Conservative Party of Canada leadership elections
The Conservative Party of Canada elects its leaders through a process known as a leadership election. The most recent leadership election was held in 2020.
Since 2004, the party has elected its leaders on a one member, one vote basis using a ranked ballot. The process is weighted so that each riding is allocated 100 points, divided proportionately among candidates based on their percentage of the vote in that riding.[1] This process was first used in the 1998 Progressive Conservative leadership election, a predecessor party of the modern Conservative Party.
2004 leadership election[]
Held in Toronto, Ontario on March 20, 2004.
| Candidate | 1st round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes cast | % | Points allocated | % | ||
|
Stephen Harper | 67,143 | 68.9% | 17,296 | 56.2% |
|
Belinda Stronach | 22,286 | 22.9% | 10,613 | 34.5% |
|
Tony Clement | 7,968 | 8.2% | 2,887 | 9.4 |
| Total | 174,404 | 100% | 33,800 | 100% | |
2017 leadership election[]
Held in Toronto, Ontario on May 27, 2017.
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | % | Points | % | |
| Andrew Scheer | 7,375.79 | 21.82% | 17,222.20 | 50.95% |
| Maxime Bernier | 9,763.32 | 28.89% | 16,577.80 | 49.05% |
| Erin O'Toole | 3,600.72 | 10.65% | ||
| Brad Trost | 2,820.87 | 8.35% | ||
| Michael Chong | 2,552.47 | 7.55% | ||
| Kellie Leitch | 2,366.09 | 7.00% | ||
| Pierre Lemieux | 2,495.71 | 7.38% | ||
| Lisa Raitt | 1,127.93 | 3.34% | ||
| Steven Blaney | 426.37 | 1.26% | ||
| Chris Alexander | 379.10 | 1.12% | ||
| Kevin O'Leary | 361.21 | 1.07% | ||
| Rick Peterson | 220.58 | 0.65% | ||
| Andrew Saxton | 169.94 | 0.50% | ||
| Deepak Obhrai | 139.90 | 0.41% | ||
2020 leadership election[]
Conducted by mail-in ballot due August 21, with results announced on August 23-24.
| Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes cast | % | Points allocated | % | Votes cast | % | Points allocated | % | Votes cast | % | Points allocated | % | ||
|
Erin O'Toole | 51,258 | 29.39% | 10,681.40 | 31.60% | 56,907 | 33.20% | 11,903.69 | 35.22% | 90,635 | 58.86% | 19,271.74 | 57.02% |
|
Peter MacKay | 52,851 | 30.30% | 11,328.55 | 33.52% | 54,165 | 31.60% | 11,756.01 | 34.78% | 63,356 | 41.14% | 14,528.26 | 42.98% |
|
Leslyn Lewis | 43,017 | 24.67% | 6,925.38 | 20.49% | 60,316 | 35.20% | 10,140.30 | 30.00% | Eliminated | |||
|
Derek Sloan | 27,278 | 15.64% | 4,864.67 | 14.39% | Eliminated | |||||||
| Total | 174,404 | 100% | 33,800 | 100% | 171,388 | 100% | 33,800 | 100% | 153,991 | 100% | 33,800 | 100% | |
See also[]
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership elections
- Canadian Alliance leadership elections
References[]
- ^ "Conservative Leadership: The Rules - CPAC". CPAC. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "RCV Short Report" (PDF). August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
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