Socialist Labor Party (Australia)
The Socialist Labor party was a political party of Australia.
The party was founded around 1900 by the Australian Socialist League to contest the Australian federal election of 1901.[1] The party nominated six candidates (known as the "Socialist Six") for the Senate seats of New South Wales: Andrew Thomson, James Moroney, Harry Holland, James Morrish, John Neil, and Thomas Melling.[2]
The People weekly newspaper was named the official organ of the party from 3 March 1906.
In January 1920, the party merged with the Industrial Socialist Labor Party, which had broken away from the Labor Party in 1919, retaining the name Socialist Labor Party.[3]
The party survived into the 1940s, under the leadership of E.E. Judd.[4]
References
- ^ "THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY". The People And The Collectivist. Vol. IV, , no. 170. New South Wales, Australia. 21 April 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY". People. Vol. V, , no. 212. New South Wales, Australia. 9 February 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY". Daily Observer. Vol. X, , no. 12. New South Wales, Australia. 15 January 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "SOCIALIST VIEW". Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 18 August 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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