform Party parliamentary caucus
United Party parliamentary caucus
linked to: United Party
hasPolicyFocus economic austerity during the Great Depression
fiscal retrenchment
unemployment relief
historicalPeriod interwar period
ideology conservatism
economic liberalism
language English
legislativeBody New Zealand House of Representatives
notableLeader George Forbes
Gordon Coates
officeHeld Government of New Zealand
opposedTo New Zealand Labour Party
politicalOrientation anti-socialist
politicalPosition centre-right
politicalSystemContext Westminster parliamentary system
precededBy Reform Party government
United Party government
linked to: United Party
purpose to provide a united non-Labour government
to respond to the Great Depression
region Wellington
significantEvent Great Depression
startTime early 1930s

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United Party (New Zealand) coalitionName United–Reform Coalition
subject linked to: United Party