National Labor Party

National Labor Party
LeaderBilly Hughes
Founded14 November 1916 (1916-11-14)
Dissolved17 February 1917 (1917-02-17)
Split fromAustralian Labor Party
Merged intoNationalist Party of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
IdeologyAustralian nationalism
Interventionism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
House of Representatives
14 / 75
(1916-1917)
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
9 / 50
(March 1917)

The National Labor Party (NLP) was an Australian political party formed by Prime Minister Billy Hughes in November 1916, following the 1916 Labor split on the issue of World War I conscription in Australia. Hughes had taken over as leader of the Australian Labor Party and Prime Minister of Australia when anti-conscriptionist Andrew Fisher resigned in 1915. He formed the new party for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the ALP a month after the 1916 plebiscite on conscription in Australia. Hughes held a pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I.


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