The took place on
March 20 ,
2004 in
Toronto, Ontario , and resulted in the election of
Stephen Harper as the first leader of the new
Canadian Conservative Party . The Conservative Party was formed by the merger of the
Canadian Alliance and the
Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada .
Stephen Harper , the former leader of the Canadian Alliance, was elected on the first (and only) ballot.
Tony Clement , a former
Ontario Progressive Conservative health minister, and
Belinda Stronach , the former Chief Executive Officer of
Magna International , were the other candidates on the ballot.
The leader was selected by a system in which each of the party's
Riding associations was allocated up to 100 points. In associations in which fewer than 100 members cast ballots, each ballot counted as one point. In associations in which 100 or more votes were cast, 100 points were allocated among candidates in proportion to the votes that he or she received.
Members voted using
Preferential Ballots . If no candidate won a majority of votes on the first ballot, the ballots of the candidate with the smallest number of votes would be re-distributed according to the voters' second preferences. Subsequent ballots were not needed, however, because Stephen Harper won on the first ballot.
''See also:
Leadership Convention ''.
March 20 ,
2004
''First Ballot''
STRONACH, Belinda 10,613 (34.5%)
CLEMENT, Anthony (Tony) Peter 2,887 (9.4%)
''Points needed to win: 15,400.1''
Each of 308
Riding s had 100 points which were distributed by
Proportional Representation according to votes cast by party members in the riding.
Dartmouth--Cole Harbour,
Halifax West,
Sackville--Eastern Shore,
West Nova,
Beausejour,
Fredericton,
Fundy,
Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe,
St. Croix--Belleisle,
Tobique--Mactaquac,
Argenteuil--Mirabel,
Brome--Missisquoi,
Chicoutimi--Le Fjord,
Laval,
Mount Royal,
Outremont,
Pontiac,
Repentigny,
Richelieu,
Rimouski--Temicouata,
Riviere-du-Nord,
Roberval,
Saint-Laurent--Cartierville,
Saint-Maurice--Champlain,
Vaudreuil--Soulanges,
Westmount--Ville-Marie,
Ajax--Pickering,
Algoma--Manitoulin--Kapuskasing,
Ancaster--Dundas--Flamborough--Westdale,
Barrie,
Beaches--East York,
Beant,
Burlington,
Cambridge,
Carleton--Lanark,
Chatham--Kent--Essex,
Clarington--Scugog--Uxbridge,
Davenport,
Don Valley East,
Don Valley West,
Dufferin--Caledon,
Eglington--Lawrence,
Elgin--Middlesex--London,
Essex,
Etobicoke Centre,
Etobicoke--Lakeshore,
Etobicoke North,
Glengarry--Prescott--Russell,
Grey--Bruce--Owen Sound,
Guelph,
Haldimand--Norfolk,
Haliburton--Kawartha Lakes--Brock,
Halton,
Hamilton Centre,
Hamilton East--Stoney Creek,
Hamilton Mountain,
Huron--Bruce,
Kenora,
Kingston and the Islands,
Kitchener Centre,
Kitchener--Conestoga,
Kitchener--Waterloo,
Lanark--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington,
Leeds--Grenville,
London--Fanshawe,
London North Centre,
London West,
Middlesex--Kent--Lambton,
Mississauga East--Cooksville,
Mississauga--Erindale,
Mississauga South,
Mississauga--Streetsville,
Nepean--Carleton,
Niagara Falls,
Niagara West--Glanbrook,
Nipissing--Timiskaming,
Northumberland--Quinte West,
Oak Ridges--Markham,
Oakville,
Oshawa,
Ottawa Centre,
Ottawa--Orleans,
Ottawa South,
Ottawa--Vanier,
Ottawa West--Nepean,
Oxford,
Parkdale--High Park,
Parry Sound--Muskoka,
Perth--Wellington,
Peterborough,
Pickering--Scarborough,
Prince Edward--Hastings,
Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke,
St. Catharines,
St. Paul's,
Sarnia--Lambton,
Sault Ste. Marie,
Scarborough--Agincourt,
Scarborough Centre,
Scarborough--Guildwood,
Scarborough--Rouge River,
Scarborough Southwest,
Simcoe--Grey,
Simcoe North,
Stormont--Dundas--South Glengarry,
Sudbury,
Thornhill,
Thunder Bay--Rainry River,
Thunder Bay--Superior North,
Toronto Centre,
Toronto--Danforth,
Trinity--Spadina,
Welland,
Wellington--Halton Hills,
Whitby--Oshawa,
Willowdale,
Windsor--Tecumseh,
Windsor West,
York Centre,
York--Simcoe,
York South--Weston,
Brandon--Souris,
Charleswood--St. James,
Churchill,
Dauphin--Sawn River,
Elmwood--Transcona,
Kildonan--St. Paul,
Portage--Lisgar,
Provencher,
Saint Boniface,
Selkirk--Interlake,
Winnipeg Centre,
Winnipeg North,
Winnipeg South,
Winnipeg South Centre,
Battlefords--Lloydminster,
Blackstrap,
Churchill River,
Cypress Hills--Grasslands,
Palliser,
Prince Albert,
Regina--Lumsden--Lake Centre,
Regina--Qu'Appelle,
Saskatoon--Humboldt,
Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar,
Saskatoon--Wanuskewin,
Souris--Moose Mountain,
Wascana,
Yorkton--Melville,
Athabasca,
Calgary East,
Calgary North Centre,
Calgary Northeast,
Calgary--Nose Hill,
Calgary South Centre,
Calgary Southeast,
Calgary Southwest,
Calgary West,
Crowfoot,
Edmonton--Beaumont,
Edmonton Centre,
Edmonton East,
Edmonton--Leduc,
Edmonton--St. Albert,
Edmonton--Sherwood Park,
Edmonton--Spruce Grove,
Edmonton--Strathcona,
Lethbridge,
Macleod,
Medicine Hat,
Peace River,
Red Deer,
Vegreville--Wainwright,
Westlock--St. Paul,
Wetaskiwin,
Wild Rose,
Yellowhead,
Abbotsford,
Burnaby--Douglas,
Burnaby--New Westminster,
Cariboo--Prince George,
Chilliwack--Fraser Canyon,
Delta--Richmond East,
Dewdney--Alouette,
Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca,
Fleetwood--Port Kells,
Kamloops--Thompson,
Kelowna,
Kootenay--Columbia,
Langley,
Nanaimo--Alberni,
Nanaimo--Cowichan,
Newton--North Delta,
New Westminster--Coquitlam,
North Okanagan--Shuswap,
North Vancouver,
Okanagan--Coquihalla,
Port Moody--Westwood--Port Coquitlam,
Prince George--Peace River,
Richmond,
Saanich--Gulf Islands,
Skeena-Bulkley Valley,
Southern Interior,
South Surrey--White Rock--Cloverdale,
Surrey North,
Vancouver Centre,
Vancouyer East,
Vancouver Island North,
Vancouver Kingsway,
Vancouver Quadra,
Vancouver South,
Victoria,
West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast,
Yukon,
Western Arctic
Avalon,
Bonavista--Exploits,
Humber--St. Barbe--Baie Verte,
Random--Burin--St. George's,
St. John's North,
St. John's South,
Cardigan,
Charlottetown,
Egmont,
Malpeque,
Cape Breton--Canso,
Central Nova,
Halifax,
Kings--Hants,
North Nova,
South Shore--St. Margaret's,
Sydney--Victoria,
Acadie--Bathurst,
Madawaska--Restigouche,
Miramichi,
Saint John,
Abitibi--Temiscamingue,
Ahuntsic,
Alfred-Pellan,
Beauce,
Beauharnois--Salaberry,
Beauport,
Berthier--Maskinonge,
Bourassa,
Brossard--La Prairie,
Chambly--Borduas,
Charlesbourg,
Charlevoix--Montmorency,
Chateauguay--Saint-Constant,
Drummond,
Gatineau,
Hochelaga,
Honore-Mercier,
Hull--Aylmer,
Jeanne-Le Ber,
Joliette,
Jonquiere--Alma,
Lac-Saint-Louis,
La Pointe-de-l'Ile,
LaSalle--Emard,
Laurentides--Labelle,
Laurier,
Laval--Les Iles,
Levis--Bellechasse,
Longueuil,
Lotbiniere--Chutes-de-la-Chaudiere,
Louis-Hebert,
Louis-Saint-Laurent,
Manicouagan,
Marc-Aurele-Fortin,
Matapedia--Matane,
Megantic--L'Erable,
Montcalm,
Notre-Dame-de-Grace--Lachine,
Nunavik--Eeyou,
Papineau,
Pierrefonds--Dollard,
Portneuf,
Quebec,
Richmond--Arthabaska,
Riviere-du-Loup--Montmagny,
Rosemont--La Petite-Patrie,
Saint-Bruno--Saint Hubert,
Saint-Hyacinthe--Bagot,
Saint-Jean,
Saint-Lambert,
Saint-Leonard--Saint-Michel,
Shefford,
Sherbrooke,
Terrebonne--Blainville,
Trois-Rivieres,
Vercheres--Les Patriotes,
Bramalea--Gore--Malton,
Newmarket--Aurora,
Nickel Belt,
Richmond Hill,
Timmins--James Bay,
York West,
Nunavut
Brampton--Springdale,
Brampton West,
Mississauga--Brampton South,
Vaughan
Labrador,
Compton--Stanstead,
Gaspesie--Iles-de-la-Madeleine,
Riviere-des-Mille-Iles
Markham--Unionville
