Victorian Socialist Party
Former political party in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Victorian Socialist Party (VSP), also known as the Socialist Party of Victoria, was a socialist political party in the Australian state of Victoria during the early 20th century.
Victorian Socialist Party | |
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Founded | 1906 (1906) |
Dissolved | 1932 (1932) |
Newspaper | The Socialist |
Membership (1907) | 2,000 |
Ideology | Socialism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Most VSP members were also members of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), or later became members. A faction of the VSP hoped to "bore from within" and win the ALP for socialism. Members who were later prominent included John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia 1941–45), Frank Anstey (a federal Labor MP 1910–34), Maurice Blackburn (a federal MP 1934–43), Don Cameron (a Senator 1938–1962), Fred Katz (a Senator 1947–1951),[1] and John Cain (three times Premier of Victoria). Cameron was an organiser from 1919 and edited The Socialist from 1920 to 1923.