Labour parties Labour parties The Antigua Labour Party is the former ruling political party in Antigua and Barbuda, It is led by Lester Bird, who was chairman of the party since 1971, and became Prime Minister and leader in 1994. The party lost the 24 March 2004 elections. It received 41.8% of the popular vote, and 4 out of 17 seats. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antigua Labour Party"
The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australia's oldest political party. It is so-named because of its origins in and close links to the trade union movement. While it is standard practice in Australian English to spell the word labour with an "-our" ending, the name of the party ends with "-or". ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Labor Party"
The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) (ALP-AC) was the name initially used by the right-wing group which split away from the Australian Labor Party in 1954, and which later became the Democratic Labor Party. The ALP-AC contested the 1955 federal election under this name and elected Frank McManus as a Senator for Victoria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)"
The Barbados Labour Party is the current governing party of Barbados. Led by Owen Arthur, the BLP dominates the Parliament of Barbados, with 23 out of the 28 seats in the House of Assembly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbados Labour Party"
The Congolese Labour Party (Parti congolais du Travail), founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, is the ruling political party of the Republic of the Congo. It was originally a pro- Soviet party, but moved towards capitalism during the first administration of Denis Sassou-Nguesso ( 1979– 1992). ...more on Wikipedia about "Congolese Labour Party"
The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) is a minor political party in Australia. It is descended from, but not legally the same as, a party of the same name which existed from 1955 to 1976, and which until 1974 played an important role in Australian politics. The current DLP has never won parliamentary representation or polled a significant number of votes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Democratic Labor Party"
The Democratic Labour Party is the social-democratic opposition party in Barbados. It currently has 7 of 30 seats in the Parliament of Barbados, and is led by Clyde Mascoll. ...more on Wikipedia about "Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)"
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The Democratic Labour Party (PDT) (Partido Democrático Trabalhista) is a center-left political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1979 by left-wing leader Leonel Brizola as an attempt to reorganize the brazillian leftist forces during the end of the brazilian military dictatorship. It joined the Socialist International in 1986. ...more on Wikipedia about "Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)"
The Labour Front was a political party in Singapore. It was founded before the 1955 legislative council elections by David Saul Marshall, Singapore's first chief minister in 1955 and Lim Yew Hock, Singapore's second chief minister. A centre-left grouping, the Labour Front won the 1955 legislative elections and began to form a coalition government for Singapore, which at that time was a separate crown colony. It had won 13 of 25 elected seats in the legislative council. ...more on Wikipedia about "Labour Front"
The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after they were expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over the issue of conscription for World War I. In February 1917 the National Labor group merged with the Liberal Party led by Joseph Cook to form the Nationalist Party of Australia with Hughes as leader. The National Labor Party was never formally constituted a party and had no organisational structure, although some trade union officials and Labor Party branches, particularly in Western Australia and Tasmania, supported it. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Labor Party"
The New Labour Party (NLP) is a minor South African political party founded by Peter Marais after he left the New National Party in some disrepute. The name was chosen to evoke the former Labour Party led by the late Revd Allan Hendrickse as an anti- apartheid Coloured party. The NLP has sought to position itself as the political voice of Coloured people, particularly in the Western Cape Province, but without success. The party won only 0.09% of the vote in the 2004 nationwide election and 0.67% in the simultaneous election to the Western Cape legislature. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "New Labour Party (South Africa)"
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola) is an Angolan political party that has ruled the country since independence in 1975. ...more on Wikipedia about "Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola"
The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) is a minor political party in Australia. The party is a broad left-wing party started by, among others, dissident former members of the Australian Labor Party in 1996. The party alleges that Labor has abandoned its traditional working-class supporters as it has moved towards the political right in recent years. The party is running Senate tickets in New South Wales and Western Australia and was contesting several House of Representatives seats at the 9 October 2004 election. ...more on Wikipedia about "Progressive Labour Party"
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