Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)

Democratic Labour Party
AbbreviationDLP
Founded1940; 84 years ago (1940)
Dissolved1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Split fromLabour Party
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Social credit
Political positionLeft-wing

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) was a left-wing political party in New Zealand in the 1940s. It was a splinter from the larger Labour Party, and was led by the prominent socialist John A. Lee.