[3] Weal stood as a Social Credit candidate in numerous elections (usually in the electorate of Mt Albert), as well as in by-elections in Fendalton and Hutt in 1967 and 1968, respectively.
[4] Weal quit the Social Credit Political League with John O'Brien in 1972 and joined the New Democratic Party.
"In fact one of the most successful things I did was to deliver a letter outlining New Zealand's objections to British membership to every MP before the Common Market debate", he said.
Weal thought that letter had an influence in the fact that more than 100 Labour members signed a petition opposing the entry negotiations.
[7] Weal's death occurred just four months after the Brexit referendum (23 June 2016) where the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Community, the successor of the EEC.