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National Labor Party | |
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| Leader | Billy Hughes |
| Founded | 14 November 1916 |
| Dissolved | 17 February 1917 |
| Split from | Australian Labor Party |
| Merged into | Nationalist Party of Australia |
| Headquarters | Canberra |
| Ideology | Australian nationalism Interventionism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| House of Representatives | 14 / 75 (1916-1917) |
| WA Legislative Assembly | 9 / 50 (March 1917) |
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The National Labor Party was formed by Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes in 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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