Ballot-by-ballot results of leadership elections

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 :...

 in the Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

, a political party in the Province 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....

, Canada

Canada

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.

Note: Before 1919, the leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party were chosen by the party's elected Members of the Legislative Assembly. There were calls for a more open process as early as 1907.

1919 leadership convention

(Held on June 26, 1919.)

First Ballot:

• DEWART, Hartley
  Hartley Dewart
  Herbert Hartley Dewart was an Ontario lawyer and politician.He was born in St. Johns, Canada East. The son of Edward Hartley Dewart, a Methodist minister who was a staunch advocate of prohibition, the younger Dewart inherited his Liberal politics but broke with his father on the temperance issue...
  
   147
• TOLMIE, J.C.
  J.C. Tolmie
  Reverend Major James Craig Tolmie was a Canadian politician, presbyterian clergyman, military chaplain and soldier....
  
   97
• ELLIOTT, J.C. 37
• PROUDFOOT, William
  William Proudfoot
  William Proudfoot was an Ontario politician and barrister.He was born in Colborne Township, Huron County, Canada West, the son of Robert Proudfoot, an immigrant from Scotland. He was educated in Goderich, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1880. Proudfoot set up practice in...
  
   23
• McMILLAN, Thomas 8

Second Ballot:

• DEWART, Hartley
  Hartley Dewart
  Herbert Hartley Dewart was an Ontario lawyer and politician.He was born in St. Johns, Canada East. The son of Edward Hartley Dewart, a Methodist minister who was a staunch advocate of prohibition, the younger Dewart inherited his Liberal politics but broke with his father on the temperance issue...
  
  158
• TOLMIE, J.C.
  J.C. Tolmie
  Reverend Major James Craig Tolmie was a Canadian politician, presbyterian clergyman, military chaplain and soldier....
  
   121
• ELLIOTT, J.C. 24

1922 leadership convention

(Held on March 3, 1922.)

• HAY, Wellington
  Wellington Hay
  Francis Wellington Hay was a grain merchant and Canadian politician.Hay was born in Listowel, Canada West, the son of William G. Hay. He worked for the Federal Bank for three years before entering the family grain business. He was mayor of Listowel from 1903 to 1904...
  
  won with clear majority
• TOLMIE, J.C.
  J.C. Tolmie
  Reverend Major James Craig Tolmie was a Canadian politician, presbyterian clergyman, military chaplain and soldier....
  
  
• SINCLAIR, William

(Note: The vote totals do not appear to have been announced.)

1930 leadership convention

(Held on December 16–17, 1930.)

• HEPBURN, Mitchell
  Mitchell Hepburn
  Mitchell Frederick Hepburn was the 11th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1934 to 1942. He was the youngest Premier in Ontario history, appointed at age 37....
  
  427
• PHILPOTT, Elmore
  Elmore Philpott
  Elmore Philpott was a Canadian politician and journalist. Philpott joined the Canadian military during World War I and was badly wounded - he needed two canes to help him walk for the rest of his life....
  
   97

• William Sinclair and Sydney Tweed both withdrew from the race before balloting.

1943 leadership convention

(Held on April 30, 1943.)

• NIXON, Harry
  Harry Nixon
  Harry Corwin Nixon was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th Premier of Ontario.He was born on a farm near St...
  
  418
• ROEBUCK, Arthur
  Arthur Roebuck
  Arthur Wentworth Roebuck, QC, was a Canadian politician and labour lawyer.Roebuck ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1917 federal election as a Laurier Liberal, but was defeated. He was involved with the United Farmers of Ontario and its successor, the Progressive Party, in the...
  
   85
• McQUESTON, Thomas 40
• THOMSON, Walter
  Walter Thomson
  Walter Cunningham Thomson was a politician, lawyer and rancher in Ontario, Canada. Thomson first ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1943 but came in fourth place losing to Harry Nixon...
  
   22

1945 leadership convention

(Held on April 2, 1945.)

• HEPBURN, Mitchell
  Mitchell Hepburn
  Mitchell Frederick Hepburn was the 11th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1934 to 1942. He was the youngest Premier in Ontario history, appointed at age 37....
  
  acclaimed

[Hepburn was defeated in the 1945 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1945

The Ontario general election of 1945 was held on June 4, 1945, to elect the 90 members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, and Farquhar Oliver was chosen as the Ontario Liberal Party's parliamentary leader on July 4, 1945.]

1947 leadership convention

(Held on May 16, 1947.)

• OLIVER, Farquhar
  Farquhar Oliver
  Farquhar Robert Oliver was a politician in Ontario, Canada.Oliver was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a United Farmers of Ontario Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1926 provincial election at the age of 22.Oliver was re-elected as a UFO MLA in the 1929 election and was...
  
  elected
• CAMPBELL, Colin
  Colin Campbell (Ontario politician)
  Colin Alexander Campbell was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Shedden, Ontario and became a mining engineer....
  
  
• LAMPORT, Allan A.
  Allan A. Lamport
  Allan Austin Lamport, CM was Mayor of Toronto, Canada, from 1952 to 1954. Known as "Lampy", his most notable achievement was his opposition to Toronto's Blue laws which banned virtually any activities on Sundays. Lamport fought to allow professional sporting activities on Sundays...
  
  
• CADEAU, Alvin P.
• GUNN, W.A.

• P.M. Dewan
  Patrick Michael Dewan
  Patrick Michael Dewan was an Ontario farmer and politician. He represented the Oxford electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943 as a Liberal member....
  
   and W.A. Moore both withdrew from the race before balloting.

(Note: The vote totals do not appear to have been announced. Oliver is believed to have received about two thirds of the approximately 750 votes cast)

1950 leadership convention

(Held on November 10, 1950.)

First Ballot:

• THOMSON, Walter
  Walter Thomson
  Walter Cunningham Thomson was a politician, lawyer and rancher in Ontario, Canada. Thomson first ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1943 but came in fourth place losing to Harry Nixon...
  
   296
• CASSIDY, Harry
  Harry Cassidy
  Harry Cassidy was a Canadian academic, social reformer, civil servant and, briefly, a politician.Cassidy was a pioneer in the field of social work. He was the founding dean of the School of Social Welfare at University of California, Berkeley in the early 1940s before resigning to work for the...
  
   156
• BROWN, John G.
  John G. Brown
  John George Brown was an Ontario politician. He was elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Waterloo North in the 1948 provincial election....
  
   149
• CALDER, Campbell
  Campbell Calder
  Campbell Carlyle Calder was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for London, Ontario in 1948. In 1950, he was a candidate in the Ontario Liberal leadership convention, placing fourth...
  
   69
• HICKS, H.A.
  Henry Arnott Hicks
  Henry Arnott Hicks was a furrier and occasional politician based in Hamilton, Ontario. Hicks was a candidate in the 1949 federal election in the Hamilton-area riding of Wentworth. A Liberal, he came in second behind incumbent Progressive Conservative Frank Lennard by 3,000 votes but finished ahead...
  
   28
• COX, C.W.
  Charles Winnans Cox
  Charles Winnans Cox was a politician and timber contractor in Ontario, Canada.Born on a farm in Westminster Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, he first worked as a farm and ranch hand near Nanton, Alberta, then moved to Port Arthur, Ontario in around 1908...
  
   24
• HIPEL, Norman
  Norman Hipel
  Norman Otto Hipel was a Canadian politician, noted for his service as Minister of Labour for Ontario in the cabinet of Mitchell Hepburn. He served as MLA for Waterloo South.-Personal background and career:...
  
   12
• SULLIVAN, J.J. 4

Second Ballot (Sullivan eliminated; Hicks, Cox and Hipel withdrew):

• THOMSON, Walter
  Walter Thomson
  Walter Cunningham Thomson was a politician, lawyer and rancher in Ontario, Canada. Thomson first ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1943 but came in fourth place losing to Harry Nixon...
  
   334
• CASSIDY, Harry
  Harry Cassidy
  Harry Cassidy was a Canadian academic, social reformer, civil servant and, briefly, a politician.Cassidy was a pioneer in the field of social work. He was the founding dean of the School of Social Welfare at University of California, Berkeley in the early 1940s before resigning to work for the...
  
   194
• BROWN, John G.
  John G. Brown
  John George Brown was an Ontario politician. He was elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Waterloo North in the 1948 provincial election....
  
   166
• CALDER, Campbell
  Campbell Calder
  Campbell Carlyle Calder was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for London, Ontario in 1948. In 1950, he was a candidate in the Ontario Liberal leadership convention, placing fourth...
  
   50

Third Ballot (Calder eliminated):

• THOMSON, Walter
  Walter Thomson
  Walter Cunningham Thomson was a politician, lawyer and rancher in Ontario, Canada. Thomson first ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1943 but came in fourth place losing to Harry Nixon...
  
  365
• CASSIDY, Harry
  Harry Cassidy
  Harry Cassidy was a Canadian academic, social reformer, civil servant and, briefly, a politician.Cassidy was a pioneer in the field of social work. He was the founding dean of the School of Social Welfare at University of California, Berkeley in the early 1940s before resigning to work for the...
  
   220
• BROWN, John G.
  John G. Brown
  John George Brown was an Ontario politician. He was elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Waterloo North in the 1948 provincial election....
  
   116

1954 leadership convention

(Held on April 9, 1954.)

• OLIVER, Farquhar
  Farquhar Oliver
  Farquhar Robert Oliver was a politician in Ontario, Canada.Oliver was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a United Farmers of Ontario Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1926 provincial election at the age of 22.Oliver was re-elected as a UFO MLA in the 1929 election and was...
  
  412
• WREN, Albert
  Albert Wren
  Albert Wren was an Ontario politician. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature as the Liberal-Labour MPP for Kenora in the 1951 provincial election. He had also run as a Liberal-Labour candidate in 1948 but was unsuccessful...
  
   162
• TEMPLE, Bob 46

1958 leadership convention

(Held on April 20, 1958.)

First Ballot:

• HARRIS, Walter
  Walter Harris
  Walter Edward Harris, PC, QC was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Harris was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Grey-Bruce in the 1940 election defeating Agnes MacPhail...
  
   304
• WINTERMEYER, John
  John Wintermeyer
  John Joseph Wintermeyer was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Wintermeyer was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1955 provincial election, and was chosen leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1958....
  
   264
• GREENE, Joe 88
• SINGER, Vernon
  Vernon Singer
  Vernon Milton Singer was a politician in Ontario, Canada.Singer was the son of Toronto lawyer and politician Joseph Singer who was the first Jewish-Canadian to be elected to the Toronto Board of Control....
  
   43
• WHICHER, Ross
  Ross Whicher
  Ross MacKenzie Whicher was a Canadian politician and businessman.Whicher served in World War II with the 4th anti-tank regiment of the Canadian military...
  
   39
• REAUME, Arthur
  Arthur Reaume
  Arthur John Reaume was a Canadian politician.Reaume was the 22nd mayor of the city of Windsor, Ontario in the 1940s and early 1950s. He ran as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1943 election but was defeated by the CCF...
  
   32
• WREN, Albert
  Albert Wren
  Albert Wren was an Ontario politician. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature as the Liberal-Labour MPP for Kenora in the 1951 provincial election. He had also run as a Liberal-Labour candidate in 1948 but was unsuccessful...
  
   7

Wren eliminated; Whicher and Reaume withdrew.

Second Ballot:

• WINTERMEYER, John
  John Wintermeyer
  John Joseph Wintermeyer was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Wintermeyer was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1955 provincial election, and was chosen leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1958....
  
   369
• HARRIS, Walter
  Walter Harris
  Walter Edward Harris, PC, QC was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Harris was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Grey-Bruce in the 1940 election defeating Agnes MacPhail...
  
   354
• GREENE, Joe45
• SINGER, Vernon
  Vernon Singer
  Vernon Milton Singer was a politician in Ontario, Canada.Singer was the son of Toronto lawyer and politician Joseph Singer who was the first Jewish-Canadian to be elected to the Toronto Board of Control....
  
   21

Singer eliminated.

Third Ballot:

• WINTERMEYER, John
  John Wintermeyer
  John Joseph Wintermeyer was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Wintermeyer was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1955 provincial election, and was chosen leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1958....
  
  398
• HARRIS, Walter
  Walter Harris
  Walter Edward Harris, PC, QC was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Harris was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Grey-Bruce in the 1940 election defeating Agnes MacPhail...
  
   349
• GREENE, Joe 14

1964 leadership convention

(Held on September 19–20, 1964.)

First Ballot:

• THOMPSON, Andrew 379
• TEMPLETON, Charles
  Charles Templeton
  Charles Bradley Templeton was a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author. He was born and died in the same city, Toronto, Canada...
  
   317
• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   313
• GREENE, Joe 236
• COPPS, Victor
  Victor Copps
  Victor Kennedy Copps was a Canadian politician and Mayor of Hamilton.Born in Haileybury, Ontario, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, following which, he worked in Timmins, Ontario for a local newspaper. In 1945 he moved to Hamilton to become a sports broadcaster on...
  
   61
• SARGENT, Eddie
  Eddie Sargent
  Edward Carson Sargent was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1987, as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   51
• GOULD, Joseph
  Joseph Gould (Ontario politician)
  Joseph M. Gould was an Ontario municipal and provincial politician. He was a trail lawyer in private life. Gould was first the alderman for the City of Toronto's Ward 5 in the 1950s and was the Ontario Liberal Party's Member of Provincial Parliament for the Bracondale electoral district in...
  
   13

Second Ballot (Gould eliminated):

• THOMPSON, Andrew 408
• TEMPLETON, Charles
  Charles Templeton
  Charles Bradley Templeton was a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author. He was born and died in the same city, Toronto, Canada...
  
   356
• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   351
• GREENE, Joe 211
• COPPS, Victor
  Victor Copps
  Victor Kennedy Copps was a Canadian politician and Mayor of Hamilton.Born in Haileybury, Ontario, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, following which, he worked in Timmins, Ontario for a local newspaper. In 1945 he moved to Hamilton to become a sports broadcaster on...
  
   27
• SARGENT, Eddie
  Eddie Sargent
  Edward Carson Sargent was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1987, as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   20

Third Ballot (Sargent eliminated):

• THOMPSON, Andrew 462
• TEMPLETON, Charles
  Charles Templeton
  Charles Bradley Templeton was a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author. He was born and died in the same city, Toronto, Canada...
  
   396
• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   356
• GREENE, Joe 149
• COPPS, Victor
  Victor Copps
  Victor Kennedy Copps was a Canadian politician and Mayor of Hamilton.Born in Haileybury, Ontario, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, following which, he worked in Timmins, Ontario for a local newspaper. In 1945 he moved to Hamilton to become a sports broadcaster on...
  
   10

Fourth Ballot (Copps eliminated):

• THOMPSON, Andrew 520
• TEMPLETON, Charles
  Charles Templeton
  Charles Bradley Templeton was a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author. He was born and died in the same city, Toronto, Canada...
  
   422
• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   387
• GREENE, Joe 37

Fifth Ballot (Greene eliminated):

• THOMPSON, Andrew 539
• TEMPLETON, Charles
  Charles Templeton
  Charles Bradley Templeton was a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author. He was born and died in the same city, Toronto, Canada...
  
   419
• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   392

Sixth Ballot (Nixon eliminated):

• THOMPSON, Andrew 772
• TEMPLETON, Charles
  Charles Templeton
  Charles Bradley Templeton was a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author. He was born and died in the same city, Toronto, Canada...
  
   540

1967 leadership convention

(Held on January 6, 1967.)

• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
  acclaimed

(Nixon was elected interim leader by the caucus on November 16, 1966 following the resignation of Andrew Thompson. Nixon had suggested that Charles Templeton may become permanent leader but members of his caucus spoke in opposition and Templeton decline to run. Nixon was acclaimed as permanent leader at the party's 1967 convention. He announced his resignation as party leader in 1972, but subsequently entered the race to succeed himself in 1973.)

1973 leadership convention

(Held on October 28, 1973.)

First Ballot:

• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   730
• CAFIK, Norman
  Norman Cafik
  Norman Augustine Cafik, PC is a former Canadian politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario of a Ukrainian-Polish father and a Scottish-Irish mother, Cafik was unsuccessful in his attempts to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 and 1963 elections, but was elected as the Liberal Member...
  
   574
• DEACON, Donald
  Donald Deacon
  Donald MacKay Deacon, OC, O.PEI, MC was a Canadian politician, businessman and volunteer.Deacon was born and raised in a family of ten children in Toronto, Ontario. In 1942, he volunteered to serve in the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II, rising to the rank of Captain...
  
   402
• HOULTON, Michael
  Michael Houlton
  Michael Houlton was a Canadian political activist. He contested both the 1973 and 1976 Ontario Liberal leadership conventions placing last in both attempts with 11 votes in 1973 and 4 votes in 1976....
  
   11

Second Ballot:

• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   768
• CAFIK, Norman
  Norman Cafik
  Norman Augustine Cafik, PC is a former Canadian politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario of a Ukrainian-Polish father and a Scottish-Irish mother, Cafik was unsuccessful in his attempts to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 and 1963 elections, but was elected as the Liberal Member...
  
   613
• DEACON, Donald
  Donald Deacon
  Donald MacKay Deacon, OC, O.PEI, MC was a Canadian politician, businessman and volunteer.Deacon was born and raised in a family of ten children in Toronto, Ontario. In 1942, he volunteered to serve in the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II, rising to the rank of Captain...
  
   316

Third Ballot (Deacon endorsed Nixon):

• NIXON, Robert
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
  922
• CAFIK, Norman
  Norman Cafik
  Norman Augustine Cafik, PC is a former Canadian politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario of a Ukrainian-Polish father and a Scottish-Irish mother, Cafik was unsuccessful in his attempts to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 and 1963 elections, but was elected as the Liberal Member...
  
   675

1976 leadership convention

(Held on January 25, 1976.)

First Ballot:

• SMITH, Stuart
  Stuart Smith
  Stuart Smith may refer to:*Stuart Lyon Smith , politician, psychiatrist, academic and public servant in Ontario, Canada*Stuart Saunders Smith , American composer and percussionist*Stuart Tyson Smith, American Egyptologist...
  
   629
• PETERSON, David
  David Peterson
  David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....
  
   518
• ROY, Albert
  Albert Roy
  Albert J. Roy is a jurist and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1984 as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.-Biography:...
  
   469
• MACGUIGAN, Mark
  Mark MacGuigan
  Mark Rudolph MacGuigan, PC was a Canadian academic and politician.Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mark Rudolph MacGuigan and Agnes Violet Trainor, he was educated at Saint Dunstan's University, the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and Columbia University...
  
   308
• CONDON, Larry
  Larry Condon
  Joseph Lawrence Condon was a Canadian politician.Condon served one term in the Canadian House of Commons as a federal Liberal Member of Parliament...
  
   37
• HOULTON, Michael
  Michael Houlton
  Michael Houlton was a Canadian political activist. He contested both the 1973 and 1976 Ontario Liberal leadership conventions placing last in both attempts with 11 votes in 1973 and 4 votes in 1976....
  
   4

Second Ballot:

• SMITH, Stuart
  Stuart Smith
  Stuart Smith may refer to:*Stuart Lyon Smith , politician, psychiatrist, academic and public servant in Ontario, Canada*Stuart Saunders Smith , American composer and percussionist*Stuart Tyson Smith, American Egyptologist...
  
   742
• PETERSON, David
  David Peterson
  David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....
  
   673
• ROY, Albert
  Albert Roy
  Albert J. Roy is a jurist and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1984 as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.-Biography:...
  
   513

Third Ballot:

• SMITH, Stuart
  Stuart Smith
  Stuart Smith may refer to:*Stuart Lyon Smith , politician, psychiatrist, academic and public servant in Ontario, Canada*Stuart Saunders Smith , American composer and percussionist*Stuart Tyson Smith, American Egyptologist...
  
  998
• PETERSON, David
  David Peterson
  David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....
  
   953

1982 leadership convention

(Held on February 21, 1982).

First Ballot:

• PETERSON, David
  David Peterson
  David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....
  
   966
• COPPS, Sheila
  Sheila Copps
  Sheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997....
  
   636
• THOMAS, Richard 234
• BREITHAUPT, Jim
  Jim Breithaupt
  Lieutenant-Colonel James Roos Breithaupt KStJ, CD, OM, QC, MA, LLB is a former Canadian politician. His surname is pronounced as "bright-up". He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1984 as a member of the Liberal Party...
  
   130
• SWEENEY, John 122

Second Ballot (Sweeney eliminated, Breithaupt withdrew):

• PETERSON, David
  David Peterson
  David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....
  
  1136
• COPPS, Sheila
  Sheila Copps
  Sheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997....
  
   774
• THOMAS, Richard 148

1992 leadership convention

(Held February 8–9, 1992, in Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, 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....

.)

First Ballot:

• ELSTON, Murray
  Murray Elston
  Murray John Elston is an executive and former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...
  
   740
• McLEOD, Lyn
  Lyn McLeod
  Lyn McLeod is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996.-Background - Pre...
  
   667
• SORBARA, Greg
  Greg Sorbara
  Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...
  
   345
• BEER, Charles
  Charles Beer
  John Charles McWaters Beer is a former Canadian politician...
  
   247
• MAHONEY, Steve
  Steve Mahoney
  Steven W. Mahoney, PC is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. In the latter capacity, he served as a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien...
  
   236
• RAMSAY, David 216

Second Ballot (Ramsay eliminated, released delegates):

• ELSTON, Murray
  Murray Elston
  Murray John Elston is an executive and former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...
  
   767
• McLEOD, Lyn
  Lyn McLeod
  Lyn McLeod is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996.-Background - Pre...
  
   744
• SORBARA, Greg
  Greg Sorbara
  Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...
  
   380
• BEER, Charles
  Charles Beer
  John Charles McWaters Beer is a former Canadian politician...
  
   307
• MAHONEY, Steve
  Steve Mahoney
  Steven W. Mahoney, PC is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. In the latter capacity, he served as a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien...
  
   213

Third Ballot (Mahoney eliminated, supported McLeod):

• McLEOD, Lyn
  Lyn McLeod
  Lyn McLeod is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996.-Background - Pre...
  
   873
• ELSTON, Murray
  Murray Elston
  Murray John Elston is an executive and former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...
  
   865
• SORBARA, Greg
  Greg Sorbara
  Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...
  
   402
• BEER, Charles
  Charles Beer
  John Charles McWaters Beer is a former Canadian politician...
  
   289

Fourth Ballot (Beer eliminated, released delegates):

• McLEOD, Lyn
  Lyn McLeod
  Lyn McLeod is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996.-Background - Pre...
  
   1049
• ELSTON, Murray
  Murray Elston
  Murray John Elston is an executive and former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...
  
   988
• SORBARA, Greg
  Greg Sorbara
  Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...
  
   341

Fifth Ballot (Sorbara eliminated, released delegates):

• McLEOD, Lyn
  Lyn McLeod
  Lyn McLeod is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996.-Background - Pre...
  
  1162
• ELSTON, Murray
  Murray Elston
  Murray John Elston is an executive and former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...
  
   1153

(Note: There were 21 spoiled ballots on the final count, mostly from diehard supporters of Sorbara.)

1996 leadership convention

(Held November 30-December 1, 1996 in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, 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....

)

First Ballot (results announced 7:31 pm, November 30):

• KENNEDY, Gerard
  Gerard Kennedy
  Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada...
  
   770
• CORDIANO, Joseph
  Joseph Cordiano
  Joseph Cordiano is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
  
   557
• DUNCAN, Dwight
  Dwight Duncan
  Dwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
  
   464
• McGUINTY, Dalton
  Dalton McGuinty
  Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
  
   450
• GERRETSEN, John
  John Gerretsen
  John Philip Gerretsen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
  
    152
• CASTRILLI, Anna-Marie
  Anna-Marie Castrilli
  Annamarie Castrilli is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. A lawyer, and university lecturer, she sat on several boards of directors, including being the chair of the University of Toronto's Governing Council...
  
   141
• KELLS, Greg
  Greg Kells
  Greg Kells is a businessman and political figure in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was an "outsider" candidate in the Ontario Liberal Party's 1996 leadership convention.Kells has experienced both success and failure in his professional career...
  
   24

Second Ballot (results announced 10:25 pm, November 30; Kells eliminated; Castrilli initially withdrew from the ballot but subsequently returned, causing a delay in voting):

• KENNEDY, Gerard
  Gerard Kennedy
  Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada...
  
   775
• CORDIANO, Joseph
  Joseph Cordiano
  Joseph Cordiano is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
  
   570
• DUNCAN, Dwight
  Dwight Duncan
  Dwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
  
   474
• McGUINTY, Dalton
  Dalton McGuinty
  Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
  
   440
• GERRETSEN, John
  John Gerretsen
  John Philip Gerretsen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
  
   124
• CASTRILLI, Anna-Marie
  Anna-Marie Castrilli
  Annamarie Castrilli is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. A lawyer, and university lecturer, she sat on several boards of directors, including being the chair of the University of Toronto's Governing Council...
  
   122

Third Ballot (results announced 12:39 am, December 1; Castrilli eliminated and Gerretsen withdrew, both supported McGuinty):

• KENNEDY, Gerard
  Gerard Kennedy
  Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada...
  
   803
• CORDIANO, Joseph
  Joseph Cordiano
  Joseph Cordiano is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
  
   601
• McGUINTY, Dalton
  Dalton McGuinty
  Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
  
   601
• DUNCAN, Dwight
  Dwight Duncan
  Dwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
  
   509

Fourth Ballot (results announced 2:35 am, December 1; Duncan eliminated, supported Kennedy):

• KENNEDY, Gerard
  Gerard Kennedy
  Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada...
  
   968
• McGUINTY, Dalton
  Dalton McGuinty
  Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
  
   760
• CORDIANO, Joseph
  Joseph Cordiano
  Joseph Cordiano is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
  
   696

Fifth Ballot (results announced 4:25 am, December 1; Cordiano eliminated, supported McGuinty):

• McGUINTY, Dalton
  Dalton McGuinty
  Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
  
  1205
• KENNEDY, Gerard
  Gerard Kennedy
  Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada...
  
  1065