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 Association s was allocated 100 points, which were allocated among candidates in proportion to the votes that he or she received. This system was selected as a condition of the merger, to prevent the far larger Canadian Alliance membership base from overwhelming that of the Progressive Conservatives.
Members voted using
Preferential Ballots . If no candidate won a majority of votes on the first ballot, the ballots supporting 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,
Vancouver 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
