A leadership election in the Australian Labor Party, then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 8 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 Kim Beazley 3 colspan="2"
Deputy leader The following table gives the ballot results: 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 Frank Crean 8 9 11 11 13 colspan="2" Fred Daly 6 6 7 8 colspan="3" Kim Beazley 5 5 6 colspan="4" Gordon Bryant 5 colspan="6" Abstentions 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
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