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| Date | November 3, 2001 |
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| Convention | election conducted by postal ballot |
| Resigning leader | Frank de Jong |
| Won by | Frank de Jong |
| Ballots | 1 |
| Candidates | 2 |
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De Jong, who had led the GPO since 1993, received 271 votes and defeated Greenwood-Speers. [1]
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