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This Party Currently Has Members Sitting In Parliament
Date Founded
(yyyy.mm.dd)
:
1942
Last Official Leader:
MacKay, Peter Gordon
Currently Sitting Senators:
2
Currently Sitting MPs:
0
Notes:
Changes from "Conservative Party" to "Progressive Conservative Party" in December 1942 under John Bracken's leadership.
Leadership Conventions
^
May 31, 2003 (Toronto, Ontario)
Ballot No. 4
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
MacKay, Peter Gordon
1538
64.79 %
Prentice, Jim
836
35.21 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2374
Ballot No. 3
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
MacKay, Peter Gordon
1128
45.01 %
Prentice, Jim
761
30.37 %
ORCHARD, David
617
24.62 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2506
Ballot No. 2
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
MacKay, Peter Gordon
1018
39.67 %
ORCHARD, David
619
24.12 %
Prentice, Jim
466
18.16 %
Brison, Scott
463
18.04 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2566
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
MacKay, Peter Gordon
1080
41.08 %
ORCHARD, David
640
24.34 %
Prentice, Jim
478
18.18 %
Brison, Scott
431
16.39 %
CHANDLER, Craig
0
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2629
^
November 14, 1998 (Ottawa, Canada)
Ballot No. 2
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Clark, Charles Joseph
23321
77.48 %
ORCHARD, David
6779
22.52 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
30100
^
October 24, 1998 (Ottawa, Canada)
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Clark, Charles Joseph
14592
48.48 %
Segal, Hugh
5689
18.90 %
ORCHARD, David
4916
16.33 %
PALLISTER, Brian
3676
12.21 %
Fortier, Michael
1227
4.08 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
30100
^
June 13, 1993 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Ballot No. 2
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Campbell, A. Kim
1817
52.71 %
Charest, Jean J.
1630
47.29 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
3447
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Campbell, A. Kim
1664
47.97 %
Charest, Jean J.
1369
39.46 %
Edwards, James (Jim) Stewart
307
8.85 %
Turner, Garth
76
2.19 %
Boyer, Patrick
53
1.53 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
3469
^
June 11, 1983 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Ballot No. 4
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Mulroney, Martin Brian
1584
54.45 %
Clark, Charles Joseph
1325
45.55 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2909
Ballot No. 3
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Clark, Charles Joseph
1058
35.84 %
Mulroney, Martin Brian
1036
35.09 %
Crosbie, John Carnell
858
29.07 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2952
Ballot No. 2
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Clark, Charles Joseph
1085
36.73 %
Mulroney, Martin Brian
1021
34.56 %
Crosbie, John Carnell
781
26.44 %
Crombie, David Edward
67
2.27 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2954
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Clark, Charles Joseph
1091
36.51 %
Mulroney, Martin Brian
874
29.25 %
Crosbie, John Carnell
639
21.39 %
Wilson, Michael Holcombe
144
4.82 %
Crombie, David Edward
116
3.88 %
Pocklington, Peter
102
3.41 %
Gamble, John Albert
17
0.57 %
Fraser, Neil
5
0.17 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2988
^
February 22, 1976 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Ballot No. 4
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Clark, Charles Joseph
1187
51.41 %
Wagner, Claude
1122
48.59 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2309
Ballot No. 3
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Wagner, Claude
1003
42.84 %
Clark, Charles Joseph
969
41.39 %
Mulroney, Martin Brian
369
15.76 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2341
Ballot No. 2
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Wagner, Claude
667
28.54 %
Clark, Charles Joseph
532
22.76 %
Mulroney, Martin Brian
419
17.93 %
Horner, John (Jack) Henry
286
12.24 %
MacDonald, Flora Isabel
239
10.23 %
Hellyer, Paul Theodore
118
5.05 %
Nowlan, John Patrick (Pat)
42
1.80 %
Fraser, John
34
1.45 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2337
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Wagner, Claude
531
22.50 %
Mulroney, Martin Brian
357
15.13 %
Clark, Charles Joseph
277
11.74 %
Horner, John (Jack) Henry
235
9.96 %
Hellyer, Paul Theodore
231
9.79 %
MacDonald, Flora Isabel
214
9.07 %
Stevens, Sinclair McKnight
182
7.71 %
Fraser, John
127
5.38 %
Gillies, James McPhail
87
3.69 %
Nowlan, John Patrick (Pat)
86
3.64 %
Grafftey, William Heward
33
1.40 %
QUITTENTON, Richard C.
Withdrew just before the first ballot.
0
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2360
^
September 9, 1967 (Toronto, Ontario)
Ballot No. 5
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Stanfield, Robert Lorne
1150
54.27 %
Roblin, Dufferin (Duff)
969
45.73 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2119
Ballot No. 4
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Stanfield, Robert Lorne
865
40.05 %
Roblin, Dufferin (Duff)
771
35.69 %
Fulton, Edmund Davie
357
16.53 %
Hamilton, Francis Alvin George
167
7.73 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2160
Ballot No. 3
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Stanfield, Robert Lorne
717
32.71 %
Roblin, Dufferin (Duff)
541
24.68 %
Fulton, Edmund Davie
361
16.47 %
Hees, George Harris
277
12.64 %
Diefenbaker, John George
114
5.20 %
Hamilton, Francis Alvin George
106
4.84 %
Fleming, Donald Methuen
76
3.47 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2192
Ballot No. 2
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Stanfield, Robert Lorne
613
27.71 %
Roblin, Dufferin (Duff)
430
19.44 %
Fulton, Edmund Davie
346
15.64 %
Hees, George Harris
299
13.52 %
Diefenbaker, John George
172
7.78 %
Hamilton, Francis Alvin George
127
5.74 %
Fleming, Donald Methuen
115
5.20 %
McCutcheon, Malcolm Wallace
76
3.44 %
Starr, Michael
34
1.54 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2212
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Stanfield, Robert Lorne
519
23.26 %
Roblin, Dufferin (Duff)
347
15.55 %
Fulton, Edmund Davie
343
15.37 %
Hees, George Harris
295
13.22 %
Diefenbaker, John George
271
12.15 %
McCutcheon, Malcolm Wallace
137
6.14 %
Hamilton, Francis Alvin George
136
6.10 %
Fleming, Donald Methuen
126
5.65 %
Starr, Michael
45
2.02 %
MacLEAN, John
10
0.45 %
WALKER-SAWKA, Mary
2
0.09 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
2231
^
December 14, 1956 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Diefenbaker, John George
774
60.28 %
Fleming, Donald Methuen
393
30.61 %
Fulton, Edmund Davie
117
9.11 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
1284
^
October 2, 1948 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Drew, George Alexander
827
66.59 %
Diefenbaker, John George
311
25.04 %
Fleming, Donald Methuen
104
8.37 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
1242
^
December 11, 1942 (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Ballot No. 2
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Bracken, John
538
61.70 %
MacPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander
255
29.24 %
Diefenbaker, John George
79
9.06 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
872
Ballot No. 1
Name
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Bracken, John
420
48.28 %
MacPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander
222
25.52 %
Diefenbaker, John George
120
13.79 %
Green, Howard Charles
88
10.11 %
Stevens, Henry Herbert
20
2.30 %
Spoiled Ballots
0
TOTAL
870
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