1960 Australian Labor Party leadership election

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. Calwell received 42 votes to Reg Pollard's 30 in a caucus ballot. Future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam would defeat Eddie Ward to become Calwell's deputy.

1960 Australian Labor Party
Leadership election
7 March 1960
 
Candidate Arthur Calwell Reg Pollard
Caucus vote 42 (58.3%) 30 (41.7%)
Leader before election

H. V. Evatt

 Elected Leader

Arthur Calwell

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.

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