The ALP was not founded as a federal party until after the first sitting of the Australian parliament in 1901. It is regarded as descended from labour parties founded in the various Australian colonies by the emerging labour movement in Australia, formally beginning in 1891. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party Colonial labour parties contested seats from 1891, and federal seats following Federation at the 1901 federal
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