11-595: Family Party may refer to: The Family Party , a defunct Christian political party in New Zealand Family Party of Germany Family Coalition Party of Ontario Working Families Party , a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998 "Family Party" (song) , a song by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Family Party (film) ,
22-734: A Christian party . The Family Party was established by members of the disbanding Destiny New Zealand (the political party backed by the Destiny Church ) and by Paul Adams , a former United Future MP and pastor within the Pentecostal City Impact Church , run by New Zealand televangelist Peter Mortlock . It was intended that they would join forces with Gordon Copeland , another former United Future MP then sitting as an independent, but talks fell through, and Copeland and another former United Future List MP, Larry Baldock established The Kiwi Party There
33-590: A branch of the Auckland-based Destiny Church. In 2003 Lewis was instrumental in the establishment of the Destiny New Zealand political party, which derived primarily from Destiny Church which is headed by Brian Tamaki . The party went on to stand 42 candidates in the 2005 general election , and was one of only three parties to stand in all 7 MΔori electorates . The party did not win any electorate seats and received 0.62% of
44-660: A colour reserved for use exclusively by the Electoral Commission. The party described its support base as "pro-family, traditional Christian" voters, and said that it would target Maori and Pacific Islander voters in South Auckland. Richard Lewis , the former leader of Destiny New Zealand, was the Family Party's leader, while Adams was deputy leader. The party president was Elias Kanaris. The Family Party did not gain electoral representation as
55-421: A feature film written and directed by Pari Mathur Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade , a party video game on Wii U See also [ edit ] Family First Party Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Family Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
66-589: A result of their contests in the 2008 general election . According to the New Zealand Electoral Commission website, it polled a total of 8176 votes altogether, to poll a final total party vote of only 0.35%. This placed them behind the "joke" Bill and Ben Party , The Kiwi Party and Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party , and on a par with the New Zealand Pacific Party . After the general election, nothing further
77-599: Is the former leader of two conservative Christian political parties in New Zealand, Destiny New Zealand and The Family Party . He led both these parties from their formation to deregistration. Lewis was born in Auckland , New Zealand. At the age of twenty-two, he joined the New Zealand Police . He served as a police officer for eleven years. In 2001, he became the manager of Destiny Social Services,
88-497: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Family_Party&oldid=892659129 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Family Party Defunct The Family Party was a political party in New Zealand . It described itself as
99-403: The party vote, which did not meet the 5% threshold to achieve parliamentary representation. It was the highest polling party outside of parliament. Lewis himself stood as his party's candidate for Manukau East and came third behind the two major party candidates from Labour and National with 1,111 votes (3.4%). In 2007, Destiny New Zealand was disbanded, with Lewis instead becoming leader of
110-606: Was heard from the Family Party. It did not stand a candidate in the Mount Albert by-election, caused after former Prime Minister Helen Clark took up her new post as Director of the United Nations Development Program . On 23 February 2010 the party applied to the Electoral Commission to cancel its registration. On 29 April 2010 the party was officially de-registered. Richard Lewis (New Zealand politician) Richard Lewis (born 1969)
121-536: Was speculation that Taito Phillip Field might also be involved, but he formed another political party to target evangelical Christian Pacific Island immigrants in South Auckland , known as the New Zealand Pacific Party . Formation of the Family Party was announced in October 2007, and it was registered on 17 December, although its proposed logo was rejected because it used orange as the primary colour,
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