55-586: (Redirected from Democratic Labor Party ) Democratic Labour Party may refer to: Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1978) – spelt Labor until 2013 Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955) – predecessor to DLP (1955–1978) Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand) Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) Democratic Labour Party (Spain) , or PTD Democratic Labour Party (Trinidad and Tobago) ,
110-576: A Protestant (from Victoria). No DLP Senators or state politicians were ever elected in South Australia or Western Australia . Owing largely to demographic reasons, the ALP did not split in these states, although some lay branch members switched to the new party once it had been established. As the ALP and the conservative parties traditionally held approximately equal numbers of seats in the Senate,
165-524: A "good Labor government that will bring something better to the people". He said that the DLP and ALP differed in a number of ways. In December 2011, Madigan launched the Australian Manufacturing and Farming Program , with Senator Nick Xenophon and MP Bob Katter , an initiative to provide a forum for discussion of issues impacting manufacturers and farmers, together with politicians. As
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275-517: A century. In his petition, Mulholland says Madigan put himself forward in the 2010 election as a DLP candidate "although the DLP federal executive did not authorise or recognise his candidacy or have any part in his nomination". In September, 2014 Madigan resigned from the DLP and became an independent , citing long-term internal party tensions and claiming he had been undermined by a member of his staff. DLP federal president Paul Funnell strongly rejected Madigan's claims and demanded that he resign from
330-466: A close associate, Peter McBroom, were reported to be emphasising Catholic doctrinal and devotional concerns, like Marian apparitions , Catholic prayer, praying the rosary and campaigns against the "evils of contraception ". Kavanagh was reported as threatening to leave the organisation if the 'hardline' elements were to triumph within the Victorian DLP. In the end, the minority 'hardline' group
385-401: A deal was almost done. Three out of four of the ALP's parliamentary leaders agreed to a deal. However, Calwell refused to share power within the party with the DLP leadership on a membership number basis, so the deal failed. Santamaria later claimed that had he accepted, Calwell could have become prime minister. Indeed, at the 1961 federal election Labor came up just two seats short of toppling
440-481: A greater emphasis on defence spending. Following the departure of Whitlam from ALP leadership in 1977, recognising that the split had assisted the rise of the radical left Whitlamite faction in the ALP, many DLP members rejoined the ALP. This greatly strengthened its right wing faction and subsequently helped the moderate Bob Hawke to take control of the ALP a few years later. By 1978 DLP branches in all states other than Victoria had ceased to operate. In March 1978,
495-432: A representative of the DLP, Madigan took an unashamed anti-abortion stance. His additional publicly stated positions on behalf of the DLP included opposition to same-sex marriage; opposition to the sale of public infrastructure; opposition to a carbon tax , stating "We're not in favour of a carbon tax because we believe it's a tax on people and a tax on life"; an advocate for shops closing at midday on Saturdays; and at
550-609: A review of its membership by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) in 2024, the Victorian DLP was unable to prove it had more than the required 500 members and it was deregistered. On 25 March 2024, immediately following the announcement by the VEC that it intended to deregister the DLP, Somyurek resigned from the party. The party was deregistered by the VEC on 16 May 2024. Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955) The Democratic Labor Party ( DLP )
605-499: A second member elected, party leader John Mulholland, in the Northern Metropolitan Region on 5.1 per cent, but that result was overturned after a recount. Following the election of Kavanagh, attention was given to the DLP platform of opposition to abortion and poker machines. The Labor government required an additional two non-ALP upper house members to pass legislation, which gave the balance of power to
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#1732772908868660-500: A senator for Victoria at the 1955 election, and successful ALP candidate George Cole had chosen before the election to become part of this party. The parliamentary membership of the ALP (Anti-Communist) was almost entirely Roman Catholic of Irish descent. The only two non-Catholics were its federal leader, Bob Joshua , who represented Ballarat in the Australian House of Representatives , and Jack Little , who led
715-726: A successful bid to split the DLP and remove its influence. The party lost all its Senate seats at the 1974 federal election . In April 1976, the Queensland and South Australian branches of the DLP were dissolved. The party only stood candidates in Victoria at the 1977 federal election , without success. In April 1978 it was reported in The Bulletin that the New South Wales state council would meet in June 1978 to determine
770-473: 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,
825-678: The Cold War period, most but not all of them Catholics, became alarmed at what they saw as the growing power of the Communist Party of Australia within the country's trade unions . These members formed units within the unions, called Industrial Groups , to combat this alleged infiltration. The intellectual leader of the Victorian Catholic wing of the ALP was B. A. Santamaria , a Roman Catholic Italian-Australian Melbourne lawyer and lay anti-Communist activist, who acquired
880-486: The Greens who held three seats. Kavanagh failed to retain his seat at the 2010 Victorian election . In late August 2009, Melbourne newspaper The Age reported that the DLP was facing several internal divisions between Kavanagh's faction, which also sought to include evangelical and fundamentalist Protestants within the party, and 'hardline' conservative Catholics. Right to Life Australia President Marcel White and
935-697: The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney , Norman Cardinal Gilroy , the first native-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, opposed the Movement's tactics, and there was no party split in that state. The expelled ALP members formed the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) under the influence of B. A. Santamaria . Ideologically, the ALP (Anti-Communist) followed universalism and kept the NCC anti-communist position. Following
990-604: The 14.3 per cent quota required by gaining One Nation , Christian Democratic and Building Australia preferences to edge out Steve Fielding of the Family First Party who received a primary vote of 2.64 per cent. The DLP received Family First preferences, and when the Australian Sex Party candidate was excluded, the DLP gained Liberal Democratic Party preferences, overtaking the third Liberal/National candidate and gaining their preferences to win
1045-628: The ACT and later in Tasmania and NSW led to a substantial increase in memberships in those states, partially offsetting these losses and helping to refocus the party on contemporary policy issues including housing affordability, energy cost and reliability and the growing threat posed by China. Victorian upper house MP Bernie Finn joined the DLP after his expulsion from the Liberal Party. Former Labor-turned-independent MP Adem Somyurek also joined
1100-565: The ALP out of office at the federal level and in Victoria. The DLP vote for the House of Representatives gradually declined during the 1960s, but remained strong enough for the Liberals to continue to need DLP preferences to win close elections. After Evatt's retirement in 1960, his successor Arthur Calwell , a Catholic, tried to bring about a reconciliation between the ALP and the DLP. Negotiations were conducted through intermediaries, and in 1965
1155-730: 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 . The party remains registered for territorial elections in the Australian Capital Territory And for state elections in Western Australia. The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)
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#17327729088681210-521: The Coalition. One of those seats was Bruce , in the DLP's heartland of Melbourne. DLP preferences allowed Liberal Billy Snedden to win a paper-thin victory. Although the Coalition was only assured of a sixth term in government later in the night with an even narrower win in the Brisbane -area seat of Moreton , any realistic chance of a Labor win ended with the Liberals retaining Bruce. Without Bruce,
1265-399: The DLP just weeks before the state election, having resigned from parliament only days prior. At the 2022 Victorian election, the DLP received 7.66% of the vote in its best seat and 3.51% (131,600 votes) overall in the upper house. This was the fifth highest vote of any party in Victoria and the best result the DLP had achieved since its re-establishment in 1978. Adem Somyurek was elected to
1320-586: The DLP was able to command a significant vote, particularly in Victoria and Queensland, with their large numbers of Catholics. During the period the party held between one and five seats in the Senate (which is elected by proportional representation ). The DLP Senate leaders were George Cole (from Tasmania; 1955–1965), Vince Gair (from Queensland; 1965–1973), and Frank McManus (from Victoria; 1973–1974). Other DLP Senators were Condon Byrne (from Queensland), Jack Kane (from New South Wales), and Jack Little ,
1375-496: The DLP was able to use the balance of power in the Senate to extract concessions from Liberal governments, particularly larger government grants to Catholic schools, greater spending on defence, and non-recognition of the People's Republic of China . During this period the DLP exercised influence by directing its preferences to Liberal candidates in federal and state elections (see Australian electoral system ), thus helping to keep
1430-420: The DLP were considering a merger. In response, Gough Whitlam said he was delighted to see "the old harlot churched". By this point, the party's emphasis on Senate results had led to a steady decline in their primary vote for the House of Representatives, and according to Tom King of Australian National University a large amount of the support for the DLP by this point came as a result of protest votes against
1485-632: The DLP won parliamentary representation for the first time since the 1970s when it won a seat in the Victorian Legislative Council , after fielding candidates in the eight regions of the reformed Council, where proportional representation gave the party the best chance of having members elected. The DLP received 2.7 per cent of the primary vote in the Western Victoria Region , enough to elect Peter Kavanagh on ALP preferences. The party briefly looked set to have
1540-544: The DLP, as a basically sectarian party, was a most dangerous and distasteful force in Australian politics. Whitington observed that the party was backed by influential sections of the Roman Catholic Church, and that although the party professed to exist primarily to combat communism, it had less commendable reasons behind its coming into being. Daniel Mannix , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne ,
1595-732: The Inaugural Jack Kane dinner in July 2011, Madigan advocated Chifley protectionist economics. Also, Madigan has publicly expressed his concern for human rights in West Papua. It was reported in June 2010 that the party was on the brink of collapse, with rampant party infighting and less than $ 10,000 in the bank. On 18 March 2011 the Victorian Supreme Court handed down a reserved judgment confirming John Mulholland's valid removal as secretary. This decision
1650-550: The Labour Movement from pursuing Labor objectives. At the 1955 ALP national conference in Hobart , Santamaria's parliamentary supporters in the federal and Victorian parliaments were expelled from the ALP. A total of seven Victorian federal MPs and 18 state MPs were expelled. The federal MPs were: Tom Andrews , Bill Bourke , Bill Bryson , Jack Cremean , Bob Joshua , Stan Keon and Jack Mullens . In New South Wales ,
1705-479: The Senate so that his seat could be taken by a DLP member. The DLP was elected to the upper house region of Western Metropolitan, with candidate Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins winning 2.6% of the vote, despite suffering a 0.5% swing. On 26 June 2017, Carling-Jenkins resigned from the DLP to join Cory Bernardi 's Australian Conservatives . In-fighting continued throughout the decade to 2022, with purges of
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1760-605: The South Australian, New South Wales and Victorian branches by the federal executive, including repeated expulsions and high profile resignations. This culminated in yet another purge of the Victorian executive and their supporters in January 2022, causing the loss of many Victorian branches. This led to a significant decline in DLP membership levels over the decade in those states. However from 2020, recruiting drives in
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1870-411: The Victorian branch voted to dissolve The vote to dissolve was purportedly carried by 110 votes to 100. However, some members of the party disputed the validity of the vote and instead formed a continuity DLP, which sought to continue the policies and objectives of the original DLP. This re-established DLP contested its first Victorian state election in 1979 . At the 2006 Victorian state election ,
1925-405: The best Labor could have done was a hung parliament . At the 1969 federal election , DLP preferences kept Calwell's successor Gough Whitlam from toppling the Coalition, despite winning an 18-seat swing and a majority of the two-party vote. DLP preferences in four Melbourne-area seats allowed the Liberals to narrowly retain them; had those preferences gone the other way, Labor would have garnered
1980-618: The expelled Labor members crossed the floor to support Bolte's motion. With his government defeated, Cain sought and received a dissolution of parliament later that day, with the election set down for 28 May 1955 . At the election, 11 of the 12 expelled MPs in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, as well as other candidates, and the one MP facing re-election in the Victorian Legislative Council lost their seats. The party drew 12.6% of
2035-507: The growing power of the Communist Party of Australia within the country's trade unions . These members formed units within the unions, called Industrial Groups , to combat this alleged infiltration. The party renamed itself the Democratic Labor Party in 1957. The party's policies were traditional Labor policies such as more spending on health, education and pensions, combined with strident opposition to communism, and
2090-623: The last seat. Elected for a six-year term from 1 July 2011, Madigan was the first Senator to be elected as a federal member of the Democratic Labor Party of Australia since the 1970 Senate-only election . Madigan was in a balance of power position following the 2013 election where an additional six non-government Senators were required to pass legislation. In his maiden speech to the Senate, Madigan denounced Victoria's "inhumane" abortion laws and committed to help restore Australia's dwindling manufacturing sector. He called for
2145-531: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Democratic_Labour_Party&oldid=1219090951 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1978) Defunct Defunct The Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ), formerly known as
2200-520: The original party, which remains active as of 2024. The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) was formed as a result of a split in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) which began in 1954. The split was between the party's national leadership, under the then party leader Dr H. V. Evatt , and the majority of the Victorian branch, which was dominated by a faction composed largely of ideologically-driven anti-Communist Catholics . Many ALP members during
2255-402: The party changed its name to reflect the standard Australian English spelling of "labour". 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
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2310-753: The party in the Victoria Legislative Council between 1955 and 1958. It has been suggested that the party was substantially a party of Irish-ethnics, a result of the ALP split of 1955 being a 'de-ethnicisation', a forcible removal of the Irish-Catholic element within the ALP. However, many ALP (Anti-Communist) members were not of Irish descent. The party attracted many voters among migrants from Catholic countries in southern Europe, and among anti-Communist Eastern European refugees. A significant minority of its voters were also non-Catholics. Journalist Don Whitington argued in 1964 that
2365-471: The party's base among Catholics. Some members of the DLP disagreed with this, believing the party should stay focused on anti-communism. The highest DLP vote was 11.11 per cent, which occurred at the 1970 half-senate election . Whitlam and the ALP won government in the 1972 election , defeating the DLP's strategy of keeping the ALP out of power. In 1973, it was reported that the Country Party and
2420-737: The patronage of Dr Mannix. Santamaria headed The Catholic Social Studies Movement (often known as The Movement ), modeled on Catholic Action groups in Europe and, ironically, in organizational terms, on some of the methods employed by its principal target, the Communist Party of Australia. That group later became the National Civic Council (NCC). Evatt denounced the "Movement" and the Industrial Groups in 1954, alleging they were disloyal and trying to deflect
2475-563: The stance of the Roman Catholic Church towards the White Australia policy after 1952, the ALP (Anti-Communist) was also oppositor of said policy. On the night of 19 April 1955, Liberal and Country Party leader Henry Bolte moved a motion of no-confidence against John Cain 's Labor government in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. After twelve hours of debate on the motion, in the early hours of 20 April, 11 of
2530-623: The swing it needed to make Whitlam Prime Minister. The DLP's policies were traditional Labor policies such as more spending on health, education and pensions, combined with strident opposition to communism, and a greater emphasis on defence spending. The DLP strongly supported Australia's participation in the Vietnam War . From the early 1960s onward the DLP became increasingly socially conservative, opposing homosexuality , abortion , pornography and drug use . This stand against "permissiveness" appealed to many conservative voters as well as
2585-584: The two major parties, rather than any definitive ideological base. A softening of attitudes towards Communism both in Australia and within the Catholic Church meant that the party increasingly sounded old-fashioned and ideologically adrift, a perception that was not helped by the advanced age of the DLP's parliamentarians. In 1974, Whitlam appointed Gair as ambassador to the Republic of Ireland in
2640-480: The upper house region of Northern Metropolitan with 4.75% of the vote. However, despite winning 5.16% of the vote, after preference distribution Bernie Finn narrowly missed out on re-election in the Western Metropolitan Region by only 210 votes, with Legalise Cannabis Party preferences instead electing a second Liberal candidate. Despite its strong performance in the state election, following
2695-545: The vote, mainly from the ALP, which was directed to the non-Labor parties. Labor won 37.6% of the vote and 20 seats to the Liberals' 34 and the Country Party's ten. The Cain Labor Government lost government at the 1955 election. Only one of the expelled Labor members, Frank Scully , was re-elected for the seat of Richmond . Scully had been a Minister in the Cain Government and a member of the Movement, and
2750-601: Was a DLP supporter, as were other influential clerics. In 1957, the party changed its name to the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). In the same year, the Labor Party split in Queensland following the expulsion of Vince Gair , a conservative Catholic, from the party. He and his followers formed the Queensland Labor Party , which, in 1962, became the Queensland branch of the DLP. Between 1955 and 1974
2805-424: 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
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#17327729088682860-531: Was expelled from the ministry and the ALP as part of the 1955 split. Five other MPs whose terms had not expired remained in the Legislative Council until the expiry of their terms at the 1958 Victorian election , and all who recontested their seats were defeated. At the 1955 federal election held in December, all the 7 expelled federal MPs were defeated. However, Frank McManus was elected as
2915-463: Was expelled from the party and it returned to its former non-sectarian position. Shortly after counting began in the aftermath of the 2010 federal election , DLP candidate, federal DLP vice-president, and state DLP president John Madigan looked likely to be elected as the sixth and final Senator for Victoria , which was confirmed a few weeks later. Preference counts indicated that the primary DLP vote of 2.33 per cent (75,145 votes) in Victoria reached
2970-461: Was formed as a result of a split in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) which began in 1954. The split was between the party's national leadership, under the then party leader Dr H. V. Evatt , and the majority of the Victorian branch, which was dominated by a faction composed largely of ideologically driven anti-Communist Catholics . Many ALP members during the Cold War period, most but not all of them Catholics, became alarmed at what they saw as
3025-575: Was subsequently reversed by the full bench of the Victorian Supreme Court however the Court also rejected Mulholland's claim that he was still the secretary of the DLP at the time the ruling was handed down. A Senate petition in August 2011 from Mulholland requested that current DLP Senator John Madigan be removed from the Senate, with the petition lodged using a residual standing order of the chamber that has not been deployed successfully by anyone for more than
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