{"slug": "arthur-calwell", "label": "Arthur Calwell", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Calwell", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708887", "qid": "Q708887", "description": "Australian politician (1896–1973)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1896, 1966], "span_label": ["1896 CE", "1966 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "australian-labor-party", "label": "Australian Labor Party", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "national-party-of-australia", "label": "National Party of Australia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "coalition-australia", "label": "Coalition (Australia)", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "liberal-party-of-australia", "label": "Liberal Party of Australia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-australia", "label": "Prime Minister of Australia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "robert-menzies", "label": "Robert Menzies", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "menzies-government-1949-66", "label": "Menzies Government (1949-66)", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "australian-senate", "label": "Australian Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gough-whitlam", "label": "Gough Whitlam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "h-v-evatt", "label": "H.V. Evatt", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1896, "year_label": "1896 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – Arthur Calwell, Australian politician (d. 1973)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364785538#July–August", "title": "1896", "revid": 1364785538, "section": "Births › July–August"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – 1958 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by H.V. Evatt. This is the first election where television is used as a medium for communicating with voters. Evatt will eventually resign as Labor leader and will be replaced by his deputy Arthur Calwell.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#November", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – 1961 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with a one-seat majority, narrowly defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. One of the closest election results in Australian history, such a result will not be replicated again until 2016. Notably, former Prime Minister Earle Page loses his seat, although he dies a few days later, never knowing the result.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#December", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – 1963 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with an increased majority to an unprecedented eighth term in office, defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. (This would be the final lower house election won by Menzies, who would retire from office during the term as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Australian history; he would be replaced by Harold Holt.)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#November", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – Australian Senate election, 1964: The Liberal/Country Coalition Government led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies hold their status quo, while the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell lose one seat to the Democratic Labor Party, who hold the balance of power in the Senate alongside independent Reg Turnbull.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#December", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – 1966 Australian federal election: Harold Holt's Liberal/Country Coalition government is re-elected with a significantly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. Calwell resigns as Labor leader shortly after; he will be replaced by his deputy and future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#November", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › November"}}]}