Manitoba Liberal Party leadership elections

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 by 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 results

(Held on March 28, 1906.)

• BROWN, Edward acclaimed

1910 leadership convention results

(Held April 5, 1910.)

• NORRIS, Tobias C. acclaimed

1927 leadership convention results

(Held on March 20, 1927.)

• ROBSON, Hugh winner on first ballot, vote totals not announced
• HAMILTON, Fred C.
• MYLES, A.W.

1931 leadership convention results

(Held on June 26, 1931.)

• MACKAY, Murdoch winner, vote totals not announced
• HAMILTON, Fred C.

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 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 coalition, defeating Progressive Conservative leader Errick Willis.

1961 leadership convention results

(Held on April 20, 1961.)

• MOLGAT, Gildas 475
• ROBERTS, Stan 279
• JOBIN, Francis Bud 79
• HENDERSON, Lloyd 27

1969 leadership convention results

(Held on May 10, 1969.)

• BEND, Robert 877
• EDMONDS, Duncan 483
• WOLFE, Bernie 142
• HENDERSON, Lloyd 16
• MOLGAT, Gildas 3 (these ballots were spoiled; Molgat was not a candidate)

1970 leadership convention results

(Held on October 31, 1970.)

• ASPER, Israel 720
• NESBITT, John 329

1975 leadership convention results

(Held on February 22, 1975.)

• HUBAND, Charles 381
• HENDERSON, Lloyd 87

1980 leadership convention results

(Held on November 30, 1980.)

• LAUCHLAN, Doug 493
• MORAN, Hugh 300

Bill Jackson was originally a candidate, but dropped out in October 1980. He had been considered a frontrunner.^[1]

1984 leadership convention results

(Held on, March 4, 1984.)

• CARSTAIRS, Sharon 307
• RIDGEWAY, Bill 238
• DE JARDIN, Alan 21
• ZARETSKI, Stephen 11

1993 leadership election results

(Held on June 5, 1993.)

• EDWARDS, Paul 1087
• LAMOUREUX, Kevin 851

1996 leadership election results

(Held on October 16, 1996.)

• HASSELFIELD, Ginny 958
• LAMOUREUX, Kevin 937

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

1998 leadership election results

(Held on October 17, 1998.)

• GERRARD, Jon 1336
• FONTAINE, Jerry 832

See also

• leadership convention
• Manitoba Liberal Party

Footnotes

1. ^ "Jackson quits Liberal race for leadership", Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1980.