1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election

none April 2022 1967 Australian Labor Party Leadership election Australia ALP logo, pre-1980s.png presidential Caucus no 1966 Australian Labor Party leadership spill 1966 1968 Australian Labor Party leadership spill 1968 8 February 1967 First ballot Second ballot Third ballot 140x140px Gough Whitlam DC241F 32 (47.1%) 33 (48.5%) 39 (57.4%) 140x140px Jim Cairns DC241F 15 (22.1%) 15 (22.1%) 15 (22.1%) 140x140px Frank Crean DC241F 12 (17.6%) 12 (17.6%) 14 (20.6%) 140x140px Fred Daly DC241F 6 (8.8%) 8 (11.8%) Eliminated 140x140px Kim Beazley DC241F 3 (4.4%) Eliminated Eliminated Leader Arthur Calwell 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.Gaul, Jonathan Mr Whitlam Leads ALP The Canberra Times 9 February 1967 1 Results Australian Labor Party Deputy Leadership election, 1967 ALP logo, pre-1980s.png presidential Caucus no 1960 Australian Labor Party leadership election 1960 1974 Seventh ballot 140x140px Lance Barnard DC241F 35 (51.5%) 140x140px Jim Cairns DC241F 33 (48.5%) Deputy Leader Deputy Leader after election Gough Whitlam 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 colspan="2" 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 colspan="2" Eliminated Fred Daly 6 6 7 8 colspan="3" Eliminated Kim Beazley 5 5 6 colspan="4" Eliminated Gordon Bryant 5 colspan="6" Eliminated Abstentions 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 References Category:Australian Labor Party leadership spills Australian Labor Party leadership election