United–Reform Coalition

The United–Reform Coalition, also known as the National Political Federation from May 1935, was a coalition between two of the three major parties of New Zealand, the United and Reform parties, from 1931 to 1936. This United–Reform coalition government of New Zealand was first formed in September 1931 and successfully contested the 1931 general election in December that year. Then in the form of the National Political Federation, the coalition was defeated at the 1935 general election by Labour. In May 1936, United and Reform formally ceased to exist with their members jointly having decided to form a new party The New Zealand National Party.

Primarily the coalition was formed to deal with the Great Depression which began in 1929. Despite their earlier support of the United government led by Ward and then Forbes, the Labour Party refused to join the coalition, as it believed that the only solution to the depression was socialism.