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There have been two permanent leaders since 1927 who were not chosen by a leadership convention. Arthur Meighen agreed to serve a second term as leader in 1941 on condition that he would not have to contest the position. The party agreed since the party was desperate for a leader of Meighen's stature. Jean Charest was one of only two Progressive Conservative Members Of Parliament returned in the 1993 Election and was appointed leader by the party's executive with the decision later being affirmed at A Regular Party Convention Two Years Later . The Conservative Party became the Progressive Conservative Party in 1942. All leadership conventions were delegated conventions, except for in 1998 when a one-member-one-vote (OMOV) process was used in which each Riding was allocated 100 points which were distributed among candiates by Proportional Representation . For the 2003 leadership election, the party reverted to use of a delegated convention, obstensibly because of the cost of using an OMOV process though it has been argued that the party feared that use of OMOV would make an outside takeover of the party easier due to a decline in membership. In 2004, the party merged with the Canadian Alliance to form a new Conservative Party Of Canada . This party adopted the OMOV process the Tories had used in 1998. 1927 CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Winnipeg , Manitoba on October 12 , 1927 . First Ballot BENNETT, Richard Bedford 594 GUTHRIE, Hugh 345 CAHAN, Charles Hazlitt 310 MANION, Robert James 170 ROGERS, Robert 114 DRAYTON, Henry Lumley 31 Total ballots cast 1,564 Second Ballot BENNETT, Richard Bedford 780 GUTHRIE, Hugh 320 CAHAN, Charles Hazlitt 266 MANION, Robert James 148 ROGERS, Robert 37 DRAYTON, Henry Lumley 3 Total ballots cast 1,554 1938 CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Ottawa , Ontario on July 7 , 1938 . First Ballot MANION, Robert James 726 MACPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander 475 HARRIS, Joseph Henry 131 MASSEY, Denton 128 LAWSON, James Earl 105 Total ballots cast 1,565 Second Ballot MANION, Robert James 830 MACPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander 648 HARRIS, Joseph Henry 49 MASSEY, Denton 39 Total ballots cast 1,566 1942 (PROGRESSIVE) CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Winnipeg , Manitoba on December 11 , 1942 . First Ballot BRACKEN, John 420 MACPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander 222 DIEFENBAKER, John George 120 GREEN, Howard Charles 88 STEVENS, Henry Herbert 20 Total ballots cast 870 Second Ballot BRACKEN, John 538 MACPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander 255 DIEFENBAKER, John George 79 Total ballots cast 872 1948 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Ottawa , Ontario on October 2 , 1948 . First Ballot DREW, George Alexander 827 DIEFENBAKER, John George 311 FLEMING, Donald Methuen 104 Total ballots cast 1,242 1956 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Ottawa , Ontario on December 14 , 1956 . First Ballot DIEFENBAKER, John George 774 FLEMING, Donald Methuen 393 FULTON, Edmund Davie 117 Total ballots cast 1,284 1967 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Toronto , Ontario on September 9 , 1967 .
First Ballot STANFIELD, Robert Lorne 519 ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) 347 FULTON, Edmund Davie 343 HEES, George Harris 295 DIEFENBAKER, John George 271 MCCUTCHEON, Malcolm Wallace 137 HAMILTON, Francis Alvin George 136 FLEMING, Donald Methuen 126 STARR, Michael 45 MACLEAN, John 10 WALKER-SAWKA, Mary 2 Total ballots cast 2,231 Second Ballot STANFIELD, Robert Lorne 613 ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) 430 FULTON, Edmund Davie 346 HEES, George Harris 299 DIEFENBAKER, John George 172 HAMILTON, Francis Alvin George 127 FLEMING, Donald Methuen 115 MCCUTCHEON, Malcolm Wallace 76 STARR, Michael 34 Total ballots cast 2,212 Third Ballot STANFIELD, Robert Lorne 717 ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) 541 FULTON, Edmund Davie 361 HEES, George Harris 277 DIEFENBAKER, John George 114 HAMILTON, Francis Alvin George 106 FLEMING, Donald Methuen 76 Total ballots cast 2,192 Fourth Ballot STANFIELD, Robert Lorne 865 ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) 771 FULTON, Edmund Davie 357 HAMILTON, Francis Alvin George 167 Total ballots cast 2,160 Fifth Ballot STANFIELD, Robert Lorne 1,150 ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) 969 Total ballots cast 2,119 1976 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION
Held in Ottawa , Ontario on February 22 , 1976 . Richard Quittenton withdrew from the race before the convention began. First Ballot WAGNER, Claude 531 MULRONEY, Martin Brian 357 CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 277 HORNER, John (Jack) Henry 235 HELLYER, Paul Theodore 231 MACDONALD, Flora Isabel 214 STEVENS, Sinclair McKnight 182 FRASER, John 127 GILLIES, James McPhail 87 NOWLAN, John Patrick (Pat) 86 GRAFFTEY, William Heward 33 Total ballots cast 2,360 Grafftey is eliminated and Gillies withdraws. Sinclair Stevens withdraws and endorses Joe Clark. Second Ballot WAGNER, Claude 667 CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 532 MULRONEY, Martin Brian 419 HORNER, John (Jack) Henry 286 MACDONALD, Flora Isabel 239 HELLYER, Paul Theodore 118 NOWLAN, John Patrick (Pat) 42 FRASER, John 34 Total ballots cast 2,337 MacDonald withdraws after this ballot and endorses Clark. Third Ballot WAGNER, Claude 1,003 CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 969 MULRONEY, Martin Brian 369 Total ballots cast 2,341 Fourth Ballot CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1,187 WAGNER, Claude 1,122 Total ballots cast 2,309 1983 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION
Held in Ottawa , Ontario on June 11 , 1983 . First Ballot CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1,091 MULRONEY, Martin Brian 874 CROSBIE, John Carnell 639 WILSON, Michael Holcombe 144 CROMBIE, David Edward 116 POCKLINGTON, Peter 102 GAMBLE, John Albert 17 FRASER, Neil 5 Total ballots cast 2,988 Gamble, Pocklington and Wilson drop off or withdraw and endorse Mulroney. Second Ballot CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1,085 MULRONEY, Martin Brian 1,021 CROSBIE, John Carnell 781 CROMBIE, David Edward 67 Total ballots cast 2,954 Crombie drops off and endorses Crosbie. Third Ballot CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1,058 MULRONEY, Martin Brian 1,036 CROSBIE, John Carnell 858 Total ballots cast 2,952 Crosbie drops off and releases his delegates not endorsing anyone. Fourth Ballot MULRONEY, Martin Brian 1,584 CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1,325 Total ballots cast 2,909 1993 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Ottawa , Ontario on June 13 , 1993 . First Ballot CAMPBELL, A. Kim 1,664 CHAREST, Jean J. 1,369 EDWARDS, James (Jim) Stewart 307 TURNER, Garth 76 BOYER, Patrick 53 Total ballots cast 3,469 Second Ballot CAMPBELL, A. Kim 1,817 CHAREST, Jean J. 1,630 Total ballots cast 3,447 1995 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Held in Hull , Quebec on April 29 , 1995 . Vote to ratify Jean Charest as leader: Yes 1,187 No 49 Total ballots cast 1,236 1998 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP ELECTION Held on October 24 and November 14 , 1998 . This convention used a point system that allocated each Riding 100 points to be distributed among the candidates by Proportional Representation according to votes cast by party members in the riding. This same system was used by the Conservative Party Of Canada in 2004 . First Ballot CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 14,592 (48.48%) SEGAL, Hugh 5,689 (18.90%) ORCHARD, David 4,916 (16.33%) PALLISTER, Brian 3,676 (12.21%) FORTIER, Michael 1,227 (4.08%) Total points 30100 Fortier drops off. Segal and Pallister withdraw. All endorse Clark. Second Ballot CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 23,321 (77.48%) ORCHARD, David 6,779 (22.52%) Total points 30,100 2003 PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION
Held in Toronto , Ontario on May 31 , 2003 . Two other candidates had participated in the race. Quebec MP André Bachand withdrew his candidacy from the race due to financial concerns and backed Peter MacKay. Former Cabinet Minister and Quebec MP Heward Grafftey also withdrew his candidacy from the race due to health concerns and backed David Orchard. First Ballot MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,080 (41.08%) ORCHARD, David 640 (24.34%) PRENTICE, Jim 478 (18.18%) BRISON, Scott 431 (16.39%) Total ballots cast 2,629 Chandler withdrew before voting began to endorse Prentice. Second Ballot MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,018 (39.67%) ORCHARD, David 619 (24.12%) PRENTICE, Jim 466 (18.16%) BRISON, Scott 463 (18.04%) Total ballots cast 2,566 Brison drops off and supports Prentice. Third Ballot MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,128 (45.01%) PRENTICE, Jim 761 (30.37%) ORCHARD, David 617 (24.62%) Total ballots cast 2,506 Orchard throws his support to MacKay after the two men sign an agreement committing MacKay PC Party to not merge with the Canadian Alliance and to hold a review of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement . Fourth Ballot MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,538 (64.79%) PRENTICE, Jim 836 (35.21%) Total ballots cast 2,374 CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA -- 2004 LEADERSHIP ELECTION At the end of 2003 , the memberships of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party voted to dissolve their parties and form a new Conservative Party Of Canada . A leadership election was held March 20 , 2004 . The Canadian Alliance was formed when a number of " Blue Tories " (more right wing conservatives) joined the Reform Party Of Canada . A leadership election was held '' First Ballot HARPER, Stephen Joseph 17,296 (56.2%) STRONACH, Belinda 10,613 (34.5%) CLEMENT, Anthony (Tony) Peter 2,887 (9.4%) Points needed to win: 15,400.1 Each of the party's 308 Riding associations was allocated up to 100 electoral points. Association with fewer than 100 members voting in the election received one point per vote cast. The points were distributed by Proportional Representation according to votes cast by party members in the riding. ''Source:'' Parliament of Canada website |
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