Leadership election
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Leadership election can refer to any of the contests to take the leadership of a political party
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Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
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- Canada
- Bloc Québécois
- Bloc Québécois leadership electionsBloc Québécois leadership electionsLucien Bouchard, the first leader of the Bloc Québécois was elected by acclamation by the MPs who formed the Bloc in 1990. When the party held its first convention in April 1995 his leadership was ratified by the delegates.-1996 BQ leadership election:...
- Bloc Québécois leadership elections
- Bloc Québécois
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- Parti Québécois
- Parti Québécois leadership election, 1985Parti Québécois leadership election, 1985The Parti Québécois leadership election of 1985 was held to elect a new leader of the Parti Québécois, the main sovereigntist and social democratic political party in Quebec, Canada. It elected Pierre-Marc Johnson at the helm of the party...
- Parti Québécois leadership election, 1985
- Parti Québécois
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- Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
- Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2006Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2006The 2006 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership election was held in November and December 2006 to choose a new leader for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to replace the retiring Ralph Klein...
- Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2006
- Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
- Ireland
- Fianna Fáil
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1959Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1959The 1959 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in June 1959, when Éamon de Valera resigned as party leader and Taoiseach to take up the post of President of Ireland. De Valera had been leader since the foundation of the party in 1926 and had served as Taoiseach on three occasions. His successor...
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1966Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1966The 1966 Fianna Fáil leadership election in the Republic of Ireland began in October 1966 following the decision of Seán Lemass to resign as party leader and Taoiseach. Lemass had occupied both posts for over seven years and, while there was no pressure on him to resign, he felt that the time was...
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1979Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1979The 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in December 1979, when Jack Lynch resigned as party leader and Taoiseach. Lynch had been party leader for thirteen years and Taoiseach for over nine years. His successor was elected by the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 7 December...
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1992Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1992The 1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in January 1992, when Charles Haughey resigned as party leader. Haughey had been party leader for thirteen years and had served as Taoiseach on three occasions. His successor was elected by the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 6...
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1994Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1994The 1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in November 1994, when Albert Reynolds resigned as party leader and Taoiseach. Reynolds had been party leader since February 1992 and had served as Taoiseach since then. His successor was elected by the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party...
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 2008Fianna Fáil leadership election, 2008The 2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election began on 2 April 2008, when party leader and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced his resignation. Brian Cowen, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance was the clear favourite to succeed him.-Standing:...
- Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1959
- Fianna Fáil
- Japan
- Liberal Democratic Party
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2006Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2006A leadership election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to victory in a snap election. Shinzō Abe won the election,...
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2007Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2007A leadership election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 23 September 2007 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe announced that he would resign on 12 September 2007. Abe had only been elected to the post slightly less than a year earlier; his...
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2008Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2008A leadership election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 22 September 2008 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda announced that he would resign on 1 September 2008, only 11 months after taking office on 25 September 2007 following a leadership...
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2006
- Liberal Democratic Party
- United Kingdom
- Conservative Party
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1965Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1965The Conservative Party leadership election of July 1965 was held to find a successor to Sir Alec Douglas-Home.It was the first time that a formal election by the parliamentary party had taken place, previous leaders having emerged through a consultation process...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1975Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1975Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom had called and unexpectedly lost the February 1974 general election...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1989Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1989The 1989 Conservative Party leadership election took place on 5 December 1989. The incumbent Margaret Thatcher was opposed by the little known 69-year-old backbencher MP Sir Anthony Meyer, Bt.-Background:...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1990Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1990The 1990 Conservative Party leadership election in the United Kingdom took place in November 1990 following the decision of former Defence and Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine to stand against the incumbent Conservative leader and Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.Thatcher failed to win...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1995Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1995The 1995 Conservative leadership election was initiated when incumbent leader and Prime Minister John Major resigned as leader on 22 June 1995, in order to face down critics within his party...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1997Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1997A leadership election was triggered in the British Conservative Party when John Major resigned on 2 May 1997, following his party's defeat at the 1997 general election .-Announced:...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2001Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2001The 2001 Conservative leadership election was held after the United Kingdom Conservative Party failed to make inroads into the Labour government's lead in the 2001 general election. Party leader William Hague resigned, and a leadership contest was called under new rules Hague had introduced...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2003Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2003The 2003 Conservative leadership election was caused by the enforced resignation of incumbent leader Iain Duncan-Smith after the loss of a confidence vote amongst his parliamentary party...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005The 2005 Conservative leadership election was called by party leader Michael Howard on 6 May 2005, when he announced that he would be stepping down as leader in the near future. However, he stated that he would not depart until a review of the rules for the leadership election had been conducted,...
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1965
- Conservative Party
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- Labour Party
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1922Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1922The Labour Party leadership election of 1922 was the first leadership election for the posts of Chairman and Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Previously the position had been simply the "Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party"....
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1935Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1935The 1935 Labour Party leadership election took place on 26 November 1935 when Herbert Morrison and Arthur Greenwood challenged Clement Attlee, the incumbent party leader of only one month and one day. Attlee, previously the party's Deputy Leader, had been appointed as an interim leader the previous...
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1976Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1976The Labour Party leadership election of 1976 occurred when former leader Harold Wilson resigned as Party Leader and Prime Minister.In the first ballot, held on 25 March, six candidates vied for the leadership: Employment Secretary Michael Foot; Foreign Secretary Jim Callaghan; Home Secretary Roy...
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1980Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1980The British Labour Party leadership election of 1980 was held following the resignation of James Callaghan. Callaghan had been Prime Minister 1976—1979 and had stayed on as leader of the Labour Party for eighteen months in order to oversee an orderly transition to his favoured successor, Denis...
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1983Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1983The Labour Party leadership election of 1983 was an election in the United Kingdom for the leadership of the Labour Party. It occurred when former leader Michael Foot resigned after winning only 209 seats at the 1983 general election — a loss of 70 seats compared to their performance at the...
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1988Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1988The Labour Party leadership election of 1988 arose when Tony Benn, identified with the left-wing of the British Labour Party, challenged the incumbent Neil Kinnock...
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1992Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1992The Labour Party leadership election of 1992 followed the Labour Party's failure to win the 1992 general election and the subsequent resignation of party leader Neil Kinnock....
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1994Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1994A leadership election was held on 21 July 1994 for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, after the sudden death of incumbent leader John Smith. The 1994 election would ultimately decide not only Labour's new leader, but also the next Prime Minister...
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007The 2007 Labour Party Leadership Election was formally triggered on 10 May 2007 by the resignation of Tony Blair, Labour Leader since the previous leadership contest on 21 July 1994...
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1922
- Labour Party
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- Liberal Party, Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats:
- Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1967Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1967The 1967 Liberal Party leadership election was called following the resignation of Jo Grimond, in the wake of disappointing results in the 1966 General Election....
- Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1976Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1976The 1976 Liberal Party leadership election was called following the resignation of Jeremy Thorpe in the wake of allegations which would eventually lead to Mr...
- Social Democratic Party (UK) leadership election, 1982Social Democratic Party (UK) leadership election, 1982The 1982 Social Democratic Party leadership election was called following the formation of the then Social Democratic Party. The party had been founded by the Gang of Four the previous year and had rapidly built up its membership, but lacked a formal Leadership structure...
- Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1988Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1988The 1988 Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election was called in the United Kingdom following the formation of the then Social and Liberal Democrats...
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1999Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1999The 1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election was called following the resignation of Paddy Ashdown as leader. There were five candidates and all members of the party were balloted using the Alternative Vote preference system...
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006In the 2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Sir Menzies Campbell was elected to succeed Charles Kennedy as Leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom....
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2007Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2007The 2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held following the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell as leader on 15 October 2007, after 19 months as leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom. Vincent Cable, the deputy leader of the parliamentary...
- Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1967
- Liberal Party, Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats: