Ontario CCF/NDP leadership conventions

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The Ontario New Democratic Party elects its leaders by secret ballot of the party members at leadership conventions, as did its predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section. The party leader can be challenged for the leadership at the party's annual convention. The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada.

Contents 1 Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1942 2 Ontario CCF leadership challenge, 1946 3 Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1953 4 Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1961 5 Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1968 6 Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1970 7 Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1978 8 Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1982 9 Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1986 10 Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1996

[edit] Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1942

(Held on April 3, 1942.)

• JOLLIFFE, Edward winner
• COTTERILL, Murray

(Note: The vote totals do not appear to have been announced.)

[edit] Ontario CCF leadership challenge, 1946

• JOLLIFFE, Edward winner
• DUNCAN, Lewis

[edit] Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1953

(Held on November 21, 1953.)

First ballot:

• YOUNG, Fred 154
• MACDONALD, Donald C. 127
• BREWIN, Andrew 75

Second ballot:

• MACDONALD, Donald C. 181
• YOUNG, Fred 175

(Note: These totals are taken from an interview with Donald C. MacDonald several years after the convention. They do not appear to have been announced at the convention itself.)

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1961

(Held on October 8, 1961.)

• MACDONALD, Donald C. acclaimed

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1968

(Held on November 17, 1968 in Kitchener, Ontario.)

• MACDONALD, Donald C. 859
• RENWICK, James 370

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1970

(Held on October 4, 1970.)

• LEWIS, Stephen 1188
• PITMAN, Walter 642
• CAMPBELL, Douglas 21

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1978

(Held on February 5, 1978.)

First ballot:

• CASSIDY, Michael 675
• DEANS, Ian 623
• BREAUGH, Michael 499

Second ballot:

• CASSIDY, Michael 980
• DEANS, Ian 809

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1982

(Held on February 7, 1982.)

• RAE, Bob 1356
• JOHNSTON, Richard 512
• FOULDS, Jim 232

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1986

(Held on June 22, 1986 in Hamilton, Ontario.)

• RAE, Bob 776
• ORENSTEIN, Ian 38

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1996

(Held on June 22, 1996 in Hamilton, Ontario.)

First ballot:

• HAMPTON, Howard 649
• LANKIN, Frances 611
• KORMOS, Peter 434
• SILIPO, Tony 232

Second ballot:

• HAMPTON, Howard 806
• LANKIN, Frances 691
• KORMOS, Peter 402

Third ballot:

• HAMPTON, Howard 971
• LANKIN, Frances 793

(Note: There were eighty spoiled ballots on the final count, mostly from disgruntled supporters of Kormos.)