Parliamentary Labor Party
The Parliamentary Labor Party (also known as the Premiers' Plan Labor Party or Ministerial Labor Party) was a political party active in South Australia from August 1931 until June 1934. The party came into existence as a result of intense dispute, especially within the Australian Labor Party, about the handling of the response to the Great Depression in Australia. In June 1931, a meeting of state premiers agreed on the Premiers' Plan, which involved sweeping austerity measures combined with increases in revenue. When the Premiers' Plan came up for a vote in South Australia, 23 of Labor's 30 House of Assembly members and two of Labor's four Legislative Council members voted for it. In August 1931, the South Australian state conference of the Labor Party expelled all of the MPs who supported the Premiers' Plan, including Premier Lionel Hill and his entire Cabinet. Expelled MPs (23) in the House of Assembly: Frederick Birrell Alfred Blackwell Thomas Butterfield Clement Collins George Cooke Jack Critchley Bill Denny Thomas Edwards Even George William Harvey Lionel Hill Leonard Hopkins Robert Hunter Beasley Kearney Arthur McArthur Sydney McHugh John McInnes John Pedler Robert Richards Eric Shepherd Frank Staniford Albert Thompson Walter Warne Expelled MPs (2)