A leadership ballot in the Australian Labor Party , the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia , was held on 7 March 1960. It followed the retirement of previous leader H. V. Evatt . Calwell received 42 votes to Reg Pollard 's 30 in a caucus ballot.[1] Prime Minister Gough Whitlam would defeat Eddie Ward to become Calwell's deputy.
This marked the first time that the party elected a new leader which wasn't triggered by the death of an incumbent leader since the retirement of former Prime Minister James Scullin as leader in 1935.
Results [ ] Leader [ ] The following table gives the ballot results:
Deputy leader [ ] The following table gives the ballot results:
References [ ]
^ "Calwell New A.L.P. Leader". The Canberra Times . 8 March 1960. p. 1.
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