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switched his support from Hayden to Hawke stating that "I believe that the best interests of the Labor Party and the millions of
Australians who deserve and need a Labor victory and the end of Fraserism, will be best served by Bob Hawke now becoming leader." This prompted Hayden supporter
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173:, was held on 16 July 1982. Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Youth
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to state that
Keating might have made "the biggest political mistake of his life".
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Hayden was further weakened after Labor's unexpectedly poor performance at a
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Ultimately he resigned in
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353:"Spills and thrills: A history of leadership challenges"
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400:Colin Brammall; Teresa Mannix (15 July 1982).
332:to openly switched their allegiance to Hawke.
324:, which prompted Party power-brokers, such as
253:The following table gives the ballot results:
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320:in December 1982 for the Victorian seat of
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2127:1982 political party leadership elections
424:"'Biggest political mistake of his life'"
207:The day before the ballot, the leader of
2107:Australian Labor Party leadership spills
446:"Hayden will 'hose down' party factions"
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169:(ALP), then the opposition party in the
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181:, with Hayden winning 42 votes to 37.
1294:1975 Australian constitutional crisis
1274:History of the Australian Labor Party
177:unsuccessfully challenged ALP leader
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448:. The Canberra Times. 19 July 1982
426:. The Canberra Times. 16 July 1982
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381:. The Canberra Times. 9 July 1982
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241:, incumbent Leader, Member for
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2112:July 1982 events in Australia
402:"Keating swings behind Hawke"
1119:Australian Capital Territory
2117:1982 elections in Australia
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1319:Norfolk Island Labor Party
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1185:Australian Fabian Society
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171:Parliament of Australia
1180:Australian Young Labor
505:Australian Labor Party
379:"Leadership Challenge"
167:Australian Labor Party
131:Leader before election
21:Australian Labor Party
1324:The light on the hill
404:. The Canberra Times
1304:Federal Labor (NSW)
1170:National Conference
1069:Beazley (1996–2001)
359:. 15 September 2015
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815:Governments
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766:Kim Beazley
741:Frank Crean
716:H. V. Evatt
711:Frank Forde
627:Kim Beazley
622:Mark Latham
617:Simon Crean
612:Kim Beazley
593:Bill Hayden
576:H. V. Evatt
570:Ben Chifley
563:John Curtin
545:Frank Tudor
452:29 November
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385:29 November
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274:Bill Hayden
265:Percentage
239:Bill Hayden
209:Labor Right
201:Bob Hawke.
179:Bill Hayden
148:Bill Hayden
136:Bill Hayden
116:37 (46.8%)
96:Bill Hayden
2101:Categories
1932:2015 (Sep)
1927:2015 (Feb)
1772:2013 (Oct)
1767:2013 (Jun)
1762:2013 (Mar)
1737:2003 (Dec)
1732:2003 (Jun)
1717:1991 (Dec)
1712:1991 (Jun)
1697:1977 (Dec)
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1242:Historical
1228:Labor Left
1134:Queensland
906:Ministries
791:Wayne Swan
761:Brian Howe
736:Jim Cairns
647:Kevin Rudd
633:Kevin Rudd
363:3 December
339:References
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185:Background
112:42 (53.2%)
91:Candidate
2122:Bob Hawke
1576:Australia
1018:Gillard 1
1003:Keating 1
968:Whitlam 1
958:Chifley 1
599:Bob Hawke
308:Aftermath
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230:Bob Hawke
175:Bob Hawke
102:Bob Hawke
2088:Victoria
1209:Factions
1149:Victoria
1144:Tasmania
1099:Albanese
1033:Albanese
943:Curtin 1
918:Fisher 1
897:Albanese
827:Fisher I
746:Tom Uren
357:ABC News
322:Flinders
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983:Hawke 1
938:Scullin
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887:Gillard
877:Keating
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862:Chifley
847:Scullin
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249:Results
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1059:Hayden
1028:Rudd 2
1013:Rudd 1
933:Hughes
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285:53.17
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234:Wills
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