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The first Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership convention was held in 1927, when the party was called the Conservative Party. Prior to then the party's leader was chosen by caucus. There have been two permanent leaders since 1927 who were not chosen by a leadership convention. Arthur Meighen agreed to serve a second term as leader in 1941 on condition that he would not have to contest the position. The party agreed since the party was desperate for a leader of Meighen's stature. Jean Charest was one of only two Progressive Conservative Members of Parliament returned in the 1993 election and was appointed leader by the party's executive with the decision later being affirmed at a regular party convention two years later. The Conservative Party became the Progressive Conservative Party in 1942. All leadership conventions were delegated conventions, except for in 1998 when a one-member-one-vote (OMOV) process was used in which each riding was allocated 100 points which were distributed among candidates by proportional representation. For the 2003 leadership election, the party reverted to use of a delegated convention, obstensibly because of the cost of using an OMOV process though it has been argued that the party feared that use of OMOV would make an outside takeover of the party easier due to a decline in membership. In 2003, the party merged with the Canadian Alliance to form a new Conservative Party of Canada. This party adopted the OMOV process the Tories had used in 1998. [edit] 1927 Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 12, 1927. First Ballot Second Ballot [edit] 1938 Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Ottawa, Ontario on July 7, 1938. First Ballot Second Ballot Manion lost his seat in the 1940 federal election and R.B. Hanson became interim leader. In November 1941 a national conference of the party voted against having a leadership convention and instead appointed Arthur Meighen as the party's wartime leader. Meighen was defeated in a 1942 by-election and resigned. [edit] 1942 (Progressive) Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Winnipeg, Manitoba on December 11, 1942. First Ballot Second Ballot [edit] 1948 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Ottawa, Ontario on October 2, 1948. First Ballot Wilfrid Garfield Case announced his candidacy but withdrew before the convention to support Drew. [edit] 1956 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Ottawa, Ontario on December 14, 1956. First Ballot [edit] 1967 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Toronto, Ontario on September 9, 1967. First Ballot Second Ballot Third Ballot Fourth Ballot Fifth Ballot [edit] 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Ottawa, Ontario on February 22, 1976. Richard Quittenton withdrew from the race before the convention began. First Ballot Second Ballot Third Ballot Fourth Ballot [edit] 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Ottawa, Ontario on June 11, 1983. First Ballot Second Ballot Third Ballot Fourth Ballot [edit] 1993 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Ottawa, Ontario on June 13, 1993. First Ballot Second Ballot [edit] 1995 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Hull, Quebec on April 29, 1995. Vote to ratify Jean Charest as leader: [edit] 1998 Progressive Conservative leadership electionHeld on October 24 and November 14, 1998. The party's finances were in such a bad state that it could not afford a traditional leadership convention.[citation needed] The 1998 election used a point system that allocated 100 points to each riding, regardless of the number of votes cast in the riding. The candidate who won a majority of points (not necessarily a majority of votres) would win the leadership. All party members were eligible to cast a vote. The 100-point-per-riding system was again used by the Conservative Party of Canada in its 2004 leadership race. First Ballot Second Ballot [edit] 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership conventionHeld in Toronto, Ontario on May 31, 2003. Two other candidates had participated in the race. Quebec MP André Bachand withdrew his candidacy from the race due to financial concerns and backed Peter MacKay. Former Cabinet Minister and Quebec MP Heward Grafftey also withdrew his candidacy from the race due to health concerns. First Ballot Second Ballot Third Ballot Fourth Ballot [edit] Progressive Conservatives dissolveAt the end of 2003, the memberships of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party voted to dissolve their parties and form the Conservative Party of Canada. The Canadian Alliance was formed when a number of "Blue Tories" (more right wing conservatives) joined the Reform Party of Canada.
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