A leadership ballot 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
Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949, and l ...
. Calwell received 42 votes to
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* Reg Pollard (politician)
Reginald Thomas Pollard (31 October 1894 – 24 August 1981) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the Victorian Legislative Assembl ...
's 30 in a caucus ballot.
Future
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam would defeat
Eddie Ward to become Calwell's deputy.
This marked the first time that the party elected a new leader which wasn't triggered by the death of an incumbent leader since the retirement of former Prime Minister James Scullin as leader in 1935.
Results
Leader
The following table gives the ballot results:
Deputy leader
The following table gives the ballot results:
References
{{Leadership spills in Australia
Australian Labor Party leadership spills
Australian Labor Party leadership election