Heartland New Zealand Party

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Heartland New Zealand
LeaderMark Ball
FoundedJune 2020 (2020-06)
HeadquartersPukekohe
IdeologyAgrarianism
Political positionCentre-right
House of Representatives
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Website
heartlandparty.org.nz

Heartland New Zealand is a New Zealand political party founded in 2020.[1] The party is rural-based, and opposes the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, the Paris Agreement, and attempts to limit the environmental impacts of agriculture.[2] The party is led by former Franklin District mayor Mark Ball, who is the party's candidate for Port Waikato.[1][2] It is backed by Hamilton entrepreneur Harry Mowbray,[3] a billionaire who, with his siblings, was on the 2019 NBR Rich List.[4]

History[]

Heartland did not apply for a broadcasting allocation for the 2020 election, which was allocated in May 2020.[5] The party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission in July,[6][7] and was registered on 6 August 2020.[8] It had a party list of five people for the 2020 election — tied for the shortest party list with Vision NZ[9] — and Mark Ball was its only electorate candidate.

The party won 914 party votes (0.0% of the total) in the 2020 election.[10] Ball came third in Port Waikato, with 8,462 electorate votes.[11]

Election Results[]

House of Representatives[]

Election Candidates nominated Seats won Votes Vote share % Position MPs in
parliament
Electorate List
2020 1 5 0 987[12] 0.1 17th
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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Party profile: Heartland New Zealand". Policy.nz (in en-NZ). Retrieved 12 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ a b James Baker (17 July 2020). "New rural Heartland party challenges climate change and water restrictions". Stuff. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ^ Andrea Vance (15 March 2020). "Why a new rural political party is likely to fail". Stuff. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Kiwi celebs and rich listers go wild at the biggest party of the year". NZ Herald (in en-NZ). 8 December 2019. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 17 September 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ "2020 Broadcasting Allocation Decision Released". Electoral Commission. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. ^ "General election candidates: Who will be standing?". New Zealand Herald. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Three parties apply to register". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Registration of three parties and logos". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Parties | Vote NZ". vote.nz (in en-NZ). Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ^ "2020 General Election and Referendums - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  11. ^ "Port Waikato - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  12. ^ "2020 General Election and Referendums - Preliminary Count: Nationwide Party Votes - 100.0% of results counted". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.


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