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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33 No. 12. 5 August 1970
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Mr P. J. Wedderspoon (24), a Dunedin history student who stood as a Democratic Labour candidate for three seats in last year's General Election, has joined the Liberal Reform Party, formerly the Country Party.
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The leader of the Liberal Reform Party, Mr Cliff Emeny (left) with the party's newest member, Mr P. J. Wedderspoon, Dunedin.
In New Plymouth yesterday, Mr Wedderspoon said he had decided to join the Liberal Reformists after reaching "considerable agreement on principles and policies of action" with the party's leader. Mr C. Emeny, Strat ford.
He said he would undertake the organisation of the Liber al Reform Party in the Otago area and would be available for parliamentary candidacy when required in an Otago electorate.