Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership elections
The first Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's leadership convention was held in 1927, when the party was called the Conservative Party. Prior to then the party's leader was chosen by caucus. The only permanent leader not to be chosen by a leadership convention was Arthur Meighen who agreed to serve as leader on condition that he would not have to contest the position. Since the party was desperate for a leader of Meighen's stature, it agreed. The party became the Progressive Conservative party in 1942.
All leadership conventions were delegated except for in 1988 when a leadership election was held using a modified one member one vote (OMOV) process in which each riding was allocated 100 points to be distributed by proportional representation according to votes cast by all party members in that riding. 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.
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 1564
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 1554
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 1565
Second Ballot
MANION, Robert James 830
MACPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander 648
HARRIS, Joseph Henry 49
MASSEY, Denton 39
Total ballots cast 1566
1942 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 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 1242
1956 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 1284
1967 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 2231
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 2212
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 2192
Fourth Ballot
STANFIELD, Robert Lorne 865
ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) 771
FULTON, Edmund Davie 357
HAMILTON, Francis Alvin George 167
Total ballots cast 2160
Fifth Ballot
STANFIELD, Robert Lorne 1150
ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) 969
Total ballots cast 2119
1976 Conservative Leadership Convention
Held in Ottawa, Ontario on February 22, 1976.
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 2360
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 2337
Third Ballot
WAGNER, Claude 1003
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 969
MULRONEY, Martin Brian 369
Total ballots cast 2341
Fourth Ballot
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1187
WAGNER, Claude 1122
Total ballots cast 2309
1983 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention
Held in Ottawa, Ontario on June 11, 1983.
First Ballot
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1091
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 2988
Second Ballot
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1085
MULRONEY, Martin Brian 1021
CROSBIE, John Carnell 781
CROMBIE, David Edward 67
Total ballots cast 2954
Third Ballot
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1058
MULRONEY, Martin Brian 1036
CROSBIE, John Carnell 858
Total ballots cast 2952
Fourth Ballot
MULRONEY, Martin Brian 1584
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 1325
Total ballots cast 2909
1993 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention
Held in Ottawa, Ontario on June 13, 1993.
First Ballot
CAMPBELL, A. Kim 1664
CHAREST, Jean J. 1369
EDWARDS, James (Jim) Stewart 307
TURNER, Garth 76
BOYER, Patrick 53
Total ballots cast 3469
Second Ballot
CAMPBELL, A. Kim 1817
CHAREST, Jean J. 1630
Total ballots cast 3447
1995 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention
Held in Hull, Quebec on April 29, 1995.
Vote to ratify Jean Charest as leader:
Yes 1187
No 49
Total ballots cast 1236
1998 Progressive Conservative Leadership Election
Held on October 24 and November 14, 1998.
First Ballot
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 14592 (48.48%)
SEGAL, Hugh 5689 (18.90%)
ORCHARD, David 4916 (16.33%)
PALLISTER, Brian 3676 (12.21%)
FORTIER, Michael 1227 (4.08%)
Total ballots cast 30100
Second Ballot
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) 23321 (77.48%)
ORCHARD, David 6779 (22.52%)
Total ballots cast 30100
2003 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention
Held in Toronto, Ontario on May 31, 2003.
First Ballot
MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1080 (41.08%)
ORCHARD, David 640 (24.34%)
PRENTICE, Jim 478 (18.18%)
BRISON, Scott 431 (16.39%)
CHANDLER, Craig 0 (0%)*
Total ballots cast 2629
After the deadline to withdraw from the first ballot but before voting began Chandler asked his supporters to vote for Prentice.
Second Ballot
MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1018 (39.67%)
ORCHARD, David 619 (24.12%)
PRENTICE, Jim 466 (18.16%)
BRISON, Scott 463 (18.04%)
Total ballots cast 2566
Third Ballot
MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1128 (45.01%)
PRENTICE, Jim 761 (30.37%)
ORCHARD, David 617 (24.62%)
Total ballots cast 2506
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-US Free Trade Agreement.
Fourth Ballot
MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1538 (64.79%)
PRENTICE, Jim 836 (35.21%)
Total ballots cast 2374
Source: Parliament of Canada website