British Columbia Social Credit Party leadership conventions

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The British Columbia Social Credit Party, a conservative political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, did not hold any leadership conventions until 1973. The provincial Social Credit movement was divided in its early years, and did not have a functional leadership before forming a minority government in 1952. On July 15, 1952, the party's members of the legislative assembly (MLAs), who had just won election, chose William A.C. Bennett over Philip Gaglardi as the party's first leader, 10 votes to 9.

In 1973, the party elected W.A.C. Bennett's son, Bill Bennett, on the first ballot.

All of the party's leadership conventions before 1993 were delegated, i.e., local party riding associations selected delegates to attend a convention and elect a leader by secret ballot.

The 1993 leadership election was determined by a "one-member, one-vote" system, using mail-in preferential ballots. The 1994 leadership election used the same system, but did not incorporate preferential balloting as there were only two candidates.

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[edit] 1973 leadership convention

(Held on November 24, 1973.)

First Ballot:

  • BENNETT, William R. 833
  • MCCLELLAND, Bob 269
  • SCHROEDER, Harvey 204
  • CHABOT, James 97
  • SMITH, Ed 74
  • MASON, James 10

[edit] 1986 leadership convention

(Held on July 29-30, 1986.)

First Ballot:

Second Ballot (Campbell eliminated, five others withdraw):

Third Ballot (Nielsen eliminated, Reynolds and Bud Smith withdraw):

Fourth Ballot (McCarthy eliminated):

[edit] 1991 interim leadership

On April 2, 1991, Rita Johnston was elected by the party's MLAs as their interim leader, defeating Russ Fraser by 21 votes to 17 on the fourth ballot. Claude Richmond, Norm Jacobsen and Mel Couvelier had previously been eliminated.

[edit] 1991 leadership convention

(Held on July 20, 1991.)

First Ballot:

Second Ballot (Couvelier supports Johnston):

[edit] 1993 leadership election

(Held on November 6, 1993.)

First Ballot:

  • MCCARTHY, Grace 7,338
  • BRUCE, Graham 5,321
  • RICHMOND, Claude 2,083
  • TURNER, Jim 91

Second Ballot:

Third Ballot:

[edit] 1994 leadership election

(Announced on November 4, 1994.)

First Ballot:

  • GILLANDERS, Larry 1,034
  • CALEB, John 787
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