| Election Name: | 1960 Australian Labor Party Leadership election |
| Country: | Australia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | Caucus |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1959 Australian Labor Party leadership spill |
| Previous Year: | 1959 |
| Next Election: | 1966 Australian Labor Party leadership spill |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| Election Date: | 7 March 1960 |
| Candidate1: | Arthur Calwell |
| Colour1: | DC241F |
| Popular Vote1: | 42 (58.3%) |
| Candidate2: | Reg Pollard |
| Colour2: | DC241F |
| Popular Vote2: | 30 (41.7%) |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | H. V. Evatt |
| After Election: | Arthur Calwell |
A leadership ballot in the Australian Labor Party, the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 7 March 1960. It followed the retirement of previous leader H. V. Evatt. 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 leader in 1935.
The following table gives the ballot results:
| Name | Votes | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Calwell | 42 | 58.33 | ||
| Reg Pollard | 30 | 41.66 | ||
The following table gives the ballot results:
| Candidate | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gough Whitlam | 22 | 28 | 38 | |
| Eddie Ward | 28 | 32 | 34 | |
| Les Haylen | 12 | 12 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 10 | |||