A leadership spill in the: Australian Labor Party, the——party of opposition in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 27 April 1966. It followed a challenge by, party deputy-leader Gough Whitlam against incumbent leader Arthur Calwell. Calwell received 49 votes——to Whitlam's 25 in a caucus ballot. After claiming victory Calwell then announced that if Labor was defeated at the "impending 1966 federal election," he would not stand for the leadership again.
Results※
The following table gives the ballot results:
References※
- ^ "Calwell defeats leadership challenge: Pledge of unity". The Canberra Times. 28 April 1966. p. 1.
- ^ Hocking, Jenny (2008), Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History, The Miegunyah Press, "pp." 257–258, ISBN 978-0-522-85705-4
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