New Zealand
In New Zealand the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party ran for the first time in 1996. They have never had any Members of Parliament, but have averaged around 1% of the popular vote - one fifth of what is necessary to gain MPs under New Zealand's proportional representation system. A former member, Nandor Tanczos, was an MP as part of the New Zealand Green Party (1999–2008). (He was also New Zealand's first ever Rastafarian Member of Parliament). The party had candidates in the 2008 general election.
The New Zealand Green Party maintains a cannabis-reform policy, focused around decriminalisation.
The leader of the ACT Party Don Brash has spoken out in favour of decriminalizing cannabis.
Read more about this topic: Cannabis Political Parties
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