Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership elections

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This page lists the results of leadership elections held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador . After the defeat of the party's first leader in the 1949 general election and until 1966 the party leadership was officially vacant and the House leader served as de facto party leader. [1]

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1949 leadership convention

(Held April 8, 1949)

Developments 1949-1966

Mews was defeated in the 1949 general election and resigned sometime afterward. John Gilbert Higgins was elected House leader and became the first post-Confederation Leader of the Opposition. Higgins retired at the 1951 general election, [2] and Peter Cashin was elected House leader afterwards. Cashin resigned on January 26, 1953, [3] and Malcolm Hollett was elected to succeed him. Hollett was defeated in the 1959 general election and James J. Greene was elected as his replacement. Greene resigned on January 14, 1966, and Noel Murphy was chosen acting leader. [4]

1966 leadership convention

(Held on April 30, 1966) [1]

(Note: the vote totals were not released)

Murphy was defeated in the 1966 general election and Gerry Ottenheimer was elected House leader.

1967 leadership convention

(Held on May 13, 1967) [5]

Ottenheimer resigned on November 11, 1969. Party President William Marshall was made interim leader and Anthony Joseph Murphy was chosen House leader.

1970 leadership convention

(Held on May 16, 1970) [6]

1979 leadership convention

(Held March 17, 1979) [7]

First Ballot:

Second Ballot (Maynard, Hickey, Trask, Prowse and Wyatt eliminated and Morgan withdrew):

Third Ballot (Carter eliminated.):

1989 leadership convention

(Held on March 11, 1989) [8]

First Ballot:

Second Ballot (Barrett eliminated):

Third Ballot (Hearn eliminated, Windsor withdrew):

1991 leadership convention

(Held October 19, 1991)

1995 leadership convention

(Held April 29, 1995)

Verge was defeated in the 1996 general election and Sullivan was appointed interim leader. [10] [11]

1998 leadership convention

(Held March 7, 1998)

2001 leadership convention

(Held April 7, 2001)

Williams resigned as premier and party leader on December 3, 2010. Kathy Dunderdale was chosen interim leader and premier. [14]

2011 leadership convention

(Held April 2, 2011)

Dunderdale became premier upon the resignation of Williams and after becoming the PC leader she led the party to victory in the October 2011 election. [16] [17] [18] Dunderdale was the first female premier in the province's history. [19] Dunderdale resigned as Premier on January 24, 2014. [20]

2014 leadership conventions

March 2014

(Held March 2014)

September 2014

(Held September 13, 2014)

  = Eliminated from next round
  = Winner
Delegate support by ballot
CandidateBallot 1Ballot 2Ballot 3
NameVotesVotes+/- (pp)Votes+/- (pp)
Paul Davis 253
37.0%		340
50.0%		+13.0%351
51.8%		+1.8%
John Ottenheimer 289
42.3%		339
49.9%		+7.6%326
48.1%		-1.7%
Steve Kent 141
20.7%		Endorsed Davis
Votes cast and net change by ballot
Total683680-3678-2

2018 leadership convention

For the first time in the party's history, the voting was conducted through a one-member, one-vote points system, which divided the province into forty districts worth a hundred points each. The points were allocated based on each candidates share of the popular vote. [22] [23] [24] 11,000 members joined the party during this leadership election, of which, just over 4,000 cast their ballots. St. John's lawyer Ches Crosbie won.

Point allocation by ballot
CandidateBallot 1
NamePoints
Ches Crosbie2,298.92
57.47%
Tony Wakeham1,701.08
42.53%
Total points4,000.00

2023 leadership convention

On March 27, 2021, Premier Andrew Furey was re-elected with a slim majority. [25] Ches Crosbie, the party's leader, lost his seat in Windsor Lake to Liberal candidate John Hogan. [26] A leadership election was called to replace Crosbie who resigned. [27] [28] The leadership convention was held on October 13 – 15, 2023 at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John’s. Candidate nominations opened May 17, 2023, and closed June 16, 2023. [29] More than 10,000 people signed up to support the PC party and were able to vote in this leadership race. Ultimately, 92 per cent of eligible voters participated. [30] On October 14, 2023, MHA Tony Wakeham was elected leader. [30]

(Voting Held October 4-14, 2023) [31]

  = Eliminated from next round
  = Winner
Point allocation by ballot
CandidateBallot 1Ballot 2
NameVotesVotes
Tony Wakeham 1,816
45.4%		2,091
52.0%
Eugene Manning 1,636
40.9%		1,909
48.0%
Lloyd Parrott 548
13.7%		Eliminated
Total Points4,000.004,000.00

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