Beazley, the party's leader since 1996, announced his resignation on the night of 10 November 2001, when it became clear that his party had lost the election to John Howard's Coalition. The following day, Crean announced that he would contest the leadership. Shadow Health Minister Jenny Macklin, Shadow Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, Shadow Industry Minister Carmen Lawrence, and Manager of Opposition Business Bob McMullan were also seen as possible contenders.[1][2] On 12 November, Macklin announced her intention to stand for the deputy leadership. She and Crean were reported to be running as a ticket, representing the Labor Left and Labor Right factions, respectively.[3] No other MPs declared themselves candidates for either position over the following week, and Crean and Macklin were consequently elected unopposed when the Labor caucus met on 22 November.[4] Macklin became the first woman to hold a leadership position in the Labor Party.[5]
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Simon Crean, incumbent Deputy Leader, Shadow Treasurer, Member for Hotham
2001, australian, labor, party, leadership, election, australian, labor, party, held, leadership, election, november, 2001, following, resignation, beazley, after, party, defeat, 2001, federal, election, deputy, leader, shadow, treasurer, simon, crean, elected. The Australian Labor Party held a leadership election on 22 November 2001 following the resignation of Kim Beazley after the party s defeat at the 2001 federal election Deputy leader and Shadow Treasurer Simon Crean was elected unopposed as Beazley s replacement thus becoming Leader of the Opposition 2001 Australian Labor Party leadership election 1996 22 November 2001 2003 Leadership election Candidate Simon CreanCaucus vote UnopposedSeat Hotham VIC Faction RightLeader before electionKim Beazley Elected Leader Simon CreanDeputy leadership election Candidate Jenny MacklinCaucus vote UnopposedSeat Jagajaga VIC Faction LeftDeputy Leader before electionSimon Crean Deputy Leaderafter election Jenny Macklin Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 3 Potential candidates who declined to run 4 Aftermath 5 See also 6 ReferencesBackground editBeazley the party s leader since 1996 announced his resignation on the night of 10 November 2001 when it became clear that his party had lost the election to John Howard s Coalition The following day Crean announced that he would contest the leadership Shadow Health Minister Jenny Macklin Shadow Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner Shadow Industry Minister Carmen Lawrence and Manager of Opposition Business Bob McMullan were also seen as possible contenders 1 2 On 12 November Macklin announced her intention to stand for the deputy leadership She and Crean were reported to be running as a ticket representing the Labor Left and Labor Right factions respectively 3 No other MPs declared themselves candidates for either position over the following week and Crean and Macklin were consequently elected unopposed when the Labor caucus met on 22 November 4 Macklin became the first woman to hold a leadership position in the Labor Party 5 Candidates editSimon Crean incumbent Deputy Leader Shadow Treasurer Member for HothamPotential candidates who declined to run editCarmen Lawrence Shadow Minister for Industry Innovation and Technology Member for Fremantle Jenny Macklin Shadow Minister for Health Member for Jagajaga Bob McMullan Manager of Opposition Business in the House Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Member for Fraser Lindsay Tanner Shadow Minister for Finance Member for MelbourneAftermath editCrean struggled in the polls against Howard and by mid 2003 moves were being made to replace Crean with Beazley After surviving a spill in June Crean was forced to resign in December with Mark Latham narrowly defeating Beazley See also editShadow Cabinet of Simon CreanReferences edit Crean front runner for top job in ALP The Australian Financial Review 12 November 2001 Crean set to be Labor leader The Age 12 November 2001 Labor bickers as Crean Macklin ticket firms The Australian Financial Review 13 November 2001 Crean needs the wit to face reform The Australian Financial Review 23 November 2001 Macklin poised to make history The Canberra Times 12 November 2001 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 Australian Labor Party leadership election amp oldid 1159768762, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
