Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1978)

This article is about the modern-day Australian political party founded after the dissolution of the original party of the same name. For other uses, see Democratic Labour Party.

Democratic Labour Party
Labour DLP
Abbreviation
  • DLP
  • Labour DLP
Federal SecretaryRichard Howard
FoundedMarch 1978 (March 1978)
Preceded byDemocratic Labor Party (1955)
HeadquartersCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionRoman Catholic
Colours  Gold   Navy
Website
dlp.org.au

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is an Australian political party founded in 1978. It traces its origins to an earlier DLP, which broke off from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1955 as a result of that year's party split. When many members re-joined the ALP after the 1977 resignation of Labor leader Gough Whitlam, the original DLP dissolved the following year. A successor party of the same name was then founded by some members of the original.

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 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 since December 2024 re-registered in Victoria.


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