- Ontario CCF/NDP leadership conventions
The Ontario New Democratic Party elects its leaders by secret ballot of the party members and/or their delegates at
leadership convention s, as did its predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section. The party leader can be challenged for the leadership at the party's biennial convention. TheOntario New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party inOntario ,Canada .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.)
Ontario CCF leadership challenge, 1946
*JOLLIFFE, Edward winner
*DUNCAN, LewisOntario CCF leadership convention, 1953
(Held on
November 21 ,1953 .)First ballot:
*YOUNG, Fred 154
*MACDONALD, Donald C. 127
*BREWIN, Andrew 75Second 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.)
Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1961
(Held on
October 8 ,1961 .)*MACDONALD, Donald C. acclaimed
Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1968
(Held on
November 17 ,1968 in Kitchener,Ontario .)*MACDONALD, Donald C. 859
*RENWICK, James 370Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1970
(Held on
October 4 ,1970 .)*LEWIS, Stephen 1188
*PITMAN, Walter 642
*CAMPBELL, Douglas 21Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1978
(Held on
February 5 ,1978 .)First ballot:
*CASSIDY, Michael 675
*DEANS, Ian 623
*BREAUGH, Michael 499Second ballot:
*CASSIDY, Michael 980
*DEANS, Ian 809Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1982
(Held on
February 7 ,1982 .)*RAE, Bob 1356
*JOHNSTON, Richard 512
*FOULDS, Jim 232Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1986
(Held on
June 22 ,1986 inHamilton, Ontario .)*RAE, Bob 776
*ORENSTEIN, Ian 38Ontario 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 232Second ballot:
*HAMPTON, Howard 806
*LANKIN, Frances 691
*KORMOS, Peter 402Third ballot:
*HAMPTON, Howard 971
*LANKIN, Frances 793(Note: There were eighty spoiled ballots on the final count, mostly from disgruntled supporters of Kormos.)
Ontario NDP leadership convention, 2009
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