Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership conventions Totally Explained

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This page lists the results of leadership conventions within the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (known as the Conservative Party of Ontario before 1942). Before 1920, leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party were usually chosen by caucus. In 1914, William Hearst was selected at a meeting of the province's executive council (or cabinet) as James Whitney, the previous leader, had died while holding the office of Premier.
All of the party's leadership races before 1990 were determined by delegated conventions. The leadership races of 1990, 2002 and 2004 were determined by a weighted vote of all party members, with each constituency contributing an equal number of "votes" to the total. The 1990 race was decided in one round, while the 2002 race took two. For the 2004 race, the party introduced a preferential balloting system, such that party members would only be required to vote one time.

1920 Conservative Party leadership convention

(Held on December 2, 1920.)

FERGUSON, George won on first ballot
LAWSON, Earl
HENRY, George

(Note: The vote totals were not announced.)
See also: Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1920 When Ferguson resigned as Premier in 1930, he selected George Henry as his replacement. Henry was subsequently confirmed as party leader at a convention, presumably without opposition.

1936 Conservative Party leadership convention

(Held on May 28, 1936.) First ballot:

ROWE, Earl 782

DREW, George 480

STEWART, William James 157

MACAULAY, Leopold 90

HEIGHINGTON, Wilfrid 70

ACRES, Adam 47

ELLIS, Arthur 10 Second ballot:

ROWE, Earl 1005

DREW, George 660 See also: Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1936

1938 Conservative Party leadership convention

(Held on December 9, 1938.)

DREW, George 796

LAWSON, Earl 413

HEIGHINGTON, Wilfrid 41

RAWSON, Norman 22 See also: Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1938

1949 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held on April 27, 1949.)

FROST, Leslie 842

BLACKWELL, Leslie 442

ROBERTS, Kelso 121

PORTER, Dana 65 See also: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1949

1961 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held on October 25, 1961.) First ballot:

ROBERTS, Kelso 352

ROBARTS, John 345

MACAULAY, Robert 339

ALLAN, James 332

DOWNER, A.W. 149

DYMOND, Matthew 148

WARDROPE, George 45 Second ballot:

ROBARTS, John 423

ROBERTS, Kelso 385

MACAULAY, Robert 363

ALLAN, James 324

DOWNER, A.W. 104

DYMOND, Matthew 93 Third ballot:

ROBARTS, John 498

ROBERTS, Kelso 380

MACAULAY, Robert 372

ALLAN, James 344

DOWNER, A.W. 93 Fourth ballot:

ROBARTS, John 533

ROBERTS, Kelso 419

MACAULAY, Robert 377

ALLAN, James 336 Fifth ballot:

ROBARTS, John 746

ROBERTS, Kelso 479

MACAULAY, Robert 438 Sixth ballot:

ROBARTS, John 976

ROBERTS, Kelso 633 See also: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1961

1971 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held on February 12, 1971.) First ballot:

DAVIS, Bill 548

LAWRENCE, Allan 431

MCKEOUGH, Darcy 273

WELCH, Bob 270

LAWRENCE, Bert 128

PHARAND, Robert 7 Pharand eliminated; Bert Lawrence withdrew. Second ballot:

DAVIS, Bill 595

LAWRENCE, Allan 498

MCKEOUGH, Darcy 288

WELCH, Bob 271 Welch eliminated. Third ballot:

DAVIS, Bill 669

LAWRENCE, Allan 606

MCKEOUGH, Darcy 346 McKeough eliminated. Fourth ballot:

DAVIS, Bill 812

LAWRENCE, Allan 768 See also: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1971

January 1985 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held in Toronto on January 26, 1985.) First ballot:

MILLER, Frank 591

TIMBRELL, Dennis 421

GROSSMAN, Larry 378

MCMURTRY, Roy 300 Second ballot (McMurtry supports Grossman):

MILLER, Frank 659

GROSSMAN, Larry 514

TIMBRELL, Dennis 508 (Note: These figures were confirmed by a recount.)
Third ballot (Timbrell supports Grossman):

MILLER, Frank 869

GROSSMAN, Larry 792

November 1985 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held on November 16, 1985.) First ballot:

GROSSMAN, Larry 752

TIMBRELL, Dennis 661

POPE, Alan 271 Second ballot:

GROSSMAN, Larry 848

TIMBRELL, Dennis 829 See also: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership conventions, 1985

1990 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held on May 12, 1990.)

HARRIS, Michael 7175

CUNNINGHAM, Dianne 5825 (the non-weighted vote totals were: Harris 8661, Cunningham 7189)
The 1990 vote was the first held on the basis of one member one vote with votes weighted so that each riding had equal weight.
See also: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, 1990

2002 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held on March 23, 2002.) First ballot:

EVES, Ernie 4257

FLAHERTY, Jim 3031

CLEMENT, Tony 1354

WITMER, Elizabeth 1197

STOCKWELL, Chris 448 (Note: After the first ballot, Clement and Witmer both withdrew from the contest and supported Ernie Eves. Their names remained on the ballot for at least a part of the second round, however.) Second ballot:

EVES, Ernie 5623

FLAHERTY, Jim 3898

CLEMENT, Tony 561

WITMER, Elizabeth 216 (It isn't clear if the non-weighted vote totals were released to the public. 44188 party members voted on the first ballot, 34608 on the second.)
See also: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, 2002

2004 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

(Held on September 18, 2004.) First ballot:

TORY, John 4535.13 (45%)

FLAHERTY, Jim 3274.92 (33%)

KLEES, Frank 2265.96 (22%) 5039 electoral votes needed to win (the non-weighted vote totals were Tory 12,132, Flaherty 7,951, Klees 5,240) Second ballot:

TORY, John 5390.86 (54%)

FLAHERTY, Jim 4664.14 (46%) 5028 electoral votes needed to win (the non-weighted vote totals were Tory 18,037, Flaherty 14,353)
See also: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, 2004

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