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The '''Manitoba Liberal Party''', a political party in the Canadian province of [[Manitoba]], has chosen most of its leaders by delegated '''leadership conventions'''. Since 1993, the [[Manitoba Liberal Party]] has chosen its leaders by an open vote of party members, [[Weighted voting|weighted]] by [[List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts|riding]].

The party's first leader, [[Thomas Greenway]], does not appear to have faced any formal opposition when he created the party in 1882/1883.

==1906 leadership convention==

(Held on March 28, 1906.)

*'''[[Edward Brown (Manitoba politician)|Edward Brown]]''', acclaimed

==1910 leadership convention ==

(Held April 5, 1910.)

*'''[[Tobias Norris]]''', acclaimed

==1927 leadership convention ==

(Held on March 20, 1927.)

*'''[[Hugh Robson (politician)|Hugh Robson]]''' winner on first ballot, vote totals not announced
*Fred C. Hamilton
*[[A.W. Myles]]

==1931 leadership convention ==

(Held on June 26, 1931.)

*'''[[Murdoch Mackay]]''' winner, vote totals not announced
*Fred C. Hamilton

==Liberal-Progressive Party period==

No leadership conventions were held during the existence of the Liberal-Progressive Party (1932–1961). [[John Bracken]] was leader of the [[Progressive Party of Manitoba]] when the Liberal-Progressive coalition was formed in 1932, and was subsequently recognized as the leader of the merged party. [[Stuart Garson]] was the unanimous choice of coalition [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Members of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLAs) to replace Bracken, in a vote held on December 22, 1942.

In 1948, [[Douglas L. Campbell]] was selected as Premier by a vote among MLAs in the governing Liberal-Progressive/[[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] coalition, defeating Progressive Conservative leader [[Errick Willis]].

==1961 leadership convention ==

(Held on April 20, 1961.)

*'''[[Gildas Molgat]]''' 475
*[[Stan Roberts]] 279
*[[Francis Bud Jobin]] 79
*[[Lloyd Henderson]] 27

==1969 leadership convention ==

(Held on May 10, 1969.)

*'''[[Robert Bend]]''' 877
*[[Duncan Edmonds]] 483
*Bernie Wolfe 142
*[[Lloyd Henderson]] 16
*[[Gildas Molgat]] 3 (these ballots were spoiled; Molgat was not a candidate)

==1970 leadership convention ==

(Held on October 31, 1970.)

*'''[[Israel Asper]]''' 720
*[[John Nesbitt (Manitoba politician)|John Nesbitt]] 329

==1975 leadership convention ==

(Held on February 22, 1975.)

*'''[[Charles Huband]]''' 381
*[[Lloyd Henderson]] 87

==1980 leadership convention ==

(Held on November 30, 1980.)

*'''[[Doug Lauchlan]]''' 493
*Hugh Moran 300

[[Bill Jackson (Canadian labour leader)|Bill Jackson]] was originally a candidate, but dropped out in October 1980. He had been considered a frontrunner.<ref>"Jackson quits Liberal race for leadership", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 29 October 1980.</ref>

==1984 leadership convention ==

(Held on, March 4, 1984.)

*'''[[Sharon Carstairs]]''' 307
*Bill Ridgeway 238
*[[Alan de Jardin]] 21
*[[Stephen Zaretski]] 11

==1993 leadership election ==

(Held on June 5, 1993.)

*'''[[Paul Edwards (politician)|Paul Edwards]]''' 1,087
*[[Kevin Lamoureux]] 851

==1996 leadership election ==

(Held on October 16, 1996.)

*'''[[Ginny Hasselfield]]''' 958
*[[Kevin Lamoureux]] 937

Had the results not been weighted by constituency, Lamoureux would have defeated Hasselfield by 1,019 votes to 997.

==1998 leadership election ==

(Held on October 17, 1998.)

*'''[[Jon Gerrard]]''' 1,336
*[[Jerry Fontaine]] 832

==2013 leadership election==
(Held on October 26, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|last=Kusch|first=Larry|title=New Manitoba Liberal leader Bokhari looks to get party in 'fighting form'|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Provincial-Liberals-voting-today-for-new-leader-229386281.html|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=27 October 2013}}</ref>

*'''[[Rana Bokhari]]''' 431
*[[Dougald Lamont]] 285
*[[Bob Axworthy]] 131

==2017 leadership election==
{{main|Manitoba Liberal Party leadership election, 2017}}(Held on October 21, 2017)
===First ballot===
*[[Cindy Lamoureux]] 363
*[[Dougald Lamont]] 301
*[[Jon Gerrard]] 230
''Gerrard eliminated, endorses Lamoureux''

===Second ballot===
*'''[[Dougald Lamont]] 296'''
*[[Cindy Lamoureux]] 288

==2025 leadership election==
The 2025 leadership election was scheduled to be held on October 25. However, [[Willard Reaves]] was the only candidate who met the requirements of running for leader. He was declared leader on September 29.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Blue Bomber Willard Reaves named new leader of Manitoba Liberal Party |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/willard-reaves-manitoba-liberal-party-leader-1.7646408 |website=[[CBC News]] |access-date=30 September 2025 |date=29 September 2025}}</ref>

===Acclaimed===
*[[Willard Reaves]], former football player and MLP deputy leader (2023–2024)<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/willard-reaves-manitoba-liberal-pary-1.7627519</ref><ref>https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/09/07/former-winnipeg-blue-bomber-willard-reaves-manitoba-liberal/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Leadership convention]]
*[[Manitoba Liberal Party]]

==Footnotes==
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