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 |
Slogan | "The Real Alternative!"[2] |
House of Representatives | 7 / 124 (1955) |
Senate | 5 / 60 (1970−74) |
Victorian Legislative Assembly | 12 / 66 (1955) |
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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.[3]
In 1978, a new Democratic Labor Party was founded by members of the original party, which remains active as of 2024.