Norfolk Island Labor Party Explained

Country:Australia
Norfolk Labor
Native Name:Norfolk Island Labor Party
Leader1 Title:Leader
Leader1 Name:Mike King
Leader2 Title:Vice-President
Leader2 Name:Mal Snell[1] (2010)
Yarm Menzies[2] (2015)
Ideology:Social democracy
Position:Centre-left
National:Australian Labor
Colours: Red
Seats1 Title:Legislative Assembly
Seats1: (2010−2013)

The Norfolk Island Labor Party (Norfuk Ailen Leyba Paati), also known simply as Norfolk Labor (Norfuk Leyba), was the Norfolk Island branch of the Australian Labor Party. It operated as a sub-branch of the ACT Labor Party.[3]

At the 2010 election, Labor ran four candidates, receiving 13.59% of the total vote.[4] [5]

The party was last led by Mike King, who also served as Leader of the Opposition until March 2013.[6] [7]

At the 2015 status referendum, the party supported the "no" vote, which was ultimately unsuccessful.[8]

Norfolk Labor faded away sometime after 2015, having not contested the 2013 election.[2] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 . Australian Parliament House.
  2. Web site: Labor And Liberal United On Governance Reform And Rejection Of Referendum . The Norfolk Islander . 48.
  3. Web site: Australian Capital Territory Government . ACT Labor Party . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000959/https://actlabor.org.au/media/dx3felpk/act-labor-platform-2023-24.docx . 24 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Norfolk Votes 2010 - Mike King . TVNI.
  5. Web site: Election 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100621012254/http://www.election.gov.nf/ . 21 June 2010 .
  6. Web site: Norfolk Island 'may lose self-government' . Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. Web site: Bankrupt former penal colony Norfolk Island battles to keep its autonomy . The Independent.
  8. Web site: Labor And Liberal United On Governance Reform And Rejection Of Referendum . The Norfolk Islander . 48.
  9. Web site: NON Government News . Norfolk Online News.