Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, 1920

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Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, 1920
Date December 2, 1920
Convention Masonic Hall, Toronto [1]
Resigning leader Sir William Hearst
Won by George Howard Ferguson
Ballots 1
Candidates 3

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References

  1. "FIVE NAMES LIKELY TO GO BEFORE TORY CONVENTION IN BATTLE FOR LEADERSHIP: Ferguson, Nickle, Beck, Henry and Ross Most Prominently Mentioned to Conduct Ontario Con servatives Out of Wilderness-- Provincial Gathering Opens To-day HOPE TO DISCOVER A WINNING POLICY". The Globe. 1 December 1920.

B. M. Greene, ed. (1925). "Ferguson, Hon. George Howard, K.C., B.A., LL.B., M.P.P.". Who's Who in Canada (1925-1926 ed.). Toronto: International Press Ltd. p. 107.