Manitoba Liberal Party leadership elections

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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.

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Manitoba Liberal Party centrist political party in Manitoba, Canada

The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.

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The party's first leader, Thomas Greenway, does not appear to have faced any formal opposition when he created the party in 1882/1883.

Thomas Greenway Canadian politician

Thomas Greenway was a Canadian politician, merchant and farmer. He served as the seventh Premier of Manitoba from 1888 to 1900. A Liberal, his ministry formally ended Manitoba's non-partisan government, although a de facto two-party system had existed for some years.

1906 leadership convention

(Held on March 28, 1906.)

1910 leadership convention

(Held April 5, 1910.)

1927 leadership convention

(Held on March 20, 1927.)

Hugh Amos Robson was a politician and judge in Manitoba. He briefly served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party in the 1920s.

1931 leadership convention

(Held on June 26, 1931.)

Murdoch Mackay was a Manitoba politician. He led the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1931 to 1932, and brought the party into an alliance with John Bracken's Progressives.

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.

John Bracken Canadian politician

John Bracken, was an agronomist, the 11th and longest-serving Premier of Manitoba (1922–1943) and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–1948).

The Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM), an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I. A successor to the Manitoba Grain Growers' Association, the UFM represented the interests of farmers frustrated with traditional political parties.

Stuart Garson Canadian politician

Stuart Sinclair Garson, was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Premier of Manitoba from 1943 to 1948, and later became a Federal cabinet minister.

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.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada and the only right-leaning party in the province. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 provincial election.

Errick French Willis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the province's Conservative Party between 1936 and 1954, and was responsible for beginning and ending the party's alliance with the Liberal-Progressive Party. He also served as Manitoba's 15th Lieutenant Governor between 1960 and 1965.

1961 leadership convention

(Held on April 20, 1961.)

1969 leadership convention

(Held on May 10, 1969.)

1970 leadership convention

(Held on October 31, 1970.)

1975 leadership convention

(Held on February 22, 1975.)

1980 leadership convention

(Held on November 30, 1980.)

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

1984 leadership convention

(Held on, March 4, 1984.)

1993 leadership election

(Held on June 5, 1993.)

1996 leadership election

(Held on October 16, 1996.)

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

1998 leadership election

(Held on October 17, 1998.)

2013 leadership election

(Held on October 26, 2013) [2]

2017 leadership election

(To be held October 21, 2017, in Winnipeg)

First ballot

Gerrard eliminated, endorses Lamoureux

Second ballot

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Jackson quits Liberal race for leadership", Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1980.
  2. ↑ Kusch, Larry. "New Manitoba Liberal leader Bokhari looks to get party in 'fighting form'". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
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