{{Template:Infobox political party||name = Labour Party
|colorcode = #E60000
|party logo = [[File:CLP logo.png|250px]]
|leader1_title = Leader
|leader1_name = [[Hannah Kwong]]
|leader2_title = Deputy Leader
|leader2_title = Daniel Johnson
|leader2_title = First Secretary
|leader2_title = Mark Averling
|slogan =
|founded = 12th October 1909
|headquarters = Victoria
|merger =
|student_wing = Labour Students
|youth_wing = Young Labour
|membership_year =
|membership = 340,000 (2024)
|ideology = {{W|Social democracy}} {{W|Social liberalism}} {{W|Progressivism}}
|position = {{W|Centre left}}
|international affiliation = {{W|Socialist International}} {{W|Progressive Alliance}}
|colours = Red and white
|seats1_title = [[House of Representatives of Rainier|House of Representatives]]
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|56|136|hex=#E60000}}
|seats2_title = [[House of Senators of Rainier|House of Senators]]
|seats2 = {{Composition bar|40|90|hex=#E60000}}
|seats3_title = Provincial seats
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|website =
|colour = red
|flag = [[File:Labour flag.png|250px]]
|blank1_title = Anthem
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The '''Labour Party''' is a {{W|centre-left}} political party in [[Rainier]]. Founded in 1910, it is currently the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Rainier being led by [[Hannah Kwong]].

Formed in 1909 the Labour Party originally was the political arm of the trade union movement in Rainier whilst being dominated by {{w|Irish Catholics}}. It was a relatively marginal force until the {{W|Great Depression}} when it alternated between the official opposition or the largest third party; during {{w|World War Two}} the party formed part of a national unity government. Following the 1958 election Labour became the main opposition party and in 1970 under the charismatic [[Lester Murray]] it oversaw numerous progressive social and economic reforms. In 1973 the Labour party was thrown into opposition before coming back to power under [[Nicholas Lennox]] between 1980-1983 and 1984-1988 who oversaw a shift to the right, embracing {{W|neoliberalism|neoliberal}} economic policies. They returned to power under [[Ken Fong]] in 1996 where it won four successive general elections but lost power again in 2009 following the {{w|Great Recession}}. Labour would return to power in 2017 under [[Alexandra Llewellyn]] where they would lead Rainier through the Covid-19 pandemic - Labour would however lose power in 2024 to a right-wing coalition.

The Labour Party currently supports {{W|social democracy}}, {{W|progressivism}} and {{W|trade unionism}}, having been perceived to have moved away from their {{W|democratic socialism|democratic}}, {{W|Christian Socialism|Christian socialist}} roots. They are currently the second largest party in Rainier and the largest left-of-centre party.

==History==
===Formation===
The Labour Party was formed on the 12th October 1909 as a merger between the [[Social Democratic Party (Rainier)|Social Democratic Party]] and the [[Rainian Labour Committee]] (RLC). The RLC was a body set up by the two largest trade unions in Rainier, the National Union of Shipbuilders (NUS) and the Miners Guild and Union (MGU) three years earlier to push for political representation for trade union workers'. The Social Democratic Party meanwhile had been created in 1897, and was a {{W|socialism|socialist}} party based off {{w|Marxism|Marxist}} principles.

The leader of the RLC, [[Henry Collins]], discussed with the SDP leader MP [[Anton Zurek]] the possibility of merging the RLC and the SDP into one body. At the time the SDP was a small organisation with a single seats in parliament, whilst the RLC had maintained a policy of calling for its members to vote for the [[Liberal Party (Rainier)|Liberal Party]] over the rival [[Conservative Party (Rainier)|Conservative Party]]. The merging of the RLC and SDP was hoped to lead to a major leftist force in Rainian politics that would represent the growing urban proletariat, rather than the Conservatives who courted support from rural landlords and farmers and the Liberals who were rooted in the liberal bourgeoisie. Zurek, who was the SDP leader and sole parliamentarian, was elected as the inaugural leader of the party although this role was only intended to encompass administrative matters in parliament with policy being determined by the National Executive Council.

The first election contested by Labour in 1910 saw them get 16 seats with this modest seat total being seen as acceptable in the face of a Liberal Party landslide against the Conservatives. The party's support was concentrated in Seattle and Portland, particularly amongst urban workers' and Catholic immigrant communities from Ireland and Eastern Europe (party leader Zurek was himself born in {{w|České Budějovice}} in modern day {{W|Czechia}}). Although Zurek believed that the party should clearly position itself as a socialist force most of the new MP's sought to cooperate with the Liberals on labour issues. This proved to be difficult as the Liberal government took an anti-union position zealously backing strike breaking and legislating against trade unions.

===First World War===
The Labour party was split on Rainian participation in the {{w|First World War}} with party leader Zurek and the left-wing of the party opposed to the war whilst the trade union majority and right-wing of the party supported the war effort. As part of a compromise within the party it was agreed that Zurek would step down as party leader to be replaced with [[James Cannon]], a {{w|Staffordshire}}-born trade unionist. The party would vote as a whole to support the war financially and help broker agreements between the government and trade unions but would remain outside of the government itself. Lastly, Labour would not support a policy of conscription for the war. These compromises mollified opposition within the party but hurt Labour's image among the public who were broadly pro-war whilst being criticised by pacifist groups who supported Zurek.

At the 1915 election Labour suffered a crushing defeat getting only four seats down from sixteen. Two members were re-elected under the National Labour Union banner, a pro-war group that would merge into the [[National Union Party (Rainier)|National Union Party]]. The results from the election were attributed to Labour's lukewarm stance on the war and the emergence of the United Party, an anti-conscription offshoot from the Liberals which took up much of the anti-war vote. During the war the party mediated with the government and unions on industrial disputes. The conclusion of the war in 1918 however saw the party recover, getting 22 seats in the 1918 election running on a programme of disarmament, peace and socialism.
[[File:Matthew Charlton 1928.jpg|thumb|250px|[[James Cannon]] was Labour's longest serving leader serving from 1914 to his death in 1932.]]
Cannon remained leader but the advent of the {{w|Russian Revolution}} further divided the party - Zurek and the party's left supported the revolution whilst Cannon and the trade unions opposed it. Tensions rose especially after the 1918 election when Zurek sought to bring the party into the {{w|Communist International}} and adopt a revolutionary agenda - this was rejected by the party majority. Zurek and his supporters (known as the "Zurekites") were expelled from the party, forming the left-wing [[Communist Party of Rainier|Socialist Party of Rainier]] (SPR). The SPR would later be renamed the Communist Party of Rainier (CPR) in line with the {{W|Twenty-one Conditions}}.

===Interwar period===
The expulsion of the Zurekites gave Cannon much greater power in the party which he used to consolidate his position. Popularly nicknamed "the Bombardier" for his firm-handed leadership style Cannon established a powerful political machine based on Irish Catholic and Eastern European (predominantly Polish and Czech) immigrant labourers in the major cities of Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. The strongly "ethnic" makeup of the party gave it the nickname as the "''party of paddies and polacks''" negatively affecting its image in rural areas but enabling it to retain a solid base to build support from. Cannon's political strategy was for Labour to sweep urban seats and force a three way division in parliament that would allow Labour to form government, forgoing direct competition with the strong rural base of the United Party.

In this period Labour's ideology deviated from Marxism towards {{W|Christian socialism}} with the party proclaiming its commitment to a "''socialist and co-operative commonwealth of Rainier''" supporting the "''eradication of capitalism and exploitation and the construction of a society based on humanist and socialist principles with workers' control of the means of production''". These socialist pronouncements were confirmed at the 1922 Boise Congress which established the party as one of {{W|democratic socialism}}. Nevertheless Labour remained opposed to {{W|Marxism-Leninism}} and under Cannon the party worked hard to eliminate communism from the trade union movement - communists were derisively named "Zurekites" with the party framing "Zurekism" as a communist plot.

The divisions within the party meant it suffered a crushing defeat at the 1922 election getting only ten seats - much of this was due to the negative perception of "Zurekism" and the split it caused within the party. Cannon thus sought to decisively eliminate the remains of Zurekism from the party, instead focusing on shoring up the party's support amongst trade unions and its "ethnic" base. Labour became a part of the {{w|Labour and Socialist International}} at its 1923 Hamburg Congress and in 1924 gained control of the Seattle City Council where they implemented a form of {{w|municipal socialism}} that won them praise. At the 1925 election the party recovered slightly getting 19 seats.
===Post war era===
===First governments===
===Fong-Kerner era===
===Modern era===

==Ideology==
The official party ideology of the Labour Party according to their website is "''to promote social democracy in the context of the twenty-first century.''". Commonly they are referred to incorporating {{W|social democratic}} policies with a strong support of trade unions and public services. They describe themselves as being centre-left, but in more modern times has been compared to {{w|New Labour}} in the UK, the {{w|Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD}} in {{W|Germany}} and {{w|Scandinavia|Scandinavian}} social democratic parties in their embrace of the {{w|third way}}.

Whilst the Labour Party has been prominent in its consistent support of workers rights, it was historically seen as {{w|social conservatism|socially conservative}} due to its closeness with the Catholic Church. This closeness to the Church came from the fact that much of the party's support was originally concentrated in Irish Catholic and Czech emigrant communities who built a symbiotic relationship with the Church against the Anglican National Union Party and the largely Presbyterian United Party. Under the leadership of [[Jack Maddocks]] the party severed its sectarian image and fully secularised, in the process losing its image as an "ethnic" party. In the mid-twentieth century Labour was seen as supporting Keynesian social democratic economics combined with social liberalism implementing a wife range of reforms under [[Lester Murray]]. During the 1990's under [[Ken Fong]] the party took a right-wing turn, embracing {{W|new right}} {{w|Neoliberalism|neoliberal}} economic policies - this embrace of liberal economic and social policies has been described as an examples of the "{{w|third way}}" being implemented. In the 2010's Labour moved to a more centrist position economically whilst retaining its socially liberal policies. As of the 2020's Labour is seen to promote a largely progressive social agenda but a cautiously liberal economic one.

The Labour Party has been described by international sources as social-democratic, socially progressive and dovish.

==Factions==
The Labour Party is a {{W|big tent}} party has four major factions within it - the {{W|hard left}} {{W|Democratic Socialism|democratic socialists}}, the {{W|soft left}} {{W|Social Democracy|social democrats}}, the {{W|third way}} {{W|Centrism|centrists}} and the {{W|Christian socialism|Christian socialist}} {{W|Bourgeois socialism|conservatives}}. Factions are often based around factional leaders, who act as patrons for faction members, providing them with financial support and connections with extra-parliamentary organisations - however, unlike the National Union Party (who also have patronage networks) these networks and connections are based on ideological factions rather than regional organisations. The current four factions are formalised within the House of Councillors, although there can be overlap within the party.
===Democratic Socialists===
The Democratic Socialists (sometime referred to as the DemSocs) consists of the {{W|hard left}} of the Labour party who favour strongly socialist policies, greater links with the trade unions and a form of social liberalism that emphasises social justice. In recent years the DemSocs have also favoured green policies and are strongly anti-nuclear as well as non-interventionist in foreign affairs, with some members being pacifists. The DemSocs trace their roots to the old left of the party who during the 1960's became influenced by an influx of young activists who identified with the {{W|new left}}, with many of its members being former {{W|Trotskyism|Trotskyites}}. The DemSocs have risen to prominence in the late 2010's and 2020's as they rejected the former neoliberal leadership of the party. The current party leader, [[Hannah Kwong]], is seen as supportive of the DemSocs although some have stated she is more inline with the social democratic wing of Labour. The DemSocs formally organised in 1984, making them the oldest formal faction.

===Independent Labour Forum===
The ILF are identified with the {{W|soft left}}, calling for a form of social democracy and social liberalism that sits to the left of the Democratic Labour Coalition but the right of the DemSocs. The ILF often favour progressive social policies and strong support of the {{W|welfare state}} with moderate ties to the trade unions. The ILF came from the social democratic wing of the party that was previously the centre-left mainstream rising to prominence after the second world war. During the 1960's and 1970's they began to become more socially liberal and during the 1990's moved to the right economically with the ILF being formally created in 1992. After dominating the party for most of the 20th century the ILF were in retreat in the 2000's only to regain prominence under [[Alexandra Llewellyn]] and [[Mike Gallagher]].
===Democratic Labour Coalition===
The newest faction within the Labour party, the Democratic Labour Coalition are seen as the right of the Labour party being heavily influenced by the {{w|Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party}} in the {{w|USA}} and {{W|New Labour}} in the {{W|UK}}. Advocating for {{W|Third Way}} politics, the DLC place more of their focus on social justice then equality and are embracing of {{W|Neoliberalism|neoliberal}} economics as well as a {{W|War hawk|hawkish}} foreign policy. The DLC traces their roots to the Labour "modernisers" of the 1970's, a loose grouping of Labour MP's who promoted {{W|free market}} capitalism. They were formally created as a faction in 1986 as the the New Democratic Coalition (NDC). Changing their name to the DLC in 1996, they have retained influence as the main right-wing faction of the party. They were most influential in the 2000's but have since declined.
===Labour Values===
Labour Values represent the old right wing of the Labour party, being rooted in trade unionism and {{W|Christian socialism}}. They are more {{W|Social Conservatism|socially conservative}} being heavily rooted in the Roman Catholic Church through Irish and Czech emigrant communities advocating for a form of {{W|guild socialism}} whilst placing great emphasis on the role of the family and opposition to immigration. The conservatives within the party were formally the mainstream right wing of the Labour party, although they have never produced a Labour prime minister. Their influence had begun to decline by the mid-1950's as Labour moved away from its sectarian image of a party of "''paddies and polacks''" whilst the rise of the Democratic Labour Coalition during the 1980's marginalised them further. Their formal structure, Labour Values, was only created in 2000.

==Organisation==
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}}The Labour Party is made up of three membership bodies - Constituency Labour Parties (CLP's), affiliated trade unions and {{W|Socialist society (Labour Party)|socialist societies}}. The main decision making body is the National Executive Council (NEC) which is elected by Labour members every five years. All members who are elected to parliamentary posts (either President, a MP in the House of Councillors, members of provincial assemblies or senators in the House of Senators) form the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) which alongside the NEC and the National Policy Plenum (NPP) directs and drafts party policy, although CLP's can sponsor proposals to the NPP. The NEC and bodies below it are responsible for handling party finances, creating {{W|electoral list}}s, administrative work and organisation.

The Labour party National Conference, held annually, still serves as a forum for debate and policy making, with CLP proposals often being brought up during the conference. However, the National Conference has declined in relevance in recent years with policy debates being less frequent as most policy is debated within the NEC, the NPP and the PLP.

The Labour Party was a founding member of {{W|Socialist International}}, previously having been a member of the {{W|Labour and Socialist International}} between 1923–1940. In 2013 it joined the {{W|Progressive Alliance}}, but has stated it has no wish to cancel its ties with SI.

The Labour party has provincial branches in all provinces all of which formally affiliate with the party.

==Party Emblem and Flag==
The first official symbol of the Labour Party was the red flag symbolizing socialism first used in 1909. The word Labour was eventually inscribed on the flag in 1920 and has remained the party's flag since then. In 1921, the Labour Party adopted a logo featuring two masculine arms holding a hammer used to represent the poor and working class that the party was founded to represent and form policies to advocate on behalf of. The symbol remained the official party logo until 1968 when it was changed over to a red rose with green leaves to resemble the ideology of social democracy, the main ideology of the party, and has been the party's symbol since 1968 and retains its status well into the contemporary era.

<gallery>
Old Labour logo.png|Labour Party logo 1921-1968
Labour Party (Rainier) logo.png|Labour Party logo since 1968
</gallery>

==Leaders==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! No.
! width=150|Name (Born–Died)
! Portrait
! colspan=2|Term in Office
! Election(s)
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 1
| [[Anton Zurek]] (1870-1938) || [[File:William A (Bill) Pritchard (1888-1981).tif|80px]] || 12th October 1909|| 16th October 1914|| 1910
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 2
| [[James Cannon]] (1864-1932) || [[File:Matthew Charlton 1925.jpg|80px]] || 16th October 1914 || 20th November 1932 || 1914 1918 1922 1925 1930
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 3
| [[Thomas O'Reilly]] (1895-1962) || [[File:Glentaylor.jpg|80px]] || 20th November 1932 ||17th December 1944 || 1935 1940
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 4
| [[J. M. Coghlan]] (1899-1972) || [[File:Harold Winch.jpg|80px]] || 17th December 1944 || 4th August 1952 || 1945 1949
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 5
| [[Jack Maddocks]] (1900-1977) || [[File:Wayne Morse.jpg|80px]] || 4th August 1952|| 14th May 1962 || 1954 1955 1959 1962
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 6
| '''[[Lester Murray]]''' (1920-1975) || [[File:FrankChurch.jpg|80px]] || 17th October 1962 || 12th January 1975 || 1965 '''1970''' 1974
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 7
| [[Martin Whittaker]] (1928-2024) || [[File:Mike Gravel 1973 a (cropped).jpg|80px]] || 12th January 1975 || 6th May 1978|| 1978
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 8
| '''[[Nicholas Lennox]]''' (1925-2009) || [[File:Tom foley (cropped)(b).jpg|80px]] || 6th May 1978 || 13th December 1990|| '''1980''' 1983 '''1984''' 1988 1990
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 9
| [[Tom Magnusson]] (1947-) || [[File:Lorne Nystrom (2012).jpg|80px]] || 13th December 1990 || 17th December 1993|| -
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 10
| '''[[Ken Fong]]''' (1950-) || [[File:Gary Locke official portrait.jpg|80px]] ||17th December 1993 || 22nd June 2005|| '''1995''' '''1998''' '''2002'''
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 11
| '''[[Gerald Kerner]]''' (1944-) || [[File:Ted Kulongoski headshot Color 2007.JPG|80px]] ||22nd June 2005|| 16th January 2009 || '''2005''' 2009
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 13
| [[Samuel Armstrong]] (1951-) || [[File:Brad Owen.jpg|80px]] || 16th January 2009 || 7th June 2012 || 2012
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 14
| '''[[Alexandra Llewellyn]]''' (1956-) || [[File:Maria Cantwell, official portrait, 110th Congress 2 (cropped).jpg|80px]] || 7th June 2012 || 22nd July 2022 || '''2017''' '''2019'''
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 15
| '''[[Mike Gallagher]]''' (1962-) || [[File:-WETHEPEOPLE CAMPAIGN (26955508024) (cropped).jpg|80px]] || 22nd July 2022 || 5th July 2024|| 2024
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 16
| [[Hannah Kwong]] (1964-) || [[File:Judychu.jpeg|80px]] || 5th July 2024|| Incumbent|| -
|}

==Election results==
===Legislative elections===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! General election!! Percentage of votes (%) !! Votes cast !! Seating graph !! Seat change !! Presiding chair of the party !! [[Parliament of Rainier|Parliamentary]] position
|-
| [[1910 Rainian federal election|1910]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|16|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 16
| [[Anton Zurek]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1915 Rainian federal election|1915]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|4|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 12
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1918 Rainian federal election|1918]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|22|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 18
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1922 Rainian federal election|1922]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|10|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 12
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1925 Rainian federal election|1925]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|19|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 9
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1930 Rainian federal election|1930]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|24|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 5
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1935 Rainian federal election|1935]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|14|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 10
| [[Thomas O'Reilly]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1940 Rainian federal election|1940]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|10|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 4
| [[Thomas O'Reilly]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1945 Rainian federal election|1945]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|12|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 2
| [[J. M. Coghlan]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1949 Rainian federal election|1949]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|17|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 5
| [[J. M. Coghlan]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1954 Rainian federal election|1954]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|36|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 19
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|blue|Confidence and supply}}
|-
| [[1955 Rainian federal election|1955]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|34|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 2
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1959 Rainian federal election|1959]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|44|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 10
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1962 Rainian federal election|1962]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|39|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 5
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1965 Rainian federal election|1965]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|51|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 12
| [[Lester Murray]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1970 Rainian federal election|1970]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|72|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 21
| [[Lester Murray]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1974 Rainian federal election|1974]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|35|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 37
| [[Lester Murray]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1978 Rainian federal election|1978]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|42|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 5
| [[Martin Whittaker]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1980 Rainian federal election|1980]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|67|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 25
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1983 Rainian federal election|1983]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|56|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 11
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1984 Rainian federal election|1984]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|71|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 15
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1988 Rainian federal election|1988]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|60|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 11
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1990 Rainian federal election|1990]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|55|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 5
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1995 Rainian federal election|1995]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|99|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 44
| [[Ken Fong]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1998 Rainian federal election|1998]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|100|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 1
| [[Ken Fong]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2002 Rainian federal election|2002]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|77|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 33
| [[Ken Fong]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2005 Rainian federal election|2005]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|70|133|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 7
| [[Gerald Kerner]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2009 Rainian federal election|2009]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|54|133|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 16
| [[Gerald Kerner]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [2012 Rainian federal election|2012]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|54|133|hex=#E60000}}
| -
| [[Samuel Armstrong]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2017 Rainian federal election|2017]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|77|136|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 13
| [[Alexandra Llewellyn]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2019 Rainian federal election|2017]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|84|136|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 7
| [[Alexandra Llewellyn]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2024 Rainian federal election|2024]]
|36.99%
|3,484,015
| {{Composition bar|56|136|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 28
| [[Mike Gallagher]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|}

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United Party (Rainier)

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}}The '''United Party of Farmers', Workers' and Craftsman''' commonly known as the '''United Party''' was a {{W|Agrarianism|agrarian}} political party in [[Rainier]] that was powerful in the first half of the 20th century. It formed part of the {{W|two-party system}} with the [[National Union Party (Rainier)|National Union Party]] from its creation in 1915 to its decline after 1955.

The United Party was founded in 1915 by dissident liberals under [[Malcolm Russell]] who opposed Rainian participation in World War One and the conscription policies of the "National Union" of the liberal and conservative parties under [[Austin Alexander Duncan]]. It was mainly based in rural areas and after the war established itself as a farmers' party, representing those between the middle and upper classes in the National Union Party but not the urban proletariat in the [[Labour Party (Rainier)|Labour Party]]. The United Party would win a majority government in 1922 under Russell who would seek to move Rainier away from Britain. Committed to economic and political reform the United Party lost power in 1930 at the start of the {{w|Great Depression}}. They returned to power in 1935 under [[Campbell Radcliffe]] starting a string of electoral victories for the next two decades. Radcliffe promoted a {{W|progressivism|progressive}} {{w|Keynesian economics|Keynesian}} approach to deal with the depression. The party became a catch-all party with its supporters including progressive populists, rural conservatives and former NUP voters who opposed the rapidly rising Labour Party's socialist policies. This combined with the upsurge of patriotism during {{w|World War Two}} meant the United Party would establish political dominance.

Following the war the United Party promoted post-war reconstruction and economic prudence, creating a modest welfare state whilst heavily supporting a tough tariff scheme to protect their core supporters from farming communities. During this time provincial branches of the party held power in the provinces such {{W|British Columbia}} where they begun to promote {{W|right-wing populism|right-wing populist}} and {{w|social conservatism|socially conservative}} positions

In 1947 Radcliffe died in office and was succeeded by a Methodist minister, [[Robin Matthews]]. Matthews came from the centre-left progressive wing of the party in comparison to the growing strength of the conservative wing led by B. C. Premier W.A.C Bennett who opposed Matthews moves to promote a more independent Rainian identity from Britain and expand the scope of the federal government through the creation of a more expansive welfare state. After winning elections in 1949 in 1954 the United Party's large majority was reduced to a minority by a resurgent National Union party whose new leader, [[Edward Henderson]], appealed to similar rural populist themes as the United Party and an emboldened Labour party. Matthews opted to form a minority government with Labour support. However this move alienated the conservative wings of the party leading to United MP's from B.C, Oregon and Alaska to vote against the government in 1955 leading to new elections. The 1955 election saw the United Party decimated as the NUP and to a lesser extent Labour took a large amount of United Party seats and votes, relegating them to a third party.

The 1960's saw the United Party devolve into infighting between the progressive wing led by Matthews and the conservative wing led by Bennett. By the 1967 election Matthews had been expelled from the party with the United Party firmly establishing themselves as a {{w|conservatism|conservative}} rural based party with its support for {{w|protectionism}} and {{w|decentralisation}}. Following the 1978 election the United Party supported a minority NUP government under [[Joseph Clarkson]], but withdrew support in 1979 due to disagreements over agricultural tariffs. During the 1980's the United Party declined in vote as the NUP became the most popular party across its old rural strongholds. In 1983 the United Party again supported a NUP government under [[Michael Chamieh]], but disagreements over economic policy meant that the United Party with Labour support were able to bring down the government in 1984. At the 1984 election the United Party were reduced to just 2 seats, a figure they would struggle to improve on in the next elections. At the 1990 election the United Party lost all parliamentary representation. With no United MP's being elected at the 1995 election the party decided to officially dissolve itself.

==History==
==Ideology==
==Electoral history==
==See also==

[[Category:Rainier]]
[[Category:Political parties in Rainier]]

Labour Party (Rainier)

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The '''Labour Party''' is a {{W|centre-left}} political party in [[Rainier]]. Founded in 1910, it is currently the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Rainier being led by [[Hannah Kwong]].

Formed in 1909 the Labour Party originally was the political arm of the trade union movement in Rainier whilst being dominated by {{w|Irish Catholics}}. It was a relatively marginal force until the {{W|Great Depression}} when it alternated between the official opposition or the largest third party; during {{w|World War Two}} the party formed part of a national unity government. Following the 1958 election Labour became the main opposition party and in 1970 under the charismatic [[Lester Murray]] it oversaw numerous progressive social and economic reforms. In 1973 the Labour party was thrown into opposition before coming back to power under [[Nicholas Lennox]] between 1980-1983 and 1984-1988 who oversaw a shift to the right, embracing {{W|neoliberalism|neoliberal}} economic policies. They returned to power under [[Ken Fong]] in 1996 where it won four successive general elections but lost power again in 2009 following the {{w|Great Recession}}. Labour would return to power in 2017 under [[Alexandra Llewellyn]] where they would lead Rainier through the Covid-19 pandemic - Labour would however lose power in 2024 to a right-wing coalition.

The Labour Party currently supports {{W|social democracy}}, {{W|progressivism}} and {{W|trade unionism}}, having been perceived to have moved away from their {{W|democratic socialism|democratic}}, {{W|Christian Socialism|Christian socialist}} roots. They are currently the second largest party in Rainier and the largest left-of-centre party.

==History==
===Formation===
The Labour Party was formed on the 12th October 1909 as a merger between the [[Social Democratic Party (Rainier)|Social Democratic Party]] and the [[Rainian Labour Committee]] (RLC). The RLC was a body set up by the two largest trade unions in Rainier, the National Union of Shipbuilders (NUS) and the Miners Guild and Union (MGU) three years earlier to push for political representation for trade union workers'. The Social Democratic Party meanwhile had been created in 1897, and was a {{W|socialism|socialist}} party based off {{w|Marxism|Marxist}} principles.

The leader of the RLC, [[Henry Collins]], discussed with the SDP leader MP [[Anton Zurek]] the possibility of merging the RLC and the SDP into one body. At the time the SDP was a small organisation with a single seats in parliament, whilst the RLC had maintained a policy of calling for its members to vote for the [[Liberal Party (Rainier)|Liberal Party]] over the rival [[Conservative Party (Rainier)|Conservative Party]]. The merging of the RLC and SDP was hoped to lead to a major leftist force in Rainian politics that would represent the growing urban proletariat, rather than the Conservatives who courted support from rural landlords and farmers and the Liberals who were rooted in the liberal bourgeoisie. Zurek, who was the SDP leader and sole parliamentarian, was elected as the inaugural leader of the party although this role was only intended to encompass administrative matters in parliament with policy being determined by the National Executive Council.

The first election contested by Labour in 1910 saw them get 16 seats with this modest seat total being seen as acceptable in the face of a Liberal Party landslide against the Conservatives. The party's support was concentrated in Seattle and Portland, particularly amongst urban workers' and Catholic immigrant communities from Ireland and Eastern Europe (party leader Zurek was himself born in {{w|České Budějovice}} in modern day {{W|Czechia}}). Although Zurek believed that the party should clearly position itself as a socialist force most of the new MP's sought to cooperate with the Liberals on labour issues. This proved to be difficult as the Liberal government took an anti-union position zealously backing strike breaking and legislating against trade unions.

===First World War===
The Labour party was split on Rainian participation in the {{w|First World War}} with party leader Zurek and the left-wing of the party opposed to the war whilst the trade union majority and right-wing of the party supported the war effort. As part of a compromise within the party it was agreed that Zurek would step down as party leader to be replaced with [[James Cannon]], a {{w|Staffordshire}}-born trade unionist. The party would vote as a whole to support the war financially and help broker agreements between the government and trade unions but would remain outside of the government itself. Lastly, Labour would not support a policy of conscription for the war. These compromises mollified opposition within the party but hurt Labour's image among the public who were broadly pro-war whilst being criticised by pacifist groups who supported Zurek.

At the 1915 election Labour suffered a crushing defeat getting only four seats down from sixteen. Two members were re-elected under the National Labour Union banner, a pro-war group that would merge into the [[National Union Party (Rainier)|National Union Party]]. The results from the election were attributed to Labour's lukewarm stance on the war and the emergence of the United Party, an anti-conscription offshoot from the Liberals which took up much of the anti-war vote. During the war the party mediated with the government and unions on industrial disputes. The conclusion of the war in 1918 however saw the party recover, getting 22 seats in the 1918 election running on a programme of disarmament, peace and socialism.
[[File:Matthew Charlton 1928.jpg|thumb|250px|[[James Cannon]] was Labour's longest serving leader serving from 1914 to his death in 1932.]]
Cannon remained leader but the advent of the {{w|Russian Revolution}} further divided the party - Zurek and the party's left supported the revolution whilst Cannon and the trade unions opposed it. Tensions rose especially after the 1918 election when Zurek sought to bring the party into the {{w|Communist International}} and adopt a revolutionary agenda - this was rejected by the party majority. Zurek and his supporters (known as the "Zurekites") were expelled from the party, forming the left-wing [[Communist Party of Rainier|Socialist Party of Rainier]] (SPR). The SPR would later be renamed the Communist Party of Rainier (CPR) in line with the {{W|Twenty-one Conditions}}.

===Interwar period===
The expulsion of the Zurekites gave Cannon much greater power in the party which he used to consolidate his position. Popularly nicknamed "the Bombardier" for his firm-handed leadership style Cannon established a powerful political machine based on Irish Catholic and Eastern European (predominantly Polish and Czech) immigrant labourers in the major cities of Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. The strongly "ethnic" makeup of the party gave it the nickname as the "''party of paddies and polacks''" negatively affecting its image in rural areas but enabling it to retain a solid base to build support from. Cannon's political strategy was for Labour to sweep urban seats and force a three way division in parliament that would allow Labour to form government, forgoing direct competition with the strong rural base of the United Party.

In this period Labour's ideology deviated from Marxism towards {{W|Christian socialism}} with the party proclaiming its commitment to a "''socialist and co-operative commonwealth of Rainier''" supporting the "''eradication of capitalism and exploitation and the construction of a society based on humanist and socialist principles with workers' control of the means of production''". These socialist pronouncements were confirmed at the 1922 Boise Congress which established the party as one of {{W|democratic socialism}}. Nevertheless Labour remained opposed to {{W|Marxism-Leninism}} and under Cannon the party worked hard to eliminate communism from the trade union movement - communists were derisively named "Zurekites" with the party framing "Zurekism" as a communist plot.

The divisions within the party meant it suffered a crushing defeat at the 1922 election getting only ten seats - much of this was due to the negative perception of "Zurekism" and the split it caused within the party. Cannon thus sought to decisively eliminate the remains of Zurekism from the party, instead focusing on shoring up the party's support amongst trade unions and its "ethnic" base. Labour became a part of the {{w|Labour and Socialist International}} at its 1923 Hamburg Congress and in 1924 gained control of the Seattle City Council where they implemented a form of {{w|municipal socialism}} that won them praise. At the 1925 election the party recovered slightly getting 19 seats.
===Post war era===
===First governments===
===Fong-Kerner era===
===Modern era===

==Ideology==
The official party ideology of the Labour Party according to their website is "''to promote social democracy in the context of the twenty-first century.''". Commonly they are referred to incorporating {{W|social democratic}} policies with a strong support of trade unions and public services. They describe themselves as being centre-left, but in more modern times has been compared to {{w|New Labour}} in the UK, the {{w|Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD}} in {{W|Germany}} and {{w|Scandinavia|Scandinavian}} social democratic parties in their embrace of the {{w|third way}}.

Whilst the Labour Party has been prominent in its consistent support of workers rights, it was historically seen as {{w|social conservatism|socially conservative}} due to its closeness with the Catholic Church. This closeness to the Church came from the fact that much of the party's support was originally concentrated in Irish Catholic and Czech emigrant communities who built a symbiotic relationship with the Church against the Anglican National Union Party and the largely Presbyterian United Party. Under the leadership of [[Jack Maddocks]] the party severed its sectarian image and fully secularised, in the process losing its image as an "ethnic" party. In the mid-twentieth century Labour was seen as supporting Keynesian social democratic economics combined with social liberalism implementing a wife range of reforms under [[Lester Murray]]. During the 1990's under [[Ken Fong]] the party took a right-wing turn, embracing {{W|new right}} {{w|Neoliberalism|neoliberal}} economic policies - this embrace of liberal economic and social policies has been described as an examples of the "{{w|third way}}" being implemented. In the 2010's Labour moved to a more centrist position economically whilst retaining its socially liberal policies. As of the 2020's Labour is seen to promote a largely progressive social agenda but a cautiously liberal economic one.

The Labour Party has been described by international sources as social-democratic, socially progressive and dovish.

==Factions==
The Labour Party is a {{W|big tent}} party has four major factions within it - the {{W|hard left}} {{W|Democratic Socialism|democratic socialists}}, the {{W|soft left}} {{W|Social Democracy|social democrats}}, the {{W|third way}} {{W|Centrism|centrists}} and the {{W|Christian socialism|Christian socialist}} {{W|Bourgeois socialism|conservatives}}. Factions are often based around factional leaders, who act as patrons for faction members, providing them with financial support and connections with extra-parliamentary organisations - however, unlike the National Union Party (who also have patronage networks) these networks and connections are based on ideological factions rather than regional organisations. The current four factions are formalised within the House of Councillors, although there can be overlap within the party.
===Democratic Socialists===
The Democratic Socialists (sometime referred to as the DemSocs) consists of the {{W|hard left}} of the Labour party who favour strongly socialist policies, greater links with the trade unions and a form of social liberalism that emphasises social justice. In recent years the DemSocs have also favoured green policies and are strongly anti-nuclear as well as non-interventionist in foreign affairs, with some members being pacifists. The DemSocs trace their roots to the old left of the party who during the 1960's became influenced by an influx of young activists who identified with the {{W|new left}}, with many of its members being former {{W|Trotskyism|Trotskyites}}. The DemSocs have risen to prominence in the late 2010's and 2020's as they rejected the former neoliberal leadership of the party. The current party leader, [[Hannah Kwong]], is seen as supportive of the DemSocs although some have stated she is more inline with the social democratic wing of Labour. The DemSocs formally organised in 1984, making them the oldest formal faction.

===Independent Labour Forum===
The ILF are identified with the {{W|soft left}}, calling for a form of social democracy and social liberalism that sits to the left of the Democratic Labour Coalition but the right of the DemSocs. The ILF often favour progressive social policies and strong support of the {{W|welfare state}} with moderate ties to the trade unions. The ILF came from the social democratic wing of the party that was previously the centre-left mainstream rising to prominence after the second world war. During the 1960's and 1970's they began to become more socially liberal and during the 1990's moved to the right economically with the ILF being formally created in 1992. After dominating the party for most of the 20th century the ILF were in retreat in the 2000's only to regain prominence under [[Alexandra Llewellyn]] and [[Mike Gallagher]].
===Democratic Labour Coalition===
The newest faction within the Labour party, the Democratic Labour Coalition are seen as the right of the Labour party being heavily influenced by the {{w|Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party}} in the {{w|USA}} and {{W|New Labour}} in the {{W|UK}}. Advocating for {{W|Third Way}} politics, the DLC place more of their focus on social justice then equality and are embracing of {{W|Neoliberalism|neoliberal}} economics as well as a {{W|War hawk|hawkish}} foreign policy. The DLC traces their roots to the Labour "modernisers" of the 1970's, a loose grouping of Labour MP's who promoted {{W|free market}} capitalism. They were formally created as a faction in 1986 as the the New Democratic Coalition (NDC). Changing their name to the DLC in 1996, they have retained influence as the main right-wing faction of the party. They were most influential in the 2000's but have since declined.
===Labour Values===
Labour Values represent the old right wing of the Labour party, being rooted in trade unionism and {{W|Christian socialism}}. They are more {{W|Social Conservatism|socially conservative}} being heavily rooted in the Roman Catholic Church through Irish and Czech emigrant communities advocating for a form of {{W|guild socialism}} whilst placing great emphasis on the role of the family and opposition to immigration. The conservatives within the party were formally the mainstream right wing of the Labour party, although they have never produced a Labour prime minister. Their influence had begun to decline by the mid-1950's as Labour moved away from its sectarian image of a party of "''paddies and polacks''" whilst the rise of the Democratic Labour Coalition during the 1980's marginalised them further. Their formal structure, Labour Values, was only created in 2000.

==Organisation==
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}}The Labour Party is made up of three membership bodies - Constituency Labour Parties (CLP's), affiliated trade unions and {{W|Socialist society (Labour Party)|socialist societies}}. The main decision making body is the National Executive Council (NEC) which is elected by Labour members every five years. All members who are elected to parliamentary posts (either President, a MP in the House of Councillors, members of provincial assemblies or senators in the House of Senators) form the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) which alongside the NEC and the National Policy Plenum (NPP) directs and drafts party policy, although CLP's can sponsor proposals to the NPP. The NEC and bodies below it are responsible for handling party finances, creating {{W|electoral list}}s, administrative work and organisation.

The Labour party National Conference, held annually, still serves as a forum for debate and policy making, with CLP proposals often being brought up during the conference. However, the National Conference has declined in relevance in recent years with policy debates being less frequent as most policy is debated within the NEC, the NPP and the PLP.

The Labour Party was a founding member of {{W|Socialist International}}, previously having been a member of the {{W|Labour and Socialist International}} between 1923–1940. In 2013 it joined the {{W|Progressive Alliance}}, but has stated it has no wish to cancel its ties with SI.

The Labour party has provincial branches in all provinces all of which formally affiliate with the party.

==Party Emblem and Flag==
The first official symbol of the Labour Party was the red flag symbolizing socialism first used in 1909. The word Labour was eventually inscribed on the flag in 1920 and has remained the party's flag since then. In 1921, the Labour Party adopted a logo featuring two masculine arms holding a hammer used to represent the poor and working class that the party was founded to represent and form policies to advocate on behalf of. The symbol remained the official party logo until 1968 when it was changed over to a red rose with green leaves to resemble the ideology of social democracy, the main ideology of the party, and has been the party's symbol since 1968 and retains its status well into the contemporary era.

<gallery>
Old Labour logo.png|Labour Party logo 1921-1968
Labour Party (Rainier) logo.png|Labour Party logo since 1968
</gallery>

==Leaders==
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|-
! No.
! width=150|Name (Born–Died)
! Portrait
! colspan=2|Term in Office
! Election(s)
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 1
| [[Anton Zurek]] (1870-1938) || [[File:William A (Bill) Pritchard (1888-1981).tif|80px]] || 12th October 1909|| 16th October 1914|| 1910
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 2
| [[James Cannon]] (1864-1932) || [[File:Matthew Charlton 1925.jpg|80px]] || 16th October 1914 || 20th November 1932 || 1914 1918 1922 1925 1930
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 3
| [[Thomas O'Reilly]] (1895-1962) || [[File:Glentaylor.jpg|80px]] || 20th November 1932 ||17th December 1944 || 1935 1940
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 4
| [[J. M. Coghlan]] (1899-1972) || [[File:Harold Winch.jpg|80px]] || 17th December 1944 || 4th August 1952 || 1945 1949
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 5
| [[Jack Maddocks]] (1900-1977) || [[File:Wayne Morse.jpg|80px]] || 4th August 1952|| 14th May 1962 || 1954 1955 1959 1962
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 6
| '''[[Lester Murray]]''' (1920-1975) || [[File:FrankChurch.jpg|80px]] || 17th October 1962 || 12th January 1975 || 1965 '''1970''' 1974
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 7
| [[Martin Whittaker]] (1928-2024) || [[File:Mike Gravel 1973 a (cropped).jpg|80px]] || 12th January 1975 || 6th May 1978|| 1978
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 8
| '''[[Nicholas Lennox]]''' (1925-2009) || [[File:Tom foley (cropped)(b).jpg|80px]] || 6th May 1978 || 13th December 1990|| '''1980''' 1983 '''1984''' 1988 1990
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 9
| [[Tom Magnusson]] (1947-) || [[File:Lorne Nystrom (2012).jpg|80px]] || 13th December 1990 || 17th December 1993|| -
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 10
| '''[[Ken Fong]]''' (1950-) || [[File:Gary Locke official portrait.jpg|80px]] ||17th December 1993 || 22nd June 2005|| '''1995''' '''1998''' '''2002'''
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 11
| '''[[Gerald Kerner]]''' (1944-) || [[File:Ted Kulongoski headshot Color 2007.JPG|80px]] ||22nd June 2005|| 16th January 2009 || '''2005''' 2009
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 13
| [[Samuel Armstrong]] (1951-) || [[File:Brad Owen.jpg|80px]] || 16th January 2009 || 7th June 2012 || 2012
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 14
| '''[[Alexandra Llewellyn]]''' (1956-) || [[File:Maria Cantwell, official portrait, 110th Congress 2 (cropped).jpg|80px]] || 7th June 2012 || 22nd July 2022 || '''2017''' '''2019'''
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 15
| '''[[Mike Gallagher]]''' (1962-) || [[File:-WETHEPEOPLE CAMPAIGN (26955508024) (cropped).jpg|80px]] || 22nd July 2022 || 5th July 2024|| 2024
|-
! style="background:#E60000; color:white;"| 16
| [[Hannah Kwong]] (1964-) || [[File:Judychu.jpeg|80px]] || 5th July 2024|| Incumbent|| -
|}

==Election results==
===Legislative elections===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! General election!! Percentage of votes (%) !! Votes cast !! Seating graph !! Seat change !! Presiding chair of the party !! [[Parliament of Rainier|Parliamentary]] position
|-
| [[1910 Rainian federal election|1910]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|16|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 16
| [[Anton Zurek]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1915 Rainian federal election|1915]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|4|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 12
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1918 Rainian federal election|1918]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|22|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 18
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1922 Rainian federal election|1922]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|10|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 12
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1925 Rainian federal election|1925]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|19|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 9
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1930 Rainian federal election|1930]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|24|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 5
| [[James Cannon]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1935 Rainian federal election|1935]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|14|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 10
| [[Thomas O'Reilly]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1940 Rainian federal election|1940]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|10|111|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 4
| [[Thomas O'Reilly]]
| {{color|blue|National Unity Government}}
|-
| [[1945 Rainian federal election|1945]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|12|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 2
| [[J. M. Coghlan]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1949 Rainian federal election|1949]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|17|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 5
| [[J. M. Coghlan]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1954 Rainian federal election|1954]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|36|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 19
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|blue|Confidence and supply}}
|-
| [[1955 Rainian federal election|1955]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|34|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 2
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1959 Rainian federal election|1959]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|44|117|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 10
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1962 Rainian federal election|1962]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|39|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 5
| [[Jack Maddocks]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1965 Rainian federal election|1965]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|51|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 12
| [[Lester Murray]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1970 Rainian federal election|1970]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|72|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 21
| [[Lester Murray]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1974 Rainian federal election|1974]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|35|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 37
| [[Lester Murray]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1978 Rainian federal election|1978]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|42|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 5
| [[Martin Whittaker]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1980 Rainian federal election|1980]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|67|121|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 25
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1983 Rainian federal election|1983]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|56|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 11
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1984 Rainian federal election|1984]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|71|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 15
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1988 Rainian federal election|1988]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|60|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 11
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1990 Rainian federal election|1990]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|55|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 5
| [[Nicholas Lennox]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1995 Rainian federal election|1995]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|99|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 44
| [[Ken Fong]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1998 Rainian federal election|1998]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|100|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 1
| [[Ken Fong]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2002 Rainian federal election|2002]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|77|128|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 33
| [[Ken Fong]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2005 Rainian federal election|2005]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|70|133|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 7
| [[Gerald Kerner]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2009 Rainian federal election|2009]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|54|133|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 16
| [[Gerald Kerner]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [2012 Rainian federal election|2012]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|54|133|hex=#E60000}}
| -
| [[Samuel Armstrong]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2017 Rainian federal election|2017]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|77|136|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 13
| [[Alexandra Llewellyn]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2019 Rainian federal election|2017]]
|TBA%
|TBA
| {{Composition bar|84|136|hex=#E60000}}
| {{UP}} 7
| [[Alexandra Llewellyn]]
| {{color|green|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2024 Rainian federal election|2024]]
|36.99%
|3,484,015
| {{Composition bar|56|136|hex=#E60000}}
| {{DOWN}} 28
| [[Mike Gallagher]]
| {{color|red|Opposition}}
|}

[[Category:Political parties in Rainier]]

United Party (Rainier)

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