1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election

Australian Labor Party
Deputy Leadership election, 1967
← 1960 1974 →
Deputy Leader before election; Gough Whitlam;	Deputy Leader after election ; Lance Barnard;

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]

Results[]

Leader[]

The following table gives the ballot results:

	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[]

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

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

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