Anita Dow (interim) David O'Byrne The 2021 Tasmanian Labor Party leadership election was a leadership vote that was held between 24 May and 15 June 2021 to elect a new leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party following the resignation of Rebecca White.

[3] On 14 May 2021, before White's resignation, Braddon MP Shane Broad said that he would consider running for the leadership if White did not, saying that "what we need to do is reconnect with people who used to vote Labor so that they'll vote Labor again", and that "if Rebecca decides for whatever reason that she's not going to stand for the leadership then I'm considering my options".

Before the rule change, both party members, conference delegates and state Labor MPs had an equal one-third weighting in the leadership vote.

In an interview with ABC Radio Hobart on the same day, he told anchor Leon Compton that he was running to "stop what is the domination of a hard left factional group of power brokers that I believe have delivered three election losses in row".

We occasionally have differences of opinion about a way forward, and what I think we're seeing here is a good robust exchange of ideas for the future of the party."