Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)
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 |
| Slogan | "The Real Alternative!" |
| House of Representatives | 7 / 124 (1955) |
| Senate | 5 / 60 (1970−74) |
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | 12 / 66 (1955) |
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| Labour politics in Australia |
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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.
In 1978, a new Democratic Labor Party was founded by members of the original party, which remains active as of 2025.