New Zealand Socialist Party

Not to be confused with Socialist Party of Aotearoa or Socialist Party of New Zealand.

New Zealand Socialist Party
Founded28 July 1901
Dissolved1 July 1913; 111 years ago (1 July 1913)
Merged intoSocial Democratic Party
IdeologyMarxism
Socialism
Political positionLeft-wing

The New Zealand Socialist Party was founded in 1901, promoting the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The group, despite being relatively moderate when compared with many other socialists, met with little tangible success, but it nevertheless had considerable impact on the development of New Zealand socialism. It later merged in 1913 with a faction of the United Labour Party to form the Social Democratic Party.