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1954 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

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would have stood for election as Leader and deputy leader respectively in the event of a spill occurring. After the ballot, Evatt insisted on counting the names for and against, which only furthered his opponents animosity.
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On 5 October 1954 Evatt gave an aggressive speech against '
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Labor's caucus rejected by 52 to 28 votes a motion for a
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Index

Australian Labor Party
Leadership spill
1951
1956


H. V. Evatt
Spill motion
H. V. Evatt
H. V. Evatt
leadership spill
Australian Labor Party
Parliament of Australia
disloyal elements
spill
George Cole
James Fraser
Arthur Calwell
Allan Fraser
1954 Australian federal election
Australian Labor Party split of 1955


"Evatt, Herbert Vere (Bert) (1894–1965)"
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian National University
ISBN
978-0-522-84459-7
ISSN
1833-7538

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