Reform Party | |
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Founded | 11 February 1909 |
Dissolved | 1936 |
Merged into | National Party |
Youth wing | Junior Reform League |
Ideology | Conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right |
National affiliation | United/Reform Coalition (1931–36) |
The Reform Party (Māori: Pāti Riwhōma),[1] formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party. It was in government between 1912 and 1928, and later formed a coalition with the United Party (a remnant of the Liberals), and then merged with United to form the modern National Party.