National Convention 1979
The 1979 Libertarian Party National Convention took place September 6–9 in Los Angeles California at the Bonaventure Hotel. The slogan was "Toward a Three-Party System." The program noted that credentialed delegates were limited to approximately 600. (See National Convention 1979 Delegates List for known delegates.)
| 1979 Libertarian National Convention | |||
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| Convention | |||
| Dates: | 1979 | ||
| Location: | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Venue: | Bonaventure Hotel | ||
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Convention Officials
- Convention Chair - David Bergland
Materials
Panels and Workshops
- Fighting the Draft (panel included Ron Kovic
- Association of Libertarian Feminists (Sharon Presley, moderator)
- Gun Control: A Threat to Civil Liberties (Alan M. Gottlieb, moderator)
- A Marketing and Promotional Strategy for the 1980s (David Nolan, moderator)
- Libertarian Publications (panel included Roy Childs and Bill Evers, Robert Poole, moderator)
- Campaign Management (panel included David Boaz, Bob ??, Gary Greenberg)
- The Tax Revolt (panel included James Tobin and Paul Gann)
- Local Problems, Libertarian Solutions (panel included Dick Bjornseth and Mark Frazier, Bill Burt, moderator)
- An Introduction to Libertarianism (panel included Manny Klausner and Roy Childs, Ed Crane, moderator)
- Futurism and the Free Society
- Private Education (panel included John Bailey, Jim Clarkson, John Hospers, George Smith, and Bill Burt
- Young Libertarian Alliance
- Coalition Politics
- The Energy Crisis
- Libertarian Health Association
- Information Privacy
- Freedom of the Press
Speakers
- Roy A. Childs, keynote
- Dom Armentano
- Nathaniel Branden
- Gorden Brownell
- Diane Divoky
- Ernest Fitzgerald
- David Friedman
- Paul Gann
- John Hospers
- Roger MacBride
- Gene McCarthy
- Thomas G. Moore
- David Nolan - Audio
- Robert Nozick
- Ron Paul
- Sharon Presley
- Dick Randolph
- Earl Ravenal
- Murray Rothbard
- Thomas Szaaz
- Nicholas Von Hoffman
- Walter Williams
Peter Breggin of the Advocates for Self-Government was not listed on the speakers' list but he gave a presentation entitled Communicating with Liberals that can be found here.
Schedule
- Wednesday, Sept. 5
- Platform Committee
- Constitution & Bylaws Committee
- Credentials Committee
- Society for Individual Liberty Banquet
- Thursday, Sept. 6
- Constitution & Bylaws Debate
- 8 Featured Speakers
- 4 Panels
- Libertarian Night at Disneyland
- Friday, Sept. 7
- Platform Debate
- 8 Featured Speakers
- 4 Panels
- Celebrity Cocktail Party
- Three Party Party
- Saturday, Sept. 8
- Balloting for Libertarian Presidential ticket
- 4 Featured Speakers
- 3 Panels
- Cocktail Reception
- Presidential Banquet
- Sunday, Sept. 9
- Election of National LP Officers
- Election of National Committee
- 7 Featured Speakers
- 4 Panels
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominations
Ed Clark and David H Koch were nominated for U.S. President and Vice-President. David Koch pledged $500,000 of his personal funds to the Libertarian campaign (see Document:Letter 22 August 1979 from David Koch to Convention Delegates). The other main presidential candidate was Bill Hunscher.
Convention Button
Coverage of Convention
LNC Elections
- David Bergland was elected as national chair.
- Mary Louise Hanson was elected as national vice-chair.
- Dallas Cooley was elected as treasurer.
- Sylvia Sanders was elected as secretary.
Bylaws Debate Issues
- Limiting National Committee members ability to run as a candidate to only the Libertarian Party and not any other Party
- Wording and duration of including the past chair on the LNC
- Regional divisions
Audios
- Floor Debate - Constitution & Bylaws 1
- Floor Debate - Constitution & Bylaws 2
- David Nolan "Marketing and Promotion Strategy"
- Ed Clark Nomination Speech
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