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Arthur Augustus Calwell KC (28 August 1896 – 8 July 1973) was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Labor Party from 1960 to 1967. He led the party through three federal elections, losing each one in turn. Calwell grew up in Melbourne and attended St Joseph's College.
Arthur Calwell in 1966. On the evening of 21 June 1966, while campaigning for the 1966 federal election, Arthur Calwell addressed an anti-conscription rally at Mosman Town Hall in Sydney. Senator Douglas McClelland described the meeting as "quite a rowdy one", [2] although Calwell himself stated it was "without incident". [3]
Arthur Calwell. Elected Leader. Gough Whitlam. A leadership election in the Australian Labor Party, then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held ...
Arthur Calwell: 20 June 1951: 7 March 1960: 8 years, 261 days H. V. Evatt: 11 Gough Whitlam: 7 March 1960: 9 February 1967: 6 years, 339 days Arthur Calwell: 12 Lance Barnard: 9 February 1967: 12 June 1974: 7 years, 123 days Gough Whitlam: 13 Jim Cairns: 12 June 1974: 2 July 1975: 1 year, 20 days 14 Frank Crean: 2 July 1975: 22 December 1975: ...
Peter Raymond Kocan (born Peter Raymond Douglas, 4 May 1947) is an Australian author and poet who attempted to assassinate Australian Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell on 21 June 1966. He fired a shot at point-blank range through a car window, but Calwell escaped with only minor facial injuries from broken glass.
Calwell received 42 votes to Reg Pollard's 30 in a caucus ballot. [1] Future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam would defeat Eddie Ward to become Calwell's deputy. 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 ...
The Frontbench of Arthur Calwell was the opposition Australian Labor Party frontbench of Australia from 7 March 1960 to 8 February 1967, opposing the Liberal-Country Coalition government. Arthur Calwell became Leader of the Opposition upon his election as leader of the Australian Labor Party on 7 March 1960, and headed up the Australian Labor ...
Arthur Calwell, the division's namesake. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Arthur Calwell, who was Minister for Immigration 1945–1949 and Leader of the Australian Labor Party 1960–1967. Calwell has been a safe Labor seat since it was first contested. The seat's first MP elected in 1984 was Andrew Theophanous.