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1983 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1983 Australian Labor Party
Leadership spill

← 1982 8 February 1983 June 1991 →
 
Candidate Bob Hawke
Caucus vote Unopposed

Leader before election

Bill Hayden

Elected Leader

Bob Hawke

A leadership spill in the Australian Labor Party, then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 8 February 1983. It saw the resignation of Leader Bill Hayden followed by the election of Bob Hawke as his replacement.

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Transcription

Background

Bill Hayden had been leader of the Labor Party since shortly after the 1977 landslide defeat, and he led the party to a much improved result at the 1980 election. However, after only just surviving a challenge from Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Bob Hawke, a disappointing by-election result in December 1982 caused many[who?] to question his ability to win the impending federal election.[1] With a second challenge from Hawke imminent, Hayden resigned as party leader on 3 February 1983 and Hawke was elected, in the caucus ballot held on 8 February,[2] unopposed.[3]

Candidates

  • Bob Hawke, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment, Youth Affairs, Member for Wills

Aftermath

On the same day Hayden resigned, Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser had announced a  snap election hoping to capitalise on Labor's disunity and go to the polls against Hayden rather than Hawke. However, the plan backfired as Labor managed to secure the transition from Hayden to the more popular and charismatic Hawke just in time as the election was announced. Later that afternoon at a press conference, Hayden famously said that "a drover's dog could lead the Labor Party to victory, the way the country is". The ensuing federal election was easily won by Labor and Hawke became Prime Minister.

See also

References

  1. ^ Editorial, "Flinders fallout", The Australian Financial Review, 6 December 1982, and Gregory Hywood, '"Kingmaker" Button ponders Hayden's future', The Australian Financial Review, 24 December 1982.
  2. ^ "Robert Hawke: timeline". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Hayden Resigns as Leader of the Labor Party". The Canberra Times. 4 February 1983. p. 1.
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