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Vernon Cracknell was born on 30 May, 1912 in Auckland, New Zealand, is a New Zealand politician. Discover Vernon Cracknell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 30 May, 1912
Birthday 30 May
Birthplace Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death 4 June, 1989
Died Place Kawakawa, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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1912

Vernon Francis Cracknell (30 May 1912 – 4 June 1989) was a New Zealand politician.

Cracknell was born in Auckland on 30 May 1912.

He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Kings College before qualifying as an accountant.

1934

In 1934 he left Auckland and moved to Northland and later married in 1949.

1943

Cracknell's victory was a surprise, as no candidate not aligned with either the Labour or National parties had been elected to Parliament since 1943.

However, Cracknell found himself unsuited to Parliamentary debate and did not make any substantial impact.

He struggled to achieve an independent voice in Parliament, voting with Labour 22 times and with National 14 times in his first year.

Cracknell was not particularly skilled at dealing with the media and so received little attention, thus undoing Social Credit's foot in the door in terms of political ascendancy.

He was a good organiser and recognised for his honesty and respectability.

National claimed that Cracknell could have become a cabinet minister if he had joined them rather than Social Credit.

Due to his isolation in parliament Cracknell could not rely on any other MPs to second any motion of his but did have to share an office and secretary with an MP from another party.

His status as a party leader went unrecognised and was not allocated a front bench seat.

He also had the indignity of having his maiden speech deferred.

1950

He made his entry into politics in local government in 1950 when he was elected a member of the Bay of Islands Harbour Board and became the board's chairman in 1953.

1951

He established his own accountancy firm in Kerikeri in 1951.

Later, he became involved in politics through the Social Credit Party, a group dedicated to the social credit theory of monetary reform.

1954

The area had previously been receptive to social credit theory – the Social Credit Party had placed second in the 1954 election, and Harold Rushworth of the credit-influenced Country Party had held the Northland seat (then called Bay of Islands) for three terms, from 1928 to 1938.

1960

In the 1960 election, Cracknell contested the seat of Hobson in Northland.

He placed second, pushing the Labour Party candidate into third place, and won more votes than any other Social Credit candidate.

1962

At the party conference in May 1962 he was elected president of the party.

The party was without a permanent leader (which it often was outside of election years) and Cracknell became the main spokesperson for the party as its de facto leader.

1963

He served as the Social Credit Party's third leader (1963–1970).

He was elected the official leader of the party at the 1963 party conference.

At the 1963 election he was ahead after the initial election night count by 12 votes.

However after special votes were included his small majority was surpassed by the incumbent MP, Logan Sloane of the National Party.

As leader, Cracknell attempted to turn Social Credit into a more professional political organisation.

1964

He instigated a more centralised administrative structure and in 1964 the positions of party leader and deputy leader were made permanent to make the party more stable.

Membership increased under his leadership reaching 7,000 members becoming the second biggest party in terms of membership (overtaking National and just slightly behind Labour).

This was achieved by effective mid-parliamentary term publicity campaigns.

1966

In the 1966 election, Cracknell was finally successful, winning the seat with 48% of the vote.

He narrowly defeated Sloane, who won 45% of the vote.

1969

In the 1969 election, Cracknell's campaign was almost universally regarded as poor, with his television appearance being described as uninteresting, too academic and rambling.

Many observers cited growing internal divisions within the Social Credit Party as a cause of this by diverting the party's efforts and attention away from campaigning and policy platforms.

The party dropped 5% in the polls and Cracknell likewise did worse in Hobson where Logan Sloane regained the seat by a substantial margin.

1970

In 1970, a bitter dispute at the party's annual conference saw Cracknell lose the Social Credit Party's leadership to his deputy, the more confrontational John O'Brien.

The 1970 conference was described as "the most vivid example of political bloodletting in public" since John A. Lee had been expelled at the 1940 Labour party conference.

The culmination of which, a vote was held for the office of party president with a pro-Cracknell and Pro-O'Brien candidate.

O'Brien's ally P.J. Dempsy defeated Cracknell man A.J. Gray 137 votes to 60.

Seeing this as a sign of things to come, Cracknell smilingly asked the minutes clerk to remove his name from the leadership ballot.

He resigned the leadership without a delegate vote leaving O'Brien to gain the leadership, without winning it from him.