Cygnian Labour Party leadership election, 2013 (Joan of What?)

The 2013 Cygnian Labour Party leadership election was organised by the to select the congressional leadership of the party. After the resignation of former leader and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs from the Gillard Shadow Ministry, incumbent leader  on 20 May 2013 declared that she would vacate the leadership and directed the party to organise a leadership election. Rudd announced that he would contest the leadership, and Member for  also announced that she would contest Gillard's deputy  for the Deputy Leadership. Ballots were held in all 21 states and in the, with Rudd and Gillard being the only candidates for the leadership, and Swan and Plibersek the only candidates for the deputy leadership. Gillard won and remained as party leader. Plibersek won her contest, and as a result replaced Swan as Deputy Leader on 28 June.

President of the Labour Party Jenny McAllister formally declared at a meeting of the Labour Party National Executive on 28 June 2013 that Gillard would remain as leader of the Labour Party, and that Plibersek would become the new deputy leader. Three years later, Gillard and Plibersek would lead the Labour Party to victory at the, and on 3 January 2017 were inaugurated as Chancellor and Vice Chancellor respectively.