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Events on Friday 13 January 1893 1
1893Independent Labour Party foundedKeir Hardie leads new British socialist partyDelegates meeting in Bradford, England, founded the Independent Labour Party to represent working-class interests in Parliament. Keir Hardie was elected its first chairman, and the party later became a founding element of the Labour Party.