candidates and members of Parliament including Bill Veitch and Arthur Stallworthy. However, the Democrats did not win any seats. In total, they won around 7.8% of the national vote (66,695 votes). Despite their failure to enter Parliament, their impact on the election may have been the opposite to what was intended — by splitting the anti-Labour vote they probably contributed to Labour's overwhelming victory in 1935. Dissolution Among the defeated Democrat candidates were Frederick Doidge and Matthew Oram who would become future National Party MPs. Davy himself went on to found the People's Movement and the New Zealand Co-operative Party but eventually retired from politics and returned to business. The party's remnants amalgamated with the National Party in 1936. References Political parties established in 1934 Defunct political parties in New Zealand Political parties disestablished in 1936 1934 establishments in New Zealand 1936 disestablishments in New Zealand