After the 1919 elections, the first contested by the Labour party as a united bloc, Holland narrowly defeated the moderate James McCombs for the parliamentary leadership of the party, becoming Labour's first leader in the modern sense.
The first contested by the Labour party as a united bloc, Holland narrowly defeated the moderate James McCombs for the parliamentary leadership of the party. This was after the 1919 elections. The first contested by the Labour party as a united bloc, Holland narrowly was becoming Labour's first leader in the modern sense. This was after the 1919 elections.