Ontario CCF/NDP leadership conventions

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The Ontario New Democratic Party elects its leaders by secret ballot of the party members at leadership conventions, as did its predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section. The party leader can be challenged for the leadership at the party's annual convention. The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada.

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[edit] Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1942

(Held on April 3, 1942.)

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

[edit] Ontario CCF leadership challenge, 1946

[edit] Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1953

(Held on November 21, 1953.)

First ballot:

Second ballot:

(Note: These totals are taken from an interview with Donald C. MacDonald several years after the convention. They do not appear to have been announced at the convention itself.)

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1961

(Held on October 8, 1961.)

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1968

(Held on November 17, 1968 in Kitchener, Ontario.)

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1970

(Held on October 4, 1970.)

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1978

(Held on February 5, 1978.)

First ballot:

Second ballot:

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1982

(Held on February 7, 1982.)

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1986

(Held on June 22, 1986 in Hamilton, Ontario.)

[edit] Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1996

(Held on June 22, 1996 in Hamilton, Ontario.)

First ballot:

Second ballot:

Third ballot:

(Note: There were eighty spoiled ballots on the final count, mostly from disgruntled supporters of Kormos.)