Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)
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This article is about the former Australian political party. For the present-day party, see Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1978). For other uses, see Democratic Labour Party.
The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an Australian political party. The party came into existence following the 1955 ALP split as the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), and was renamed the Democratic Labor Party in 1957. In 1962, the Queensland Labor Party, a breakaway party of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party, became the Queensland branch of the DLP.[2]
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Democratic Labor Party | |
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Abbreviation | DLP |
Founded | 1955 (as Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)) |
Dissolved | March 1978 |
Split from | Australian Labor Party |
Succeeded by | Democratic Labor Party |
Ideology | Anti-communism Social conservatism Social democracy Distributism[1] |
Political position | Centre |
House of Representatives | 7 / 124 (1955) |
Senate | 5 / 60 (1970−74) |
Victorian Legislative Assembly | 12 / 66 (1955) |
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In 1978, a new Democratic Labor Party was founded by members of the original party, which remains active as of 2024.