National Labour Party

National Labour Party of Craftia 克拉夫地亚工党 Kèlāfūdìyà Gōng Dǎng Partai Buruh Craftia
Leaders	George Phillipson John Maynard Allen Wilson Peter Peters Bert Aaron Harry Harrison Dan Stanhope-Callaghan Stanley Gray Richy Linas
Founded	2 February 1945
Dissolved	23 September 1980
Merged into	Craftia Liberty Party
Ideology	Social democracy Anti-communism Labourism Left-wing nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
In government (federal)	1945–1947 1953–1959 1968–1974
Colour	Red

The National Labour Party of Craftia (NLP, known as Labour) was a political party in Craftia. It was formed in 1945 as the successor to the Democratic League of Craftia (formed in 1892 as the successor to the historical Liberal Party), and won the first free general election in a record-breaking landslide. The party had five premiers during its existence, forming government three times under George Phillipson (1945–1947), John Maynard (1947), Allen Wilson (1953–1959), Bert Aaron (1968–1969), and Harry Harrison (1969–1974). Its popularity diminished after the mid-1970s and it merged into the Craftia Liberty Party in 1980.

Federal party leaders

No.	Name	Term		Time in office	Term as Premier/ Prime Minister
		Term began	Term ended
1	George Phillipson	2 February 1945	20 August 1947	2 years, 7 months, 19 days (961 days)	1945–1947
2	John Maynard	21 August 1947	23 October 1947	3 days	1947
3	Allen Wilson	24 October 1947	12 September 1965	17 years, 11 months, 20 days (6564 days)	1953–1959
4	Peter Peters	13 September 1965	29 August 1968	2 years, 11 months, 17 days (1082 days)
5	Bert Aaron	30 August 1968	6 September 1969	1 year, 8 days (373 days)	1968–1969
6	Harry Harrison	7 September 1969	15 May 1974	4 years, 8 months, 9 days (1712 days)	1969–1974
7	Dan Stanhope-Callaghan	16 May 1974	11 November 1975	1 year, 5 months, 27 days (545 days)
8	Stanley Gray	12 November 1975	31 January 1976	2 months, 20 days (81 days)
(7)	Dan Stanhope-Callaghan	1 February 1976	27 December 1976	10 months, 27 days (331 days)
9	Richy Linas	28 December 1976	19 November 1979	2 years, 10 months, 23 days (1057 days)
(7)	Dan Stanhope-Callaghan	20 November 1979	23 September 1980	10 months, 4 days (309 days)

General election results

Election	Seats won	±	Total votes	%		Swing	Position	Government	Leader
1945	52 / 65	52	119,485	64.88%		64.88%	1st	Government	George Phillipson
1947	24 / 65	28	66,922	39.26%		25.62%	2nd	Minority government	John Maynard
1948	23 / 65	1		38.18%		1.08%	2nd	Official Opposition	Allen Wilson
1951	32 / 67	9	52,737	44.38%		6.20%	1st	Official Opposition	Allen Wilson
1953	50 / 67	18	60,899	55.02%		10.64%	1st	Government	Allen Wilson
1956	44 / 67	6	40,880	49.50%		5.52%	1st	Government	Allen Wilson
1957	40 / 77	4	33,590	43.24%		6.26%	1st	Government	Allen Wilson
1959	28 / 80	12	23,737	36.56%		6.68%	2nd	Official Opposition	Allen Wilson
1962	31 / 80	3	19,492	34.42%		2.14%	2nd	Official Opposition	Allen Wilson
1963	35 / 80	4	26,038	45.98%		11.56%	2nd	Official Opposition	Allen Wilson
1966	32 / 80	3	30,729	44.31%		1.67%	2nd	Official Opposition	Peter Peters
1968	48 / 80	16	49,069	51.82%		7.51%	1st	Government	Bert Aaron
1971	46 / 94	2	52,427	41.30%		10.52%	1st	Government (ICP C&S)	Harry Harrison
1974	11 / 94	35	59,837	21.11%		20.19%	3rd	Opposition	Harry Harrison
1976	12 / 94	1		20.57%		0.54%	3rd	Opposition	Dan Stanhope- Callaghan
1979	18 / 94	6	99,214	24.78%		4.21%	3rd	Opposition	Richy Linas