Democratic Labour Party Labour DLP | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Democratic_Labour_Party_(Australia).png) | |
| Abbreviation |
|
| Federal Secretary | Richard Howard[1] |
| Preceded by | Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) |
| Headquarters | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[4] to right-wing[9] |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Colours | |
| Website | |
| dlp | |
| Part of a series on |
| Labour politics in Australia |
|---|
| This article is part of a series on |
| Conservatism in Australia |
|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg) |
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), formerly known as the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), is an Australian political party which broke off from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as a result of the 1955 ALP split. Following the partial dissolution of the party as a result of many members re-joining the ALP after the departure of Gough Whitlam in 1977, the DLP was re-formed by members of the original Democratic Labor Party
In 2013, the party changed its name to reflect the standard Australian English spelling of "labour".[10]
The DLP had no parliamentary representation for a period of 28 years from 1978 to 2006. DLP candidates were then elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 2006, 2014 and 2022, and a single senator was elected in 2010, with a platform focused more on social conservatism.
In March 2022, after the Australian Electoral Act was amended to raise the minimum number of members required for federal registration of a party from 500 to 1500, the DLP was federally de-registered by the Australian Electoral Commission .[11]
The party remains registered for territorial elections in the Australian Capital Territory[12] And for state elections in Western Australia.[13]
- ^ https://dlp.org.au/contact/
- ^ Mathews, Race. Of Labour and Liberty: Distributism in Victoria, 1891–1966. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-268-10343-9.
- ^ "A third-way that works..." dlp.org.au. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b Henriques-Gomes, Luke (10 May 2019). "Australian election 2019: how to avoid voting for a terrible micro party in the Senate". Guardian Australia. Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019.
- ^ Orr, Graeme (16 August 2021). "Who's Liberal? What's Labor? New bill to give established parties control of their names is full of holes". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Former Labor MP Adem Somyurek to run alongside Bernie Finn in Victorian election". ABC News. 7 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022.
Former Labor powerbroker and minister Adem Somyurek has announced he will contest the upcoming state election for the socially conservative Democratic Labour Party.
- ^ Madden, Cathy. "The Democratic Labor Party: an overview". Parliamentary Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019.
- ^ Mathews, Race. Of Labour and Liberty: Distributism in Victoria, 1891–1966. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 978-0-268-10343-9.
- ^ "Australian Democratic Labor Party". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021.
- ^ Lyle Allan (2013), "Change of Spelling: the DLP." in Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), No. 278, December, p.3
- ^ Wright, Tony (8 March 2022). "The DLP, 65 years after The Split, has too few members to survive". The Age. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ ACT, PositionTitle=Electoral Commissioner; SectionName=ACT Electoral Commission; CorporateName=Elections (11 November 2021). "Register of political parties". elections.act.gov.au.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Registered Political Parties in WA". www.elections.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 29 April 2024.