Australian Labor Party becomes FIRST labor party in world on this day

The Australian Labor Party under Prime Minister Chris Watson becomes the first Labor government in the world

Chris Watson was Australia’s first Labor Prime Minister and while his 1904 government only survived for four months between April and August in 1904 it has the distinction of being the first Labor government anywhere in the world at a national level.

The Australian Labor Party, a democratic socialist party, has its origins in a strike by pastoral workers in the 1890s in the state of Queensland. It would go on to win the 1910 Federal election under Andrew Fisher and become the first Labor government to win a majority. It remains a major party in Australian political life.

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