Leader of The Opposition
Tudor was elected leader of the Australian Labor Party (and consequently Leader of the Australian Opposition) in November 1917, and led his party to defeat in the 1917 federal election. Tudor's success in preventing conscription was evident when a plebiscite was held and defeated in 1916. In 1919, T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland, was transferred to federal politics to serve under Tudor as a deputy. Because of Tudor's ineffectual performance, the party was contemplating a new leader, and Ryan would have probably replaced Tudor had he not died in 1921.
It was predicted that Tudor would lose the 1919 election. These predictions were correct, and Labor was defeated again. In 1921 Tudor's health declined and he was increasingly unable to carry out his duties; nevertheless, the party did not allow him to resign.
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