1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election

1967 Australian Labor Party
Leadership election
← 1966 9 February 1967 1968 →
 
Candidate Gough Whitlam Jim Cairns Frank Crean
First ballot 32 (47.1%) 15 (22.1%) 12 (17.6%)
Second ballot 33 (48.5%) 15 (22.1%) 12 (17.6%)
Third ballot 39 (57.4%) 15 (22.1%) 14 (20.6%)
 
Candidate Fred Daly Kim Beazley
First ballot 6 (8.8%) 3 (4.4%)
Second ballot 8 (11.8%) Eliminated
Third ballot Eliminated Eliminated
Leader before election

Arthur Calwell

 Elected Leader

Gough Whitlam

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]

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