1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election

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1967 Australian Labor Party
Leadership election
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  1966 9 February 1967 1968  
  Gough Whitlam 1962.jpg JimCairns1962.jpg FrankCrean1967.jpg
Candidate Gough Whitlam Jim Cairns Frank Crean
1st Rd.331512
1st Rd. %47.1%22.1%17.7%
Final Rd.391514
Final Rd. %57.4%22.1%21.0%

  Fred Daly 1970.jpg KimBeazley1962.jpg
Candidate Fred Daly Kim Beazley
1st Rd.63
1st Rd. %8.8%4.4%
Final Rd.EliminatedEliminated
Final Rd. %EliminatedEliminated

Leader before election

Arthur Calwell

Elected Leader

Gough Whitlam

A leadership election in the Australian Labor Party, then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 9 February 1967. It followed the resignation of previous leader Arthur Calwell. The contest was won by Calwell's deputy Gough Whitlam in a caucus ballot. [1]

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Results

Australian Labor Party
Deputy Leadership election, 1967
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  1960
1974 
  Lance Barnard 1970 (cropped).jpg JimCairns1962.jpg Frank Stewart.png
Candidate Lance Barnard Jim Cairns Frank Stewart
1st Rd.14187
1st Rd. %20.6%26.5%10.3%
Final Rd.3533Eliminated
Final Rd. %51.5%48.5%Eliminated

  FrankCrean1967.jpg Fred Daly 1970.jpg KimBeazley1962.jpg
Candidate Frank Crean Fred Daly Kim Beazley
1st Rd.865
1st Rd. %11.8%8.8%7.4%
Final Rd.EliminatedEliminatedEliminated
Final Rd. %EliminatedEliminatedEliminated

  Gordon Bryant 1969.jpg
Candidate Gordon Bryant
1st Rd.5
1st Rd. %7.4%
Final Rd.Eliminated
Final Rd. %Eliminated

Deputy Leader before election

Gough Whitlam

Deputy Leader after election

Lance Barnard

Leader

The following table gives the ballot results:

Candidate1st ballot2nd ballot3rd ballot
Gough Whitlam 323339
Jim Cairns 151515
Frank Crean 121214
Fred Daly 68Eliminated
Kim Beazley 3Eliminated

Deputy leader

The following table gives the ballot results:

Candidate1st ballot2nd ballot3rd ballot4th ballot5th ballot6th ballot7th ballot
Lance Barnard 14151517182435
Jim Cairns 18212122233033
Frank Stewart 778101414Eliminated
Frank Crean 89111113Eliminated
Fred Daly 6678Eliminated
Kim Beazley 556Eliminated
Gordon Bryant 5Eliminated
Abstentions5500000

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References

  1. Gaul, Jonathan (9 February 1967). "Mr Whitlam Leads ALP". The Canberra Times. p. 1.