Progressive Conservative leadership conventions

The first Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
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 :...

was held in 1927, when the party was called the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

. Prior to then the party's leader was chosen by caucus

Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:...

.

There have been two permanent leaders since 1927 who were not chosen by a leadership convention. Arthur Meighen

Arthur Meighen

Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...

agreed to serve a second term as leader in 1941 on condition that he would not have to contest the position. The party agreed since the party was desperate for a leader of Meighen's stature. Jean Charest

Jean Charest

John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....

was one of only two Progressive Conservative Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

returned in the 1993 election

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...

and was appointed leader by the party's executive with the decision later being affirmed at a regular party convention two years later. The Conservative Party became the 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....

Party in 1942.

All leadership conventions were delegated conventions, except for in 1998 when a one-member-one-vote

OMOV

"One man, one vote" is a slogan that has been used in many parts of the world where campaigns have arisen for universal suffrage. It became particularly prevalent in less developed countries, during the period of decolonisation and the struggles for national sovereignty from the late 1940s onwards...

(OMOV) process was used in which each riding was allocated 100 points which were distributed among candidates 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...

. For the 2003 leadership election, the party reverted to use of a delegated convention, obstensibly because of the cost of using an OMOV process though it has been argued that the party feared that use of OMOV would make an outside takeover of the party easier due to a decline in membership. In 2003, the party merged 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...

to form a 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...

. This party adopted the OMOV process the Tories had used in 1998.

1927 Conservative leadership convention

Held in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

on October 12, 1927.

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate		1st ballot		2nd ballot
Name		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	BENNETT, Richard Bedford	594	38.0%	780	50.2%
	GUTHRIE, Hugh Hugh Guthrie Hugh Guthrie, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the governments of Sir Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen and R. B. Bennett....	345	22.0%	320	20.6%
	CAHAN, Charles Hazlitt	310	19.8%	266	17.1%
	MANION, Robert James	170	10.9%	148	9.5%
	ROGERS, Robert	114	7.3%	37	2.4%
	DRAYTON, Henry Lumley Henry Lumley Drayton Sir Henry Lumley Drayton, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Philip Henry Drayton, who came to Canada with the 16th Rifles of England, and Margaret S. Covernton, Drayton was educated in the schools of England and Canada. He was called to the Ontario Bar...	31	2.0%	3	0.2%
Total		1,564	100.0%	1,554	100.0%

1938 Conservative leadership convention

Held in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, 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....

on July 7, 1938.

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate		1st ballot		2nd ballot
Name		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	MANION, Robert James	726	46.4%	830	53.0%
	MACPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander	475	30.3%	648	41.4%
	HARRIS, Joseph Henry Joseph Henry Harris Joseph Henry Harris was a Toronto manufacturer and politician. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Conservative Member of Parliament for York East in the 1921 federal election. In 1938, he was a candidate at the Conservative leadership convention, placing third...	131	8.4%	49	3.1%
	MASSEY, Denton Denton Massey Denton Massey was a Canadian engineer, Anglican priest and politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of the founder of the Massey agricultural manufacturing company, Hart Massey, he attended St...	128	8.2%	39	2.5%
	LAWSON, James Earl	105	6.7%
Total		1,565	100.0%	1,566	100.0%

Manion lost his seat in the 1940 federal election and R.B. Hanson

Richard Hanson

Richard Burpee Hanson, PC was a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party from May 14, 1940 until November 11, 1941....

became interim leader. In November 1941 a national conference of the party voted against having a leadership convention and instead appointed Arthur Meighen

Arthur Meighen

as the party's wartime leader. Meighen was defeated in a 1942 by-election and resigned.

1942 (Progressive) Conservative leadership convention

Held in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Manitoba

on December 11, 1942.

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate		1st ballot		2nd ballot
Name		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	BRACKEN, John John Bracken John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....	420	48.3%	538	61.7%
	MACPHERSON, Murdoch Alexander	222	25.5%	255	29.2%
	DIEFENBAKER, John George	120	13.8%	79	9.1%
	GREEN, Howard Charles Howard Charles Green Howard Charles Green, PC was a Canadian politician and parliamentarian.He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 federal election as a Conservative from Vancouver, British Columbia and served as an Member of Parliament for twenty eight years...	88	10.1%
	STEVENS, Henry Herbert Henry Herbert Stevens Henry Herbert Stevens, PC was a Canadian politician and businessman. A member of R.B. Bennett's cabinet, he split with the Conservative Prime Minister to found the Reconstruction Party of Canada.-Early life:...	20	2.3%
Total		870	100.0%	872	100.0%

1948 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Held in Ottawa

Ottawa

, Ontario

Ontario

on October 2, 1948.

**First Ballot**
Candidate		Delegate Support	Percentage
	DREW, George Alexander	827	66.6%
	DIEFENBAKER, John George	311	25.0%
	FLEMING, Donald Methuen	104	8.4%
Total		1,242	100%

Wilfrid Garfield Case announced his candidacy but withdrew before the convention to support Drew.

1956 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Held in Ottawa

Ottawa

, Ontario

Ontario

on December 14, 1956.

**First Ballot**
Candidate		Delegate Support	Percentage
	DIEFENBAKER, John George	774	60.3%
	FLEMING, Donald Methuen	393	30.6%
	FULTON, Edmund Davie	117	9.1%
Total		1,284	100%

1967 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Held 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

on September 9, 1967.

See also: Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1967
Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1967
The 1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held to choose a leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The convention was held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4th and 9th, 1967...

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot		3rd ballot		4th ballot		5th ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
STANFIELD, Robert Lorne Robert Stanfield Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC was the 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He is sometimes referred to as "the greatest prime minister Canada never had", and earned the nickname "Honest Bob"...	519	23.3%	613	27.7%	717	32.7%	865	40.1%	1,150	54.3%
ROBLIN, Dufferin (Duff) Dufferin Roblin Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, PC, CC, OM was a Canadian businessman and politician. Known as "Duff," he served as the 14th Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the government of Brian Mulroney, he served as...	347	15.6%	430	19.4%	541	24.7%	771	35.7%	969	45.7%
FULTON, Edmund Davie	343	15.4%	346	15.7%	361	16.5%	357	16.5%
HEES, George Harris George Hees George Harris Hees, PC, OC was a Canadian politician.Born in Toronto to a patrician family, Hees earned a playboy image during his youth , but then became a stalwart member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada...	295	13.2%	299	13.5%	277	12.6%
DIEFENBAKER, John George	271	12.2%	172	7.8%	114	5.2%
MCCUTCHEON, Malcolm Wallace Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon, PC, CBE, QC known as Wallace McCutcheon was a Canadian lawyer, actuary and politician.Wallace McCutcheon was born in London, Ontario. Together with Edward Plunkett Taylor and Colonel W...	137	6.1%	76	3.4%
HAMILTON, Francis Alvin George Francis Alvin George Hamilton Alvin Hamilton, PC was a Canadian politician. Hamilton led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1949 until he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 general election...	136	6.1%	127	5.8%	106	4.8%	167	7.7%
FLEMING, Donald Methuen	126	5.7%	115	5.2%	76	3.5%
STARR, Michael Michael Starr Michael Starr, PC was a Canadian politician and the first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent, his parents having immigrated from Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire....	45	2.0%	34	1.5%
MACLEAN, John John MacLean (Canadian) John MacLean was a Canadian politician and businessperson. He was a candidate at the 1967 leadership convention of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, a centre-right party that formed the official opposition in the Canadian House of Commons at the time...	10	0.4%
WALKER-SAWKA, Mary Mary Walker-Sawka Mary Walker-Sawka was the first woman ever to seek the leadership of a major political party in Canada. She was a surprise last-minute candidate at the 1967 leadership convention of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, a centre-right party that formed the official opposition in the...	2	-
Total	2,231	100.0%	2,212	100.0%	2,192	100.0%	2,160	100.0%	2,119	100.0%

1976 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

See also: Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1976
Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1976
The 1976 leadership election of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was held in Ottawa on February 22, 1976, to elect a leader to replace Robert Stanfield, who had resigned after losing the 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections. It unexpectedly elected a 36-year-old, little-known PC Member of...

Held in Ottawa

Ottawa

, Ontario

Ontario

on February 22, 1976.

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot		3rd ballot		4th ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
WAGNER, Claude Claude Wagner Claude Wagner, PC, QC was a judge and politician in the Province of Quebec, Canada. In his career, Wagner was a Crown prosecutor, professor of criminal law and judge...	531	22.5%	667	28.5%	1,003	42.8%	1,122	48.6%
MULRONEY, Martin Brian Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...	357	15.1%	419	17.9%	369	15.8%
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...	277	11.7%	532	22.8%	969	41.4%	1,187	51.4%
HORNER, John (Jack) Henry	235	10.0%	286	12.2%
HELLYER, Paul Theodore Paul Hellyer Paul Theodore Hellyer, PC is a Canadian engineer, politician, writer and commentator who has had a long and varied career. He is the longest serving current member of the Privy Council, just ahead of Prince Philip.-Early life:...	231	9.8%	118	5.1%
MACDONALD, Flora Isabel	214	9.1%	239	10.2%
STEVENS, Sinclair McKnight Sinclair Stevens Sinclair McKnight Stevens, PC is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and former parliamentarian.-Early life:He was born in Esquesing Township , the third child of Northern Irish immigrants Robert Murray Stevens and Anna Bailey McKnight...	182	7.7%
FRASER, John John Allen Fraser John Allen Fraser, PC, OC, OBC, CD, QC is a retired Canadian parliamentarian and former Speaker of the House of Commons....	127	5.4%	34	1.5%
GILLIES, James McPhail	87	3.7%
NOWLAN, John Patrick (Pat)	86	3.6%	42	1.8%
GRAFFTEY, William Heward Heward Grafftey William Heward Grafftey, PC, QC was a Canadian politician and businessman.-Early life:Born in Montreal, Quebec, to a prosperous family, he was a cousin of artist Prudence Heward, and wrote "Chapter Four: Prudence Heward" in the 1996 book Portraits of a Life..His father, Major Arthur Grafftey, was...	33	1.4%
Total	2,360	100.0%	2,337	100.0%	2,341	100.0%	2,309	100.0%

Richard Quittenton withdrew from the race before the convention began.

First Ballot Grafftey is eliminated and Gillies withdraws; both support Clark. Sinclair Stevens withdraws and endorses Joe Clark.

Second Ballot MacDonald withdraws after this ballot and endorses Clark. Fraser is dropped off and also supports Clark. Horner, Hellyer and Nowlan all withdraw and endorse Claude Wagner.

Third Ballot Mulroney drops off and releases his delegates without endorsing anyone.

1983 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

See also: Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1983
Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1983
The 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held on June 11, 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario to elect a leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada...

Held in Ottawa

Ottawa

, Ontario

Ontario

on June 11, 1983.

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot		3rd ballot		4th ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...	1,091	36.5%	1,085	36.7%	1,058	35.8%	1,325	45.6%
MULRONEY, Martin Brian Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...	874	29.2%	1,021	34.6%	1,036	35.1%	1,584	54.5%
CROSBIE, John Carnell John Crosbie John Carnell Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC is a retired provincial and federal politician and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...	639	21.4%	781	26.4%	858	29.1%
WILSON, Michael Holcombe Michael Wilson (politician) Michael Holcombe Wilson, PC, CC is a Canadian diplomat, politician and business leader.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Wilson attended Upper Canada College, Trinity College at the University of Toronto where he joined The Kappa Alpha Society...	144	4.8%
CROMBIE, David Edward	116	3.9%	67	2.3%
POCKLINGTON, Peter Peter Pocklington Peter Hugh Pocklington is a Canadian entrepreneur.He made his initial fortune as the owner of one of the largest auto dealerships in Canada, and later took over a meat packing company involved in a high-profile labour strike....	102	3.4%
GAMBLE, John Albert John A. Gamble John Albert Gamble was a far-right Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative in the 1979 federal election and re-elected in the 1980 election representing the riding of York North.He was a candidate at the 1983 Progressive Conservative...	17	0.6%
FRASER, Neil	5	0.2%
Total	2,988	100.0%	2,954	100.0%	2,952	100.0%	2,909	100.0%

First Ballot Gamble, Pocklington and Wilson drop off or withdraw and endorse Mulroney.

Second Ballot Crombie drops off and endorses Crosbie.

Third Ballot Crosbie drops off and releases his delegates not endorsing anyone.

1993 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Held in Ottawa

Ottawa

, Ontario

Ontario

on June 13, 1993.

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
CAMPBELL, A. Kim Kim Campbell Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...	1,664	48.0%	1,817	52.7%
CHAREST, Jean J. Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....	1,369	39.4%	1,630	47.3%
EDWARDS, James (Jim) Stewart	307	8.9%
TURNER, Garth Garth Turner John Garth Turner, PC is a Canadian business journalist, best-selling author, entrepreneur, broadcaster, financial advisor and politician, twice elected as a Member of the House of Commons, former Minister of National Revenue and leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada...	76	2.2%
BOYER, Patrick Patrick Boyer J. Patrick Boyer is a university professor, author and a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament ....	53	1.5%
Total	3,469	100.0%	3,447	100.0%

First Ballot Boyer is eliminated and endorses Charest. Edwards withdraws and endorses Campbell.

1995 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Held in Hull

Hull, Quebec

Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

on April 29, 1995.

Vote to ratify Jean Charest
Jean Charest
John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....

as leader:

Yes 1,187 (96.04%)

No 49 (3.96%)

Total ballots cast 1,236

1998 Progressive Conservative leadership election

Held on October 24 and November 14, 1998. The party's finances were in such a bad state that it could not afford a traditional leadership convention. The 1998 election used a point system that allocated 100 points to each riding, regardless of the number of votes cast in the riding. The candidate who won a majority of points (not necessarily a majority of votres) would win the leadership. All party members were eligible to cast a vote. The 100-point-per-riding system was again used by the Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada

in its 2004 leadership race.

**Results by ballot**
Candidate	1st ballot (October 24)		2nd ballot (November 14)
Name	Points allotted	%	Points allotted	%
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...	14,592	48.5%	23,321	77.5%
SEGAL, Hugh Hugh Segal Hugh Segal, CM is a Canadian senator, political strategist, author, and commentator. Segal is credited with helping Stephen Harper become Prime Minister by moderating his image.-Life and career:...	5,689	18.9%
ORCHARD, David David Orchard David Orchard is a Canadian political figure, member of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was the Liberal Party candidate for the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the 2008 federal election.Previously, Orchard was a member of the now defunct Progressive Conservative...	4,916	16.3%	6,779	22.5%
PALLISTER, Brian 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...	3,676	12.2%
FORTIER, Michael Michael Fortier Michael M. Fortier, PC is a former Canadian Minister of International Trade and a former Conservative senator from Quebec...	1,227	4.1%
Total	30,100	100.0%	30,100	100.0%

First Ballot Fortier drops off. Segal and Pallister withdraw. All endorse Clark.

2003 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Held in Toronto

Toronto

, Ontario

Ontario

on May 31, 2003.

**Delegate support by ballot**
Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot		3rd ballot		4th ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
MACKAY, Peter Gordon 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....	1,080	41.1%	1,018	39.7%	1,128	45.0%	1,538	64.8%
ORCHARD, David David Orchard David Orchard is a Canadian political figure, member of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was the Liberal Party candidate for the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the 2008 federal election.Previously, Orchard was a member of the now defunct Progressive Conservative...	640	24.3%	619	24.1%	617	24.6%
PRENTICE, Jim 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...	478	18.2%	466	18.2%	761	30.4%	836	35.2%
BRISON, Scott 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...	431	16.4%	463	18.0%
CHANDLER, Craig Craig Chandler Craig B. Chandler is a Canadian businessman, pundit, and political and religious activist. He is a co-founder and executive director of the Progressive Group for Independent Business...	0	-
Total	2,629	100.0%	2,566	100.0%	2,506	100.0%	2,374	100.0%

Two other candidates had participated in the race. Quebec MP André Bachand

André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)

André Bachand is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Richmond—Arthabaska as member of the Progressive Conservatives from 1997 to 2003....

withdrew his candidacy from the race due to financial concerns and backed Peter MacKay. Former Cabinet Minister and Quebec MP Heward Grafftey

Heward Grafftey

William Heward Grafftey, PC, QC was a Canadian politician and businessman.-Early life:Born in Montreal, Quebec, to a prosperous family, he was a cousin of artist Prudence Heward, and wrote "Chapter Four: Prudence Heward" in the 1996 book Portraits of a Life..His father, Major Arthur Grafftey, was...

also withdrew his candidacy from the race due to health concerns.

First Ballot Chandler withdraws before voting begins to endorse Prentice.

Second Ballot Brison drops off and supports Prentice.

Third Ballot Orchard throws his support to MacKay. David Orchard produced a signed agreement where MacKay committed not to merge the party with the Canadian Alliance and to hold a review of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. However, with the only other candidate (Jim Prentice) being openly pro-merger, it was apparent that Orchard delegates would either support MacKay (as more moderate and less open to the merger idea) or abstain from the vote altogether. Judging from the fourth ballot totals, some of Orchard's delegates actually chose to abstain in spite of the agreement.

Progressive Conservatives dissolve

At the end of 2003, the memberships of the Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance

and the
Progressive Conservative Party voted to dissolve their parties and form the Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada

.

The Canadian Alliance was formed when a number of "Blue Tories

Blue Tory

Blue Tories, also known as small 'c' conservatives, are, in Canadian politics, members of the former federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, current Conservative Party of Canada and provincial Progressive Conservative parties who are more economically right wing...

" (more right wing conservatives) joined the Reform Party of Canada

Reform Party of Canada

The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....

.

Source: Parliament of Canada website

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