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'''Murray Smith''' is a [[New Zealand]] politician. He is a member of the [[United Future New Zealand]] party, having been elected to Parliament as a list MP in the [[New Zealand general election 2002|2002 elections]]. He was a founding member of the [[Christian Democrat Party (New Zealand)|Christian Democrats]], which later became [[Future New Zealand]]. Future New Zealand then joined with [[United New Zealand]] to form the modern United Future New Zealand. Before entering national politics, he was a [[lawyer]].

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'''Murray Smith''' is a former New Zealand politician. He was a member of the [[United Future New Zealand]] party caucus, having been elected to Parliament as a list MP in the [[2002 New Zealand general election|2002 election]].

==Political career==

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Before entering national politics, Smith was a [[lawyer]].

He was a founding member of the [[Christian Democrat Party (New Zealand)|Christian Democrats]], which later became [[Future New Zealand]]. Future New Zealand then joined with [[United New Zealand]] to form the modern United Future New Zealand.

For the {{NZ election link|1996}}, the Christian Democrats formed a coalition with [[Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand|Christian Heritage New Zealand]], and he was ranked 13th on the [[Party lists in the 1996 New Zealand general election#Christian Coalition|party list]] of the resulting [[Christian Coalition (New Zealand)|Christian Coalition]], but he did not contest an electorate.<ref name="1996 unsuccessful">{{cite web |title=Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties |url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/3.4%20Party%20Lists%20of%20Unsuccessful%20Registered%20Parties.pdf |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=22 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208054417/http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/3.4%20Party%20Lists%20of%20Unsuccessful%20Registered%20Parties.pdf |archivedate=8 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Like his associates, [[Larry Baldock]], [[Bernie Ogilvy]], [[Paul Adams (New Zealand politician)|Paul Adams]] and [[Marc Alexander]], Smith only served one term before he left Parliament at the [[2005 New Zealand general election]], given that his party polled only one-third of its previous electoral support.

In the [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008 election]], Smith stood for [[United Future New Zealand|United Future]] in the electorate of [[Hutt South]].

==References==

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913233410/http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz/ UFNZ's party's website]

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