Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2004
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The 2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election took place on March 20, 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, and resulted in the election of Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

 as the first leader of the new Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

. The Conservative Party was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...

 and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

.

Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

, the former leader of the Canadian Alliance, was elected on the first (and only) ballot. Tony Clement
Tony Clement
Tony Peter Clement, PC, MP is a Canadian federal politician, President of the Treasury Board, Minister for the Federal Economic Initiative for Northern Ontario and member of the Conservative Party of Canada....

, a former Ontario Progressive Conservative health minister, and Belinda Stronach
Belinda Stronach
Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals...

, the former Chief Executive Officer of Magna International
Magna International
Magna International Inc. , is an automotive supplier headquartered in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's largest automobile parts manufacturer, and one of the country's largest companies. It owns the Magna Steyr automobile production company of Austria....

, were the other candidates on the ballot.

The leader was selected by a system in which each of the party's riding association
Riding association
In Canadian politics a riding association , officially called an electoral district association is the basic unit of a political party, that is it is the party's organization at the level of the electoral district, or "riding"...

s was allocated 100 points, which were allocated among candidates in proportion to the votes that he or she received. This system was selected as a condition of the merger, to prevent the far larger Canadian Alliance membership base from overwhelming that of the Progressive Conservatives.

Members voted using preferential ballots
Preferential voting
Preferential voting is a type of ballot structure used in several electoral systems in which voters rank candidates in order of relative preference. For example, the voter may select their first choice as '1', their second preference a '2', and so on...

. If no candidate won a majority of votes on the first ballot, the ballots supporting the candidate with the smallest number of votes would be re-distributed according to the voters' second preferences. Subsequent ballots were not needed, however, because Stephen Harper won on the first ballot.

See also: Leadership convention
Leadership convention
In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader.- Overview :...

.

Announced they would not run

  • Scott Brison
    Scott Brison
    Scott A. Brison, PC, MP is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. Brison has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Kings-Hants since the 1997 federal election. Brison was originally elected as a Progressive Conservative but crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party in 2003...

     - Progressive Conservative
    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
    The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

     Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     (has since defected to the Liberals
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

    )
  • Mike Harris
    Mike Harris
    Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...

     - former Premier
    Premier (Canada)
    In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers in Canada....

     of Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

  • Ralph Klein - Premier of Alberta
    Alberta
    Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

  • Bernard Lord
    Bernard Lord
    Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

     - Premier of New Brunswick
    New Brunswick
    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

  • Peter MacKay
    Peter MacKay
    Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada....

     - former Progressive Conservative Party
    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
    The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

     Leader
  • Brian Pallister
    Brian Pallister
    Brian William Pallister is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Portage—Lisgar in the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2008. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1992 to 1997, and was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Gary Filmon...

     - Canadian Alliance
    Canadian Alliance
    The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...

     Member of Parliament
  • Jim Prentice
    Jim Prentice
    James "Jim" Prentice, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer, and politician. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada...

     - Progressive Conservative
    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
    The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

     2003 leadership race
    Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 2003
    The 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held on May 31, 2003 to elect a leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Peter MacKay was elected as leader to replace former Prime Minister Joe Clark who had retired as party leader. In the end, five candidates emerged as...

     runner up
  • Bob Runciman
    Bob Runciman
    Robert William "Bob" Runciman is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years...

     - former Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

     public security minister
  • Larry Smith - Publisher of the Montreal Gazette
  • Chuck Strahl
    Chuck Strahl
    Charles Strahl, PC, MP was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He was a Member of Parliament in the governing Conservative Party of Canada.-Before politics:...

     - Canadian Alliance
    Canadian Alliance
    The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...

     Member of Parliament

Results

First Ballot
Candidate Votes cast Points allocated
HARPER, Stephen Joseph
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

67,143 68.9% 17,296 56.2%
STRONACH, Belinda
Belinda Stronach
Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals...

22,286 22.9% 10,613 34.5%
CLEMENT, Anthony (Tony) Peter
Tony Clement
Tony Peter Clement, PC, MP is a Canadian federal politician, President of the Treasury Board, Minister for the Federal Economic Initiative for Northern Ontario and member of the Conservative Party of Canada....

7,968 8.2% 2,887 9.4%
Total 97,397 100% 30,796 9.4%

Points needed to win: 15,401
Each of 308 ridings had 100 points which were distributed by proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

 according to votes cast by party members in the riding.

Total expenses

  • Belinda Stronach
    Belinda Stronach
    Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals...

     $ 2,496,482
  • Stephen Harper
    Stephen Harper
    Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

     $ 2,073,084
  • Tony Clement
    Tony Clement
    Tony Peter Clement, PC, MP is a Canadian federal politician, President of the Treasury Board, Minister for the Federal Economic Initiative for Northern Ontario and member of the Conservative Party of Canada....

     $ 826,807

December 2003

  • December 5 - The Canadian Alliance votes with a 96% majority in favour of merging with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
  • December 6 - The Progressive Conservative Party votes, with 90% of delegates in favour of merging with the Canadian Alliance
    Canadian Alliance
    The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...

    .
  • December 8 - The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered with Elections Canada
    Elections Canada
    Elections Canada is an independent, non-partisan agency reporting directly to the Parliament of Canada. Its ongoing responsibility is to ensure that Canadians can exercise their choices in federal elections and referenda through an open and impartial process...

    . The party's first interim leader
    Interim leader
    An interim leader, in Canadian politics, is a party leader appointed by the party's legislative caucus or the party's executive to temporarily act as leader when a gap occurs between the resignation or death of a party leader and the election of a formal successor...

     is Senator
    Canadian Senate
    The Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...

     John Lynch-Staunton
    John Lynch-Staunton
    John George Lynch-Staunton is a former Canadian senator and was the first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec.-Personal background:...

    , with a formal leadership race scheduled for March 2004.
  • December 10 - Scott Brison
    Scott Brison
    Scott A. Brison, PC, MP is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. Brison has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Kings-Hants since the 1997 federal election. Brison was originally elected as a Progressive Conservative but crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party in 2003...

    , Progressive Conservative MP, crosses the floor, and sits with the Liberal Party of Canada
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

    . Brison is the fourth PC MP, out of an original caucus of 15, to decide not to sit with the new Conservative Party of Canada
    Conservative Party of Canada
    The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

    .
  • December 30 - Bernard Lord
    Bernard Lord
    Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

    , Premier
    Premier
    Premier is a title for the head of government in some countries and states.-Examples by country:In many nations, "premier" is used interchangeably with "prime minister"...

     of New Brunswick
    New Brunswick
    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

    , reconfirms that he will not seek the leadership of the Conservative Party. He had been considered a potential frontrunner.

January 2004

  • January 12 - Stephen Harper
    Stephen Harper
    Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

     announces his entry into the race to lead the new Conservative Party of Canada
    Conservative Party of Canada
    The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

    . Earlier today, Jim Prentice
    Jim Prentice
    James "Jim" Prentice, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer, and politician. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada...

     drops out of the leadership contest, citing a lack of funds.
  • January 13 - Peter MacKay
    Peter MacKay
    Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada....

     declares he will not enter the race to lead the new Conservative Party of Canada
    Conservative Party of Canada
    The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

    .
  • January 15 - Auto parts magnate Belinda Stronach
    Belinda Stronach
    Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals...

     and former Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

     Health Minister Tony Clement
    Tony Clement
    Tony Peter Clement, PC, MP is a Canadian federal politician, President of the Treasury Board, Minister for the Federal Economic Initiative for Northern Ontario and member of the Conservative Party of Canada....

     both announce their intention to run for leadership of the Conservative Party
    Conservative Party of Canada
    The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

    .
  • January 16 - Fraser Valley MP Chuck Strahl
    Chuck Strahl
    Charles Strahl, PC, MP was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He was a Member of Parliament in the governing Conservative Party of Canada.-Before politics:...

     announces he will not seek the Conservative leadership, citing financial barriers.
  • January 20 - Belinda Stronach
    Belinda Stronach
    Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals...

     formally announces the launch of her campaign to seek the Conservative leadership. She rounds out the field at three; no other serious contenders are now seen as planning an entry.

March 2004

  • March 19 - The leadership convention
    Leadership convention
    In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader.- Overview :...

     opens in Toronto; the candidates give opening speeches.
  • March 20 - Stephen Harper wins on the first ballot with 56% of points, under the party's weighted voting system.
  • March 22 - Harper names former PC leader Peter MacKay
    Peter MacKay
    Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada....

     the deputy leader of the Conservative party.

Breakdown by province

Points allocated by candidate (rounded)
Province Clement Harper Stronach Total
Newfoundland 102 231 369 702
Prince Edward Island 41 85 272 398
Nova Scotia 110 409 582 1,101
New Brunswick 51 461 492 1,004
Quebec 452 2,506 4,538 7,496
Ontario 1,672 6,035 2,891 10,598
Manitoba 72 1,029 299 1,400
Saskatchewan 51 1,141 208 1,400
Alberta 81 2,380 346 2,807
British Columbia 230 2,878 492 3,600
Yukon 6 62 32 100
Northwest Territories 9 53 39 101
Nunavut 17 28 56 101
Total 2,894 17,298 10,616 30,808

Newfoundland

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Avalon 27 22 51
Bonavista—Exploits 12 36 53
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie
Verte
3 45 52
Labrador 0 50 50
Random—Burin—St.
George's
13 31 56
St. John's North 30 26 45
St. John's South 17 21 62

Prince Edward Island

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Cardigan 11 11 77
Charlottetown 9 33 58
Egmont 9 23 68
Malpeque 12 18 69

Nova Scotia

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Cape Breton—Canso 9 23 68
Central Nova 6 24 70
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour 16 48 36
Halifax 13 38 49
Halifax West 15 44 41
Kings-Hants 6 37 57
North Nova 6 37 57
Sackville—Eastern Shore 10 51 39
South Shore—St. Margaret's 16 31 53
Sydney—Victoria 9 25 67
West Nova 4 51 45

New Brunswick

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Acadia-Bathurst 6 5 90
Beauséjour 2 50 48
Fredericton 7 64 29
Fundy 9 56 36
Madawaska—Restigouche 1 26 73
Miramichi 3 35 63
Moncton—Riverview—
Dieppe
7 50 43
St. Croix—Belleisle 4 71 25
Saint John 9 45 47
Tobique—Mactaquac 3 59 38

Québec

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Abitibi—Témiscamingue 0 44 56
Ahuntsic 0 35 65
Alfred-Pellan 5 37 58
Argenteuil—Mirabel 0 63 38
Beauce 0 22 78
Beauharnois—Salaberry 23 14 63
Beauport 4 46 50
Berthier—Maskinongé 3 18 80
Bourassa 0 46 54
Brome—Missisquoi 4 59 37
Brossard—La Prairie 8 29 63
Chambly—Borduas 3 15 82
Charlesbourg 3 23 74
Charlevoix—Montmorency 0 20 80
Chateauguay—Saint-
Constant
2 7 91
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord 0 64 36
Compton—Stanstead 15 43 43
Drummond 2 27 71
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-
Madeleine
0 50 50
Gatineau 3 32 66
Hochelaga 0 0 100
Honoré-Mercier 0 4 96
Hull—Aylmer 11 40 44
Jeanne-Le Ber 12 26 62
Joliette 0 40 60
Jonquière—Alma 0 29 71
Lac-Saint-Louis 8 39 53
La Pointe-de-l'Île 7 13 80
LaSalle—Émard 6 33 61
Laurentides—Labelle 0 4 96
Laurier 31 26 43
Laval 4 72 24
Laval—Les Îles 9 34 57
Lévis—Bellechasse 0 35 65
Longueuil 0 33 67
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-
Chaudière
0 23 77
Louis-Hébert 7 20 73
Louis-Saint-Laurent 3 47 50
Manicouagan 2 19 79
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin 10 23 67
Matapédia—Matane 0 47 53
Mégantic—L'Érable 0 16 84
Montcalm 3 32 66
Mount Royal 25 50 25
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—
Lachine
4 40 56
Nunavik—Eeyou 0 40 60
Outremont 34 40 26
Papineau 17 36 47
Pierrefonds—Dollard 17 35 49
Pontiac 6 55 39
Portneuf 2 40 58
Québec 5 25 69
Repentigny 6 59 35
Richelieu 14 52 33
Richmond—Arthabaska 0 21 79
Rimouski—Témiscouata 15 46 38
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles 9 45 45
Rivière-du-Loup—
Montmagny
0 8 93
Rivière-du-Nord 11 56 33
Roberval 0 52 48
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie 5 33 62
Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert 1 5 94
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot 0 26 74
Saint-Jean 28 31 41
Saint-Lambert 2 30 67
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville 15 44 41
Saint-Léonard—Saint-
Michel
0 5 95
Saint-Maurice—Champlain 0 53 47
Shefford 2 16 81
Sherbrooke 0 32 68
Terrebonne—Blainville 4 20 76
Trois-Rivières 0 39 61
Vaudreuil-Soulanges 12 72 16
Vercheres—Les Patriotes 0 12 88
Westmount—Ville-Marie 30 39 31

Ontario

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Ajax-Pickering 12 57 32
Algoma—Manitoulin—
Kapuskasing
8 64 28
Ancaster—Dundas—
Flamborough —Westdale
11 67 21
Barrie 9 59 32
Beaches—East York 26 44 31
Bramalea—Gore—Malton 25 28 47
Brampton—Springdale 62 28 10
Brampton West 54 32 14
Brant 13 64 23
Burlington 12 60 27
Cambridge 11 64 25
Carleton—Lanark 6 67 27
Chatham-Kent—Essex 8 66 26
Clarington—Scugog—
Uxbridge
7 68 24
Davenport 29 41 30
Don Valley East 16 62 22
Don Valley West 24 51 25
Dufferin—Caledon 14 56 30
Eglinton—Lawrence 37 39 24
Elgin—Middlesex—London 12 57 31
Essex 8 72 20
Etobicoke Centre 17 59 24
Etobicoke—Lakeshore 22 51 26
Etobicoke North 20 43 37
Glengarry—Prescott—
Russell
5 72 23
Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound 7 68 24
Guelph 19 56 25
Haldimand—Norfolk 10 67 23
Haliburton—Kawartha
Lakes— Brock
6 67 28
Halton 17 64 19
Hamilton Centre 10 57 33
Hamilton East—Stoney
Creek
7 56 37
Hamilton Mountain 16 74 11
Huron—Bruce 13 52 35
Kenora 9 51 40
Kingston and the Islands 16 62 23
Kitchener Centre 12 61 28
Kitchener—Conestoga 6 70 24
Kitchener—Waterloo 15 60 25
Lanark—Frontenac—
Lennox and Addington
7 72 21
Leeds—Grenville 5 69 27
London—Fanshawe 12 68 20
London North Centre 11 67 21
London West 9 76 15
Markham—Unionville 40 40 20
Middlesex—Kent—Lambton 11 62 26
Mississauga—Brampton
South
56 32 12
Mississauga East—
Cooksville
15 54 31
Mississauga—Erindale 21 51 28
Mississauga South 18 60 22
Mississauga—Streetsville 28 51 21
Nepean—Carleton 5 69 26
Newmarket—Aurora 7 37 57
Niagara Falls 9 69 22
Niagara West—Glanbrook 8 71 21
Nickel Belt 6 34 60
Nipissing—Timiskaming 4 62 34
Northumberland—Quinte
West
16 64 20
Oak Ridges—Markham 18 53 29
Oakville 15 65 20
Oshawa 15 60 25
Ottawa Centre 9 65 26
Ottawa—Orléans 6 65 29
Ottawa South 8 67 26
Ottawa—Vanier 9 60 31
Ottawa West—Nepean 8 66 26
Oxford 18 54 28
Parkdale—High Park 29 43 28
Parry Sound—Muskoka 17 49 33
Perth—Wellington 14 54 32
Peterborough 9 74 17
Pickering—Scarborough
East
11 54 36
Prince Edward—Hastings 8 66 26
Renfrew—Nipissing—
Pembroke
4 82 15
Richmond Hill 19 38 43
St. Catharines 15 66 19
St. Paul's 34 43 23
Sarnia—Lambton 18 59 23
Sault Ste. Marie 7 68 25
Scarborough—Agincourt 13 53 34
Scarborough Centre 14 59 27
Scarborough—Guildwood 13 55 32
Scarborough—Rouge River 34 40 26
Scarborough Southwest 15 60 25
Simcoe—Grey 11 71 18
Simcoe North 10 64 26
Stormont—Dundas—South
Glengarry
6 71 22
Sudbury 11 50 39
Thornhill 27 48 25
Thunder Bay—Rainy River 8 73 19
Thunder Bay—Superior
North
28 48 24
Timmins—James Bay 5 36 59
Toronto Centre 25 38 37
Toronto—Danforth 22 45 33
Trinity—Spadina 25 42 33
Vaughan 42 23 35
Welland 8 69 22
Wellington—Halton Hills 11 64 24
Whitby—Oshawa 18 59 22
Willowdale 19 55 25
Windsor—Tecumseh 18 65 17
Windsor West 12 79 9
York Centre 20 56 24
York—Simcoe 16 52 32
York South—Weston 17 46 37
York West 14 19 67

Manitoba

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Brandon—Souris 4 74 22
Charleswood—St. James 5 67 28
Churchill 3 71 25
Dauphin—Swan River 2 67 31
Elmwood—Transcona 2 77 21
Kildonan—St. Paul 6 81 13
Portage—Lisgar 5 74 21
Provencher 4 86 10
Saint Boniface 4 73 23
Selkirk—Interlake 5 78 17
Winnipeg Centre 10 67 23
Winnipeg North 6 74 21
Winnipeg South 6 76 18
Winnipeg South Centre 10 64 26

Saskatchewan

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Battlefords—Lloydminster 0 89 10
Blackstrap 4 80 17
Churchill River 2 89 9
Cypress Hills—Grasslands 2 90 8
Palliser 4 77 19
Prince Albert 1 86 13
Regina—Lumsden—Lake
Centre
6 74 19
Regina—Qu'Appelle 3 82 15
Saskatoon—Humboldt 8 79 14
Saskatoon—Rosetown—
Biggar
4 84 11
Saskatoon—Wanuskewin 2 90 8
Souris—Moose Mountain 4 68 29
Wascana 6 69 25
Yorkton—Melville 5 84 11

Alberta

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Athabasca 2 83 15
Calgary East 4 86 10
Calgary North Centre 6 81 13
Calgary Northeast 4 71 25
Calgary—Nose Hill 5 83 13
Calgary South Centre 7 80 13
Calgary Southeast 4 85 11
Calgary Southwest 4 90 6
Calgary West 5 83 12
Crowfoot 1 92 7
Edmonton—Beaumont 3 77 21
Edmonton Centre 4 79 17
Edmonton East 2 84 14
Edmonton—Leduc 3 86 11
Edmonton—St. Albert 2 88 11
Edmonton—Sherwood Park 5 82 14
Edmonton—Spruce Grove 2 83 16
Edmonton—Strathcona 3 77 19
Lethbridge 2 91 7
Macleod 2 87 11
Medicine Hat 1 92 7
Peace River 2 84 15
Red Deer 2 90 8
Vegreville—Wainwright 1 89 10
Westlock—St. Paul 1 84 15
Wetaskiwin 1 94 5
Wild Rose 2 90 9
Yellowhead 1 89 11

British Columbia

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Abbotsford 3 93 4
Burnaby—Douglas 9 81 10
Burnaby—New Westminster 15 75 10
Cariboo—Prince George 2 85 13
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon 26 66 8
Delta—Richmond East 6 67 27
Dewdney—Alouette 7 81 12
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca 4 86 10
Fleetwood—Port Kells 6 80 15
Kamloops—Thompson 3 85 12
Kelowna 1 84 15
Kootenay—Columbia 1 91 8
Langley 7 78 15
Nanaimo—Alberni 4 88 8
Nanaimo—Cowichan 3 87 10
Newton—North Delta 3 74 23
New Westminster—
Coquitlam
11 80 8
North Okanagan—Shuswap 3 89 8
North Vancouver 6 84 10
Okanagan—Coquihalla 3 79 18
Port Moody—Westwood—
Port Coquitlam
18 63 19
Prince George—Peace River 1 87 12
Richmond 1 89 10
Saanich—Gulf Islands 5 85 10
Skeena—Bulkley Valley 3 82 14
Southern Interior 3 84 13
South Surrey—White Rock
—Cloverdale
4 82 14
Surrey North 3 77 20
Vancouver Centre 10 56 34
Vancouver East 6 65 29
Vancouver Island North 3 88 10
Vancouver Kingsway 11 71 18
Vancouver Quadra 10 74 16
Vancouver South 14 75 11
Victoria 10 76 14
West Vancouver—
Sunshine Coast
5 91 4

Yukon

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Yukon 6 62 32

Northwest Territories

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Western Arctic 9 53 39

Nunavut

Riding Clement Harper Stronach
Nunavut 17 28 56

Harper

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour,
Halifax West,
Sackville—Eastern Shore,
West Nova,
Beausejour,
Fredericton,
Fundy,
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe,
St. Croix—Belleisle,
Tobique—Mactaquac,
Argenteuil—Mirabel,
Brome—Missisquoi,
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord,
Laval,
Mount Royal,
Outremont,
Pontiac,
Repentigny,
Richelieu,
Rimouski—Temicouata,
Rivière-du-Nord,
Roberval,
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville,
Saint-Maurice—Champlain,
Vaudreuil—Soulanges,
Westmount—Ville-Marie,
Ajax—Pickering,
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing,
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale,
Barrie,
Beaches—East York,
Beant,
Burlington,
Cambridge,
Carleton—Lanark,
Chatham—Kent—Essex,
Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge,
Davenport,
Don Valley East,
Don Valley West,
Dufferin—Caledon,
Eglington—Lawrence,
Elgin—Middlesex—London,
Essex,
Etobicoke Centre,
Etobicoke—Lakeshore,
Etobicoke North,
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell,
Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound,
Guelph,
Haldimand—Norfolk,
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock,
Halton,
Hamilton Centre,
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek,
Hamilton Mountain,
Huron—Bruce,
Kenora,
Kingston and the Islands,
Kitchener Centre,
Kitchener—Conestoga,
Kitchener—Waterloo,
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington,
Leeds—Grenville,
London—Fanshawe,
London North Centre,
London West,
Middlesex—Kent—Lambton,
Mississauga East—Cooksville,
Mississauga—Erindale,
Mississauga South,
Mississauga—Streetsville,
Nepean—Carleton,
Niagara Falls,
Niagara West—Glanbrook,
Nipissing—Timiskaming,
Northumberland—Quinte West,
Oak Ridges—Markham,
Oakville,
Oshawa,
Ottawa Centre,
Ottawa—Orleans,
Ottawa South,
Ottawa—Vanier,
Ottawa West—Nepean,
Oxford,
Parkdale—High Park,
Parry Sound—Muskoka,
Perth—Wellington,
Peterborough,
Pickering—Scarborough,
Prince Edward—Hastings,
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke,
St. Catharines,
St. Paul's,
Sarnia—Lambton,
Sault Ste. Marie,
Scarborough—Agincourt,
Scarborough Centre,
Scarborough—Guildwood,
Scarborough—Rouge River,
Scarborough Southwest,
Simcoe—Grey,
Simcoe North,
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry,
Sudbury,
Thornhill,
Thunder Bay—Rainry River,
Thunder Bay—Superior North,
Toronto Centre,
Toronto—Danforth,
Trinity—Spadina,
Welland,
Wellington—Halton Hills,
Whitby—Oshawa,
Willowdale,
Windsor—Tecumseh,
Windsor West,
York Centre,
York—Simcoe,
York South—Weston,
Brandon—Souris,
Charleswood—St. James,
Churchill,
Dauphin—Sawn River,
Elmwood—Transcona,
Kildonan—St. Paul,
Portage—Lisgar,
Provencher,
Saint Boniface,
Selkirk—Interlake,
Winnipeg Centre,
Winnipeg North,
Winnipeg South,
Winnipeg South Centre,
Battlefords—Lloydminster,
Blackstrap,
Churchill River,
Cypress Hills—Grasslands,
Palliser,

Prince Albert,
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre,
Regina—Qu'Appelle,
Saskatoon—Humboldt,
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar,
Saskatoon—Wanuskewin,
Souris—Moose Mountain,
Wascana,
Yorkton—Melville,
Athabasca,
Calgary East,
Calgary North Centre,
Calgary Northeast,
Calgary—Nose Hill,
Calgary South Centre,
Calgary Southeast,
Calgary Southwest,
Calgary West,
Crowfoot,
Edmonton—Beaumont,
Edmonton Centre,
Edmonton East,
Edmonton—Leduc,
Edmonton—St. Albert,
Edmonton—Sherwood Park,
Edmonton—Spruce Grove,
Edmonton—Strathcona,
Lethbridge,
Macleod,
Medicine Hat,
Peace River,
Red Deer,
Vegreville—Wainwright,
Westlock—St. Paul,
Wetaskiwin,
Wild Rose,
Yellowhead,
Abbotsford,
Burnaby—Douglas,
Burnaby—New Westminster,
Cariboo—Prince George,
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon,
Delta—Richmond East,
Dewdney—Alouette,
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca,
Fleetwood—Port Kells,
Kamloops—Thompson,
Kelowna,
Kootenay—Columbia,
Langley,
Nanaimo—Alberni,
Nanaimo—Cowichan,
Newton—North Delta,
New Westminster—Coquitlam,
North Okanagan—Shuswap,
North Vancouver,
Okanagan—Coquihalla,
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam,
Prince George—Peace River,
Richmond,
Saanich—Gulf Islands,
Skeena-Bulkley Valley,
Southern Interior,
South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale,
Surrey North,
Vancouver Centre,
Vancouver East,
Vancouver Island North,
Vancouver Kingsway,
Vancouver Quadra,
Vancouver South,
Victoria,
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast,
Yukon,
Western Arctic

Stronach

Avalon,
Bonavista—Exploits,
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte,
Random—Burin—St. George's,
St. John's North,
St. John's South,
Cardigan,
Charlottetown,
Egmont,
Malpeque,
Cape Breton—Canso,
Central Nova,
Halifax,
Kings—Hants,
North Nova,
South Shore—St. Margaret's,
Sydney—Victoria,
Acadie—Bathurst,
Madawaska—Restigouche,
Miramichi,
Saint John,
Abitibi—Temiscamingue,
Ahuntsic,
Alfred-Pellan,
Beauce,
Beauharnois—Salaberry,
Beauport,
Berthier—Maskinonge,
Bourassa,
Brossard—La Prairie,
Chambly—Borduas,
Charlesbourg,
Charlevoix—Montmorency,
Chateauguay—Saint-Constant,
Drummond,
Gatineau,
Hochelaga,
Honore-Mercier,
Hull—Aylmer,
Jeanne-Le Ber,
Joliette,
Jonquière—Alma,
Lac-Saint-Louis,
La Pointe-de-l'Île,
LaSalle—Emard,
Laurentides—Labelle,
Laurier,
Laval—Les Îles,
Levis—Bellechasse,
Longueuil,
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière,
Louis-Hebert,
Louis-Saint-Laurent,
Manicouagan,
Marc-Aurele-Fortin,
Matapedia—Matane,
Megantic—L'Erable,
Montcalm,
Notre-Dame-de-Grace—Lachine,
Nunavik—Eeyou,
Papineau,
Pierrefonds—Dollard,
Portneuf,
Quebec,
Richmond—Arthabaska,
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny,
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie,
Saint-Bruno—Saint Hubert,
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot,
Saint-Jean,
Saint-Lambert,
Saint-Leonard—Saint-Michel,
Shefford,
Sherbrooke,
Terrebonne—Blainville,
Trois-Rivières,
Vercheres—Les Patriotes,
Bramalea—Gore—Malton,
Newmarket—Aurora,
Nickel Belt,
Richmond Hill,
Timmins—James Bay,
York West,
Nunavut

Stronach/Harper tie

Labrador,
Compton—Stanstead,
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine,
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

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