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2019 Australian Labor Party leadership election

2019 Australian Labor Party leadership election
← Oct 2013 30 May 2019
 
Candidate Anthony Albanese
Result Unopposed
Seat Grayndler (NSW)
Faction Left
Leader before election

Bill Shorten

 Elected Leader

Anthony Albanese

A leadership election was held in May 2019 to determine the successor to Bill Shorten as leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition. Shorten announced his pending resignation on 18 May, following Labor's surprise defeat in the 2019 federal election.[1][2] The leadership was confirmed unopposed; Anthony Albanese was elected as Leader, with Richard Marles elected Deputy Leader.[3]

The day after the election, Albanese, a member of the party's left-faction, announced his candidacy for the leadership.[4] He had run for the role in the party's previous leadership election in 2013 though was defeated by Bill Shorten. On 21 May Chris Bowen announced he would also contest the ballot; however the next day he announced his withdrawal, citing lack of support among the party membership.[5] Several other Labor MPs such as Tanya Plibersek and Jim Chalmers considered nominating for the leadership, though decided not to stand. Albanese was the only person to have declared his candidacy at the time when nominations closed on 27 May 2019.[3] Consequently, he was formally appointed to the role when the Labor Party caucus met later on 30 May; at which point Shorten's leadership expired and Albanese's term commenced.[6]

  1. ^ "Labor's Shorten concedes Australia election". BBC News. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ Sweeney, Lucy; Belot, Henry; Marsh, Peter; Bilton, Dean (17 May 2019). "Live: Shorten concedes defeat, says he will step down as Labor leader". ABC News. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Anthony Albanese to become Labor's new leader unopposed following shock federal election loss". ABC News. 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ "'Need to reexamine our policies': Albanese pitches for leadership as Labor faces an open field contest". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Chris Bowen pulls out of Labor leadership battle after party's election defeat". ABC News. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ "'No deals': Albanese unveils a new look Labor frontbench". SBS News. 30 May 2019.

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