Career
In 1986 Beetham lost the leadership of the party to Morrison. On the night he was elected, the new leader implied in a television interview that the Social Cr national dividend policy was out of date and would be dropped. This was in response to a question from the interviewer, which he might not have listened to carefully.
The next day when Beetham said he was considering resigning because the new leadership was rejecting basic Social Cr philosophy, Morrison publicly retracted his comment and affirmed that the national dividend would remain an important part of Social Cr policy.
In the 1987 election Morrison was defeated by National candidate Maurice Williamson, and Knapp was defeated by another National candidate. See Social Cr Party (New Zealand).
He was a Manukau City Councillor, and about to run for re-election when he died in 2007.
