[Home]History of Australian Labor Party

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The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australia's oldest political party. It is so-named because of its origins in and close links to the [trade union]? movement. While Australians normally spell "Labour", in the name of the party it is spelt "Labor". This spelling was adopted in the 1920s due to the influence of the American labor movement.
The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australia's oldest political party. It is so-named because of its origins in and close links to the [trade union]? movement. While Australians normally spell "Labour", in the name of the party it is spelt "Labor". This spelling was adopted in 1912 due to the influence of the American labor movement.

The ALP was the world's first successful Labor party, first forming a minority national government in May 1904, and forming it's first majority government in 1910. Labor became a Federal Party when the former colonies of Australia federated in 1901. Separate labour parties had been established in the colonies (now states) during the formative decade of the 1890s.


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* Watson
* Fisher
* W.M. ("Billy") Hughes
* J.H. Scullin
*[John Curtin]?
*[Ben Chifley]?

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*[Ben Chifley]?
*[John Curtin]?
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