Australian Labor Party leadership election, 1960

Australian Labor Party
Leadership election, 1960
7 March 1960

 
Candidate Arthur Calwell Reg Pollard
Caucus vote 42 30
Percentage 58.33 41.66
Leader before election

H. V. Evatt

 Elected Leader

Arthur Calwell

A leadership election 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] Future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam would defeat Eddie Ward to become Calwell's deputy.

Results

The following table gives the ballot results:

Name Votes Percentage
Arthur Calwell 42 58.33
Reg Pollard 30 41.66

References

  1. ↑ "Calwell New A.L.P. Leader". The Canberra Times. 8 March 1960. p. 1.
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