Ontario CCF/NDP leadership elections

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.

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Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1942

(Held on April 3, 1942.)

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

Ontario CCF leadership challenge, 1946

(Held November 23, 1946)

Ontario CCF leadership convention, 1953

(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.)

Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1961

(Held on October 8, 1961.)

Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1968

(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

Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1970

(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

Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1972

(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

Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1978

(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

Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1982

(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

Ontario NDP leadership challenge, 1986

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

Candidate Votes Percentage
RAE, Bob 776 95.3
ORENSTEIN, Ian 38 4.7
Total 814 100

Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1996

(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.

Ontario NDP leadership election, 2009

(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
Main article: Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election, 2009

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.