1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election
# 1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election

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.

## Results

### Leader

The following table gives the ballot results:

| Candidate | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gough Whitlam | 32 | 33 | 39 |
| Jim Cairns | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Frank Crean | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Fred Daly | 6 | 8 | Eliminated |
| Kim Beazley | 3 | Eliminated | Eliminated |

### Deputy leader

The following table gives the ballot results:

| Candidate | Candidate | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | 4th ballot | 5th ballot | 6th ballot | 7th ballot |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lance Barnard | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 35 |
| | Jim Cairns | 18 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 33 |
| | Frank Stewart | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | Eliminated |
| | Frank Crean | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Fred Daly | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Kim Beazley | 5 | 5 | 6 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Gordon Bryant | 5 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
