Claim: Five Labor Party(the major centre-left and oldest political party in Australia) representatives were elected as Councilors at the City of Hurstville in 2012.
Evidence: The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the final makeup of the Council in the term 2012–2016, in order of election by ward, was as follows: Labor Labor Labor Vince Badalati Brent Thomas Colin Drane Labor Labor Justin Mining Dominic Sin The Labor Party is the oldest political party in Australia. The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor and historically spelt Labour, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, and is currently in Opposition in the federal parliament.