Labor Leader - 7 March 1960 - 8 February 1967
Biography
Labor Party Member of the House of Representatives 1940-72 (Melbourne). Minister for Information (21 September 1943 - 19 December 1949) in the Curtin, Forde and Chifley governments, Minister for Immigration (13 July 1945 - 19 December 1949) in the Chifley government. Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party 1960-67.
National Archives of Australia
Born on the 28 August 1896 in West Melbourne, Arthur Albert Calwell entered the Victorian Public Service in 1913 as a clerk in the Department of Agriculture and later, in 1923, in the Treasury. Appointed Honorary Secretary of the State Service Clerical Association, Calwell was also the foundation president of the restructured Australian Public Service Association (Victorian Branch). In 1940, Calwell was endorsed by the Labor Party (ALP) for the seat of Melbourne which he won in that year's election. Calwell was then elected to lead the ALP in 1960 but failed to overcome the Menzies Government in the polls. Succeeded by Whitlam as leader of the Opposition in 1967, Calwell retired after his party's win in the 1972 election. Arthur Calwell died on 8 July 1973.
Australian Trade Union Archives
Blognow's Arthur Calwell Web Page: http://www.blognow.com.au/arthurcalwell