1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election

1967 Australian Labor Party
Leadership election
8 February 1967
 
Candidate Gough Whitlam Jim Cairns Frank Crean
First ballot 32 (47.1%) 15 (22.1%) 12 (17.6%)
Second ballot 33 (48.5%) 15 (22.1%) 12 (17.6%)
Third ballot 39 (57.4%) 15 (22.1%) 14 (20.6%)
 
Candidate Fred Daly Kim Beazley
First ballot 6 (8.8%) 3 (4.4%)
Second ballot 8 (11.8%) Eliminated
Third ballot Eliminated Eliminated
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 8 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]

Results

Australian Labor Party
Deputy Leadership election, 1967
 
Candidate Lance Barnard Jim Cairns
Seventh ballot 35 (51.5%) 33 (48.5%)
Deputy Leader before election

Gough Whitlam

 Deputy Leader after election

Lance Barnard

Leader

The following table gives the ballot results:

Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd ballot
Gough Whitlam 32 33 39
Jim Cairns 15 15 15
Frank Crean 12 12 14
Fred Daly 6 8 Eliminated
Kim Beazley 3 Eliminated

Deputy leader

The following table gives the ballot results:

Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd ballot 4th ballot 5th ballot 6th ballot 7th ballot
Lance Barnard 14 15 15 17 18 24 35
Jim Cairns 18 21 21 22 23 30 33
Frank Stewart 7 7 8 10 14 14 Eliminated
Frank Crean 8 9 11 11 13 Eliminated
Fred Daly 6 6 7 8 Eliminated
Kim Beazley 5 5 6 Eliminated
Gordon Bryant 5 Eliminated
Abstentions 5 5 0 0 0 0 0

References

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