Labour Representation Committee (Great Britain : 1900-1906)
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found: Its The Labour Party foundation conference and annual conference reports, 1900-1905:p. 25 (Labour Representation Committee; London)
found: Labour Party (Great Britain). Conference. Report of the ... Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1906:t.p. (London)
found: Wikipedia, 10 July 2013:under Labour Party (UK) (Labour Representation Committee, LRC; at a special conference called by the Trades Union Congress in Feb. 1900, it was decided to establish a distinct Labour group in Parliament to coordinate attempts to support MPs sponsored by trade unions and represent the working-class population; this created an association called the Labour Representation Committee (LRC); in the 1906 election, the LRC won 29 seats; on 15 Feb. 1906, in their first meeting after the election, the group's Members of Parliament decided to adopt the name "The Labour Party" formally)
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1989-03-13: new
2013-07-29: revised
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