Ontario Liberal Party leadership elections

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Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of results of leadership elections for the Ontario Liberal Party, a political party in Ontario, Canada.

Note: Before 1919, the leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party were chosen by its elected Members of the Legislative Assembly. There were calls for a more open process as early as 1907.

1919 leadership convention

(Held on June 26, 1919 at the Foresters' Hall, 22 College Street, Toronto.)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

First ballot:

Second ballot:

Charles Martin Bowman, MPP for Bruce North; W.T.R. Preston, editor of the Port Hope Evening Guide, Rev. W. G. Charlton of Aylmer, and A. J. Young of Toronto were nominated but declined. Frederick Forsyth Pardee, Member of Parliament for Lambton West was to be nominated but sent a message to the convention declining.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1922 leadership convention

(Held on March 3, 1922 at the Foresters' Hall, 22 College Street, Toronto.)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

1930 leadership convention

(Held on December 16–17, 1930 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

W.E.N. Sinclair and Sydney Tweed both withdrew from the race before balloting.

1943 leadership convention

Template:Main (Held on April 30, 1943 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)

There were 8 spoiled ballots. Premier Gordon Conant had also been a candidate but collapsed the morning of the leadership vote and withdrew.

1945 leadership election

(Held on April 2, 1945 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)

Harry Nixon resigned as Liberal leader on December 10, 1944 and nominated Hepburn to succeed him as parliamentary leader until a leadership convention could be held.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following the defeat of George Drew's Conservative government in a non-confidence motion, Hepburn was elected Acting Leader on April 2, 1945, at a joint meeting held at the King Edward Hotel of Ontario Liberal MPPs, federal Ontario Liberal MPs the party executive and other party officials in order to lead the party into the election. The move was to be affirmed by a party convention to be held on May 1, but this was cancelled due to the 1945 provincial election being underway.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hepburn was defeated in the 1945 provincial election, and Farquhar Oliver was chosen as the Ontario Liberal Party's parliamentary leader on July 4, 1945.

1947 leadership convention

(Held on May 16, 1947 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto)<ref>"Liberal Leadership Race Won By Oliver", Ottawa Citizen, May 17, 1947</ref><ref name=ol/>

(Note: Complete vote totals were not reported. Oliver received 492 of 661 votes cast)<ref name="ol">Template:Cite news</ref>

1950 leadership convention

(Held on November 10, 1950 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

First ballot:

Second ballot (Sullivan eliminated; Hicks, Cox and Hipel withdrew):

Third ballot (Calder eliminated):

1954 leadership convention

(Held on April 9, 1954 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1958 leadership convention

(Held on April 20, 1958 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

First ballot:

Wren eliminated and endorsed Wintermeyer; Whicher and Reaume withdrew and endorsed Wintermeyer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Second ballot:

Singer eliminated.

Third ballot:

1964 leadership convention

Template:Main (Held on September 19–20, 1964 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)

Delegate support by ballot
Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd ballot 4th ballot 5th ballot 6th ballot
Name Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast %
Andy Thompson 379 27.7 408 29.7 462 33.6 520 38.1 539 39.9 772 58.8
Charles Templeton 317 23.1 356 25.9 396 28.8 422 30.9 419 31.0 540 41.2
Robert Nixon 313 22.8 351 25.6 356 25.9 387 28.3 392 29.0
Joe Greene 236 17.2 211 15.4 149 10.9 37 2.7
Victor Copps 61 4.5 27 2.0 10 0.7
Eddie Sargent 51 3.7 20 1.5
Joseph Gould 13 0.9
Total 1,370 100.0 1,373 100.0 1,373 100.0 1,366 100.0 1,350 100.0 1,312 100.0

1967 leadership convention

(Held on January 6, 1967 at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

(Nixon was elected interim leader by the caucus on November 16, 1966 following the resignation of Andrew Thompson. Nixon had suggested that Charles Templeton may become permanent leader but members of his caucus spoke in opposition and Templeton decline to run. Nixon was acclaimed as permanent leader at the party's 1967 convention. He announced his resignation as party leader in 1972, but subsequently entered the race to succeed himself in 1973.)

1973 leadership convention

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(Held on October 28, 1973 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)

Delegate support by ballot
Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd ballot
Name Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast %
Robert Nixon 730 42.5 768 45.3 922 57.7
Norman Cafik 574 33.4 613 36.1 675 42.3
Donald Deacon 402 23.4 316 18.6 Endorsed Nixon
Michael Houlton 11 0.6 No endorsement
Total 1,717 100.0 1,697 100.0 1,597 100.0

1976 leadership convention

Template:Main (Held on January 24–25, 1976 at the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel, Toronto)

Delegate support by ballot
Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd ballot
Name Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast %
Stuart Smith 629 32.0 742 38.5 998 51.2
David Peterson 518 26.4 673 34.9 953 48.8
Albert Roy 469 23.9 513 26.6 No Endorsement
Mark MacGuigan 308 15.7 No Endorsement
Larry Condon 37 1.9 No Endorsement
Michael Houlton 4 0.2 No endorsement
Total 1,965 100.0 1,928 100.0 1,951 100.0

1982 leadership convention

Template:Main (Held on February 21, 1982 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto).

Template:Color box = Eliminated from next round
Template:Color box = Withdrew nomination
Template:Color box = Winner
Delegate support by ballot
Candidate 1st Ballot 2nd Ballot
Name Votes % Votes %
David Peterson 966 46.3 1136 55.2
Sheila Copps 636 30.5 774 37.6
Richard Thomas 234 11.2 148 7.2
Jim Breithaupt 130 6.2
John Sweeney 122 5.8
Votes cast by ballot
Total 2088 100.0 2058 100.0

1992 leadership convention

Template:Main (Held February 8–9, 1992 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton.)

Template:Color box = Eliminated from next round
Template:Color box = Withdrew nomination
Template:Color box = Winner
Delegate support by ballot
Candidate 1st Ballot 2nd Ballot 3rd Ballot 4th Ballot 5th Ballot Template:Ref label
Name Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Murray Elston 740 30.2 767 31.8 865 35.6 988 41.6 1153 49.8
Lyn McLeod 667 27.2 744 30.9 873 35.9 1049 44.1 1162 50.2
Greg Sorbara 345 14.1 380 15.8 402 16.6 341 14.3 Released delegates
Charles Beer 247 10.1 307 12.7 289 11.9 Released delegates
Steve Mahoney 236 9.6 213 8.8 Supported McLeod
David Ramsay 216 8.8 Released delegates
Votes cast by ballot
Total 2451 100.0 2411 100.0 2429 100.0 2378 100.0 2315 100.0
Template:Note labelThere were 21 spoiled ballots on the final count.

1996 leadership convention

Template:Main (Held November 30 – December 1, 1996 at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto) Template:Transcluded section Template:Trim

2013 leadership election

Template:Main (Held January 26, 2013 at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto)

Template:Color box = Eliminated from next round
Template:Color box = Withdrew nomination
Template:Color box = Winner
Delegate support by ballot
Candidate Committed<ref>Leadership Election Meeting Results 2013 Template:Webarchive. pantone201.ca</ref> Ballot 1 Ballot 2 Ballot 3
Name Votes Votes Votes +/- (pp) Votes +/- (pp)
File:Pupatello3.jpg Sandra Pupatello 509
27.4%		 599
28.7%		 817
39.4%		 +10.7 866
43.0%		 +5.8%
File:Kathleen Wynne.JPG Kathleen Wynne 468
25.2%		 597
28.6%		 750
36.2%		 +7.6 1,150
57.0%		 +20.8
File:Gerard kennedy.jpg Gerard Kennedy 260
14.0%		 281
13.5%		 285
13.7%		 +0.2 Endorsed Wynne
File:Takhar1.jpg Harinder Takhar 244
13.1%		 235
11.3%		 18
0.9%		 -10.4 Endorsed PupatelloTemplate:Ref label
File:Sousa1.jpg Charles Sousa 204
11.0%		 222
10.7%		 203
9.8%		 -0.9 Endorsed Wynne
File:Eric Hoskins.JPG Eric Hoskins 105
5.7%		 150
7.2%		 Endorsed Wynne
Independent 67
3.6%
File:GlenMurray1.jpg Glen Murray Endorsed Wynne
Votes cast and net change by ballot
Total 1,857 2,084 2,073 -11 2,016 -57
Template:Note labelTakhar endorsed Pupatello before the second ballot voting took place, but after the deadline to drop off the ballot.

2020 leadership election

Template:Main (Held March 6–7, 2020 at the International Centre, Mississauga) Template:Transcluded section Template:Trim

2023 leadership election

Template:Main (Results announced December 2, 2023 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre)

A leadership election was held December 2, 2023 due to the June 2, 2022 resignation of Steven Del Duca as party leader following his party's poor result in the 2022 Ontario general election.

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Results by round
Candidate 1st round 2nd round 3rd round
Votes cast % Points allocated % Votes cast % Points allocated % Votes cast % Points allocated %
File:Bonnie Crombie at 2017 AMO Conference (36541302906) (cropped3).jpg Bonnie Crombie 5,559 42.96% 6,047 46.73% 6,911 53.40%
File:Nateclimateannouncement (cropped).jpg Nathaniel Erskine-Smith 3,320 25.66% 3,792 29.30% 6,029 46.59%
File:YNaqvi headshot (cropped).jpg Yasir Naqvi 2,760 21.33% 3,101 23.96% Eliminated
File:Ted Hsu Headshot (cropped).jpg Ted Hsu 1,300 10.05% Eliminated
Total 100% 12,939 100% 100% 12,940 100% 100% 12,940 100%

According to the party, 22,827 party members cast ballots<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> out of a total membership of over 100,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Next leadership election

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A leadership election will be held due to her pending resignation of Bonnie Crombie as party leader, following her poor result in a leadership review vote.

References

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