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The Real Democracy Movement of New Zealand was a short-lived political movement in New Zealand founded in 1942. The Social Credit Movement decided to set up a "separate political organisation" the ''Real Democracy Movement'' at their annual conference in January 1942, but the RDM got only about 4,400 votes in the . 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Social Credit Political Action )〕 The movement's aims, as stated at the first annual conference, held at Lower Hutt on 22 January 1943, was for ''economic security combined with individual liberty'', and advocated that all returned servicemen should be paid at least the average wage until they were re-integrated into civil employment. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Real Democracy Movement )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Real Democracy Movement )〕 The movement stood 25 candidates in the , and also supported two of the three Fighting Forces League (FFL) candidates. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Election Today )〕 The movement received only 4,421 votes (0.53%, on provisional count of votes). 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Party Support: Results analysed )〕 In a post-election letter, F. Allen (a North Island executive member) stated that the movement wanted fewer controls except that "the people should control money or credit policy, something vastly different from what obtains at present"; and objected to the movement being called a party. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= R.D.M. and Labour )〕 Roly Marks, another North Island executive member, later stood several times for Social Credit. Like nearly half the executive, he was a returned soldier from World War I. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Real Democracy Movement (New Zealand)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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