It was founded in 1964, with two MPs at Stormont, Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt.
In August 1970, Fitt founded the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and he and Senator Paddy Wilson were expelled from the RLP by a vote of 52 to 1.
[3] Paddy Kennedy was elected as the new party leader.
He formally withdrew from Parliament in 1971, and adopted a more strongly Irish republican stance, agreeing to attend a conference organised by William Whitelaw only if he could bring Irish Republican Army members as part of his delegation.
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