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Anthony Albanese became the new leader of the Australian Labor Party.
The candidates for the position were closed Monday morning and, as expected, Mr. Albanese was the only one to raise the hand.
The member for Sydney is honored to be in the position of senior official.
"Thanks to the caucus members, base members and affiliates for their support," he wrote on Facebook.
"Together we can send our big party back to the government in three years."
Albanese will hold a press conference at noon.
Victorian MP Richard Marles is expected to be his deputy, again being the only person to wear his hat at workstation on Monday.
The two men promised to talk to voters who did not vote Labor in order to make sure they understood the loss of last Saturday's election.
"It's really important that we understand what happened during the election, and it's important that we make sure we talk to as many people as possible," Marles said on Sunday.
Mr. Albanese also promised to talk to voters outside the Canberra Bubbles and Labor to convince them that his party can better represent them.
Labor has had a man and a woman on the executive team since 2001, with the exception of a three-month stay in 2013 after Kevin Rudd took revenge on Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard.
But Victorian MP Clare O Neil abandoned the race for deputation after her colleagues told her that she needed more experience to pull the party behind a leader.
"Richard Marles has the skills, the qualities and the experience at this stage to be able to do this job very well," she said.
Mr. Marles said it was important to maintain the unity of the party Bill Shorten had established within the Labor Party after the tumultuous years of Rudd-Gillard.
"I hope I can be a force for unity in the party," he said.
The entire front bench of Labor also faces an upheaval after the unexpected loss of federal elections.
Australian Associated Press
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