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Piesse has been heavily involved in the [[trade union|union]] movement, and has held a number of senior organisational roles. He was originally a supporter of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]], and in {{NZ election link year|1969}} stood for Labour in the [[Rangiora (New Zealand electorate)|Rangiora]] electorate, coming second. |
Piesse has been heavily involved in the [[trade union|union]] movement, and has held a number of senior organisational roles. He was originally a supporter of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]], and in {{NZ election link year|1969}} stood for Labour in the [[Rangiora (New Zealand electorate)|Rangiora]] electorate, coming second. |
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He joined [[NewLabour Party (New Zealand)|NewLabour]] in protest at the economic policies Labour pursued ("[[Rogernomics]]") in the late 1980s. NewLabour eventually helped form the Alliance, and Piesse became involved in the new party. In the [[New Zealand general election, 1999|1999]], he stood as the Alliance candidate in the {{NZ electorate link|Christchurch East}} electorate, winning 6.7% of the vote. He was ranked 58th on the Alliance list. |
He joined [[NewLabour Party (New Zealand)|NewLabour]] in protest at the economic policies Labour pursued ("[[Rogernomics]]") in the late 1980s. NewLabour eventually helped form the Alliance, and Piesse became involved in the new party. In the [[New Zealand general election, 1999|1999 election]], he stood as the Alliance candidate in the {{NZ electorate link|Christchurch East}} electorate, winning 6.7% of the vote. He was ranked 58th on the Alliance list. |
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Following the splintering of the Alliance, Piesse sided with the [[Laila Harré|Harré]]-[[Matt McCarten|McCarten]] faction. In the [[New Zealand general election, 2002|2002 |
Following the splintering of the Alliance, Piesse sided with the [[Laila Harré|Harré]]-[[Matt McCarten|McCarten]] faction. In the [[New Zealand general election, 2002|2002]] election, he stood again as an Alliance candidate, gaining 0.5% of the vote in {{NZ electorate link|Waimakariri}}. He was not on the party list. After Harré and McCarten also left the Alliance, Piesse was elected co-leader, alongside [[Jill Ovens]]. In the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|2005]] election he also stood for the Alliance. |
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Piesse was elected President of the Alliance Party at the 2007 national conference held in Dunedin. In the [[New Zealand general election, 2008|2008 election]] he contested the Christchurch East electorate and was number 4 on the Alliance Party list. He fared poorly, coming eighth with only 119 votes.<ref>[http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-5.html Chief Electoral Office: Official Count Results: Christchurch East.]</ref> The Alliance also did badly, winning only 0.08% of the party vote nationwide.<ref>[http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/partystatus.html Chief Electoral Office: Official Count Results: Overall status]</ref> |
Piesse was elected President of the Alliance Party at the 2007 national conference held in Dunedin. In the [[New Zealand general election, 2008|2008 election]] he contested the Christchurch East electorate and was number 4 on the Alliance Party list. He fared poorly, coming eighth with only 119 votes.<ref>[http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-5.html Chief Electoral Office: Official Count Results: Christchurch East.]</ref> The Alliance also did badly, winning only 0.08% of the party vote nationwide.<ref>[http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/partystatus.html Chief Electoral Office: Official Count Results: Overall status]</ref> In the [[New Zealand general election, 2011|2011]] election he also stood for the Alliance. |
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Paul Egerton Piesse is a co-leader of the Alliance, a New Zealand political party.
Piesse has been heavily involved in the union movement, and has held a number of senior organisational roles. He was originally a supporter of the Labour Party, and in 1969 stood for Labour in the Rangiora electorate, coming second.
He joined NewLabour in protest at the economic policies Labour pursued ("Rogernomics") in the late 1980s. NewLabour eventually helped form the Alliance, and Piesse became involved in the new party. In the 1999 election, he stood as the Alliance candidate in the Christchurch East electorate, winning 6.7% of the vote. He was ranked 58th on the Alliance list.
Following the splintering of the Alliance, Piesse sided with the Harré-McCarten faction. In the 2002 election, he stood again as an Alliance candidate, gaining 0.5% of the vote in Waimakariri. He was not on the party list. After Harré and McCarten also left the Alliance, Piesse was elected co-leader, alongside Jill Ovens. In the 2005 election he also stood for the Alliance.
Piesse was elected President of the Alliance Party at the 2007 national conference held in Dunedin. In the 2008 election he contested the Christchurch East electorate and was number 4 on the Alliance Party list. He fared poorly, coming eighth with only 119 votes.[1] The Alliance also did badly, winning only 0.08% of the party vote nationwide.[2] In the 2011 election he also stood for the Alliance.
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