Stephnie de Ruyter

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Stephnie de Ruyter is the leader of the New Zealand Democratic Party, a small left-wing New Zealand political party.^[1] The Democrats are currently outside Parliament.

While the Democratic Party was a member of the Alliance, de Ruyter served as an Alliance candidate. In the 1999 election, she was the Alliance's candidate for the Invercargill electorate, and was ranked twenty-second on the party's list. She was not elected. Later, when the Democrats joined Jim Anderton to establish the breakaway Progressive Coalition, de Ruyter took an active role in building the new party. By the time of the 2002 election, de Ruyter was deputy leader of the Democrats and was ranked fifth on the Progressive list. She also stood as the Progressive Coalition's candidate in Invercargill. Once again, she was not elected.

Not long after the 2002 election, the Democrats opted to leave the Progressive Coalition and reestablish themselves as an independent party. The leader of the Democrats, Grant Gillon, along with the former leader John Wright, unsuccessfully urged the party to remain a member of the Progressive Coalition. De Ruyter was elected leader on Gillon standing down and John Wright also leaving.

De Ruyter has also been involved in local-body politics in Invercargill, standing for election to the Southland health board.

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v t e Democrats for Social Credit

Party Leaders	Wilfrid Owen P.H. Matthews Vernon Cracknell John O'Brien Bruce Beetham Neil Morrison John Wright Grant Gillon Stephnie de Ruyter

Former Parliamentarians	Vernon Cracknell Bruce Beetham Gary Knapp Neil Morrison Grant Gillon John Wright

Noted activists	Terry Heffernan Frank Langstone Roly Marks

Related articles	John A. Lee Country Party New Democratic Party Alliance Progressive Coalition

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