Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terry Heffernan

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perennial candidate never got elected and never lead his party; mildly interesting, not notable unless every third party candidate who came second at some point is plan 8 (talk) 21:13, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —plan 8 (talk) 21:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. —plan 8 (talk) 21:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. —plan 8 (talk) 21:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep with caveat. IIRC, Heffernan was leader of Social Credit at about the time it became the Democrat Party - therefore, though not an MP, he was the political leader of historically a significant party in NZ. Unfortunately, the article doesn't say anything about this - but if my memory's not playing tricks and this info can be confirmed and added in, I think he'd pass notability standards. Grutness...wha? 23:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
• Weak keep - and edge case as he is fairly well known from years as deputy leader and spokesperson on many portfolios for Social Credit. Had Proportional representation been introduced a few years earlier he would certainly have been an MP. I would bee happy if 4-5 references demonstrating the scope of his political activity could be found. dramatic (talk) 23:43, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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