1907 Australian Labor Party leadership election
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The Australian Labor Party held a leadership election on 30 October 1907, following the resignation of Chris Watson. The party elected Andrew Fisher as its new leader, ahead of three other candidates.
Watson had been chosen as the party's inaugural leader in 1901, and led Labor to the 1903 and 1906 federal elections. He announced his intention to resign the leadership on 24 October 1907, which was attributed to his "physical and mental fatigue, together with his wife's ill health and her objections to his frequent absences from home". Financial considerations may have also played a part.[1] There was little appetite within the party for a change in leadership, and some of his colleagues tried to convince him to stay on as leader.[2]
The Labor caucus met at
References
- ^ Watson, John Christian (Chris) (1867–1941), Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7322-7610-2.
- ^ Day (2008), p. 143.