The ALP was not founded as a federal party until after the first sitting of the Australian Parliament in 1901. Labor is thus the country's oldest political party. Colonial labour parties contested seats from 1891, and federal seats following Federation at the 1901 federal election. Labor was the first party in Australia to win a majority in either house of the Australian Parliament, at the 1910 federal election. Maheswaran Prabaharan introduces the Australian Labor Party.
The ALP was not founded as a federal party until after the first sitting of the Australian Parliament in 1901. Labor is thus the country's oldest political party. Colonial labour parties contested seats from 1891, and federal seats following Federation at the 1901 federal election. Labor was the first party in Australia to win a majority in either house of the Australian Parliament, at the 1910 federal election. Maheswaran Prabaharan introduces the Australian Labor Party.
