1976 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

April 2022 none 1976 Australian Labor Party Leadership spill Australia ALP logo, pre-1980s.png presidential Caucus no 1968 Australian Labor Party leadership spill 1968 May 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership spill May 1977 27 January 1976 140x140px Gough Whitlam DC241F 36 (57.1%) 140x140px Lionel Bowen DC241F 14 (22.2%) 140x140px Frank Crean DC241F 13 (20.6%) Leader Gough Whitlam Gough Whitlam A leadership spill in the Australian Labor Party, the party of opposition in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 27 January 1976, the date of the first Caucus meeting following the 1975 election. Dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was comfortably re-elected leader of the ALP ahead of senior MPs Lionel Bowen and Frank Crean on the first ballot. A much more extensive series of ballots was required to fill the deputy leadership with eight contenders narrowed down to a final ballot seeing Tom Uren narrowly defeat Paul Keating 33 votes to 30.Clear win to Whitlam The Canberra Times 28 January 1976 1 To date, this is the last Australian Labor Party leadership spill at the federal level to be contested by more than two candidates. Candidates Lionel Bowen, 53, former minister for manufacturing industry, member for Kingsford Smith Frank Crean, 59, incumbent deputy leader, former minister for overseas trade, member for Melbourne Ports Gough Whitlam, 59, incumbent leader, member for Werriwa Withdrawn candidates Gordon Bryant, former minister for the Capital Territory, member for WillsWhitlam to stay as leader: supporters https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102193247 The Canberra Times 21 December 2021 3 22 December 1975 Potential candidates who declined to run Bill Hayden, former treasurer, member for Oxley Results Australian Labor Party Deputy Leadership spill, 1976 ALP logo, pre-1980s.png presidential Caucus no 1975 May 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership spill May 1977 Third ballot 140x140px Tom Uren DC241F 33 (52.4%) 140x140px Paul Keating DC241F 30 (47.6%) Deputy Leader Deputy Leader after election Frank Crean Tom Uren Leader The following table gives the ballot results: Name Votes Percentage Gough Whitlam 36 57.14 Lionel Bowen 14 22.22 Frank Crean 13 20.63 Deputy leader The following table gives the ballot results:Voting for Party Leaders The Canberra Times 28 January 1976 9 Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd ballot Tom Uren 15 26 33 Paul Keating 13 21 30 Mick Young 13 16 Eliminated Kim Beazley 6 colspan="2" Eliminated Gordon Bryant 5 colspan="2" Eliminated Gordon Scholes 4 colspan="2" Eliminated Moss Cass 4 colspan="2" Eliminated Les Johnson 3 colspan="2" Eliminated See also 1975 Australian federal election 1975 Australian constitutional crisis References Category:Australian Labor Party leadership spills Category:Gough Whitlam Category:January 1976 in Australia Category:1976 elections in Australia Australian Labor Party leadership spill