A
leadership spill in the
Australian Labor Party, the party of opposition in the
Parliament of Australia, was held on 30 April 1968. It followed leader
Gough Whitlam's decision to resign the leadership following the party executives refusal to seat new Tasmanian delegate
Brian Harradine, to which Whitlam demanded a vote of confidence from his caucus. Whitlam received 38 votes to left-winger
Jim Cairns' 32 in an unexpectedly close poll.[1]
Candidates
Jim Cairns, Member of the ALP Caucus Executive, Member for
Yarra