The Ontario New Democratic Party elects its leaders by secret ballot of the party members and/or their delegates at leadership elections, as did its predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section). The party leader can be challenged for the leadership at the party's biennial convention. The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada.
(Held on April 3, 1942.)
(Note: The vote totals do not appear to have been announced.)
(Held November 23, 1946)
(Held on November 21, 1953.)
First Ballot
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
YOUNG, Fred | 154 | 43.2 |
MACDONALD, Donald C. | 127 | 35.6 |
BREWIN, Andrew | 75 | 21.0 |
Total | 356 | 100 |
Second Ballot
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
MACDONALD, Donald C. | 181 | 50.8 | +15.2 |
YOUNG, Fred | 175 | 49.2 | +6.0 |
Total | 356 | 100 |
(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.)
(Held on October 8, 1961.)
(Held on November 17, 1968 in Kitchener, Ontario.)
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
MACDONALD, Donald C. | 859 | 69.9 |
RENWICK, James | 370 | 30.1 |
Total | 1,229 | 100 |
(Held on October 4, 1970.)
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
LEWIS, Stephen | 1,188 | 64.1 |
PITMAN, Walter | 642 | 34.7 |
CAMPBELL, Douglas | 21 | 1.1 |
Total | 1,851 | 100 |
(Held on December 10, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario.)
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
LEWIS, Stephen | 752 | 85.8 |
CAMPBELL, Douglas | 124 | 14.1 |
Total | 876 | 100 |
An additional 137 ballots were spoiled. If the spoiled votes are factored in then Lewis received 74.2% support overall
(Held on February 5, 1978.)
First Ballot
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
CASSIDY, Michael | 675 | 37.6 |
DEANS, Ian | 623 | 34.7 |
BREAUGH, Michael | 499 | 27.8 |
Total | 1,797 | 100 |
Breaugh eliminated, goes to Cassidy
Second Ballot
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
CASSIDY, Michael | 980 | 65.7 | +28.1 |
DEANS, Ian | 512 | 34.3 | -0.4 |
Total | 1,492 | 100 |
(Held on February 7, 1982.)
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
RAE, Bob | 1,356 | 64.6 |
JOHNSTON, Richard | 512 | 24.4 |
FOULDS, Jim | 232 | 11.0 |
Total | 2,100 | 100 |
(Held on June 22, 1986 in Hamilton, Ontario.)
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
RAE, Bob | 776 | 95.3 |
ORENSTEIN, Ian | 38 | 4.7 |
Total | 814 | 100 |
(Held on June 22, 1996 in Hamilton, Ontario.)
First Ballot
Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
HAMPTON, Howard | 649 | 33.7 |
LANKIN, Frances | 611 | 31.7 |
KORMOS, Peter | 434 | 22.5 |
SILIPO, Tony | 232 | 12.0 |
Total | 1,926 | 100 |
Silipo eliminated, endorses Hampton
Second Ballot
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
HAMPTON, Howard | 806 | 43.4 | +9.7 |
LANKIN, Frances | 691 | 36.3 | +4.6 |
KORMOS, Peter | 402 | 21.2 | -1.3 |
Total | 1,899 | 100 |
Kormos eliminated, endorses no one, releases delegates
Third Ballot
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
'HAMPTON, Howard | 971 | 55.0 | +12.6 |
LANKIN, Frances | 793 | 45.0 | +8.7 |
Total | 1,764 | 100 |
There were eighty spoiled ballots on the final count, mostly from disgruntled supporters of Kormos.
(Held on March 7, 2009, in Hamilton, Ontario)
First Ballot
Candidate | Weighted Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|
HORWATH, Andrea | 4,625.29 | 37.1 |
TABUNS, Peter | 3,437.93 | 27.6 |
BISSON, Gilles | 2,954.23 | 23.7 |
PRUE, Michael | 1,438.44 | 11.5 |
Total | 12,455.89 | 100 |
Prue eliminated, endorses Bisson
Second Ballot
Candidate | Weighted Votes | Percentage | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
HORWATH, Andrea | 5,259.06 | 43.6 | +6.5 |
TABUNS, Peter | 3,819.82 | 31.7 | +4.1 |
BISSON, Gilles | 2,988.12 | 24.8 | +1.1 |
Total | 12,067 | 100.0 |
Bisson eliminated, endorses Horwath
Third Ballot
Candidate | Weighted Votes | Percentage | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
HORWATH, Andrea | 6732.34 | 60.4 | +16.8 |
TABUNS, Peter | 4420.66 | 39.6 | +7.9 |
Total | 11,152.9 | 100.0 |
Starting with the 2009 leadership election, the Ontario NDP instituted a modified one member one vote system in which the vote is calculated so that ballots cast by labour delegates have 25% weight in the total result, while votes cast by party members have a weight of 75% in the overall result.