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]