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The '''New Zealand Legion''' (1932) was founded by Major General J. V. R. Sherston and was led by well known Wellington physician Campbell Begg. The Green shirted [[Legion]] grew to 20,000 members, including future Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. The Legion was founded not only to resist [[socialism]] and [[communism]] during the [[Depression]], but to offer an alternative, and towards this end adopted [[social credit]] economics, and a semi-corporatist policy advocating an Economic Council to advise Government, that would be drawn from all productive sectors.  
The '''New Zealand Legion''' (1932) was founded by Major General J. V. R. Sherston and was led by well known Wellington physician Campbell Begg. The Green shirted [[Legion]] grew to 20,000 members, including future Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. The Legion was founded not only to resist [[socialism]] and [[communism]] during the [[Depression]], but to offer an alternative, and towards this end adopted [[social credit]] economics, and a semi-corporatist policy advocating an Economic Council to advise [[Government]], that would be drawn from all productive sectors.  


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[[Category:New Zealand nationalists organizations]]
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Latest revision as of 09:34, 3 March 2024

The New Zealand Legion (1932) was founded by Major General J. V. R. Sherston and was led by well known Wellington physician Campbell Begg. The Green shirted Legion grew to 20,000 members, including future Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. The Legion was founded not only to resist socialism and communism during the Depression, but to offer an alternative, and towards this end adopted social credit economics, and a semi-corporatist policy advocating an Economic Council to advise Government, that would be drawn from all productive sectors.

See also