1951 Australian Labor Party leadership election

1951 Australian Labor Party
Leadership election
	20 June 1951
	20 June 1951
Leader before election; Ben Chifley;	Elected Leader ; H. V. Evatt;

A leadership election in the Australian Labor Party, then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 20 June 1951. It saw the election of Leader H. V. Evatt as leader following the death of sitting leader Ben Chifley.

Evatt, then deputy-leader of the ALP, was returned in the caucus ballot unopposed as Chifley's successor with Arthur Calwell then elected to fill the now vacant deputy-leadership.[1]

References

"Labour Under New Leadership". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 June 1951. p. 2.

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[1] "Labour Under New Leadership". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 June 1951. p. 2.

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1951 Australian Labor Party leadership election

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