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The PC Party executive decides to hold a full-scale leadership election before the next provincial election and sets the date of the leadership election. [ 10 ] [ 2 ] January 28, 2018: Party president Rick Dykstra resigns shortly before Maclean's magazine publishes a story about him allegedly sexually assaulting an employee during his time as a ...
John Tory, leader (2004–2009) Ontario PC logo, 2006–2010. In early 2004, Eves announced his intention to step down as leader. A leadership convention to replace him was called for the fall. Jim Flaherty was the first to enter the race, campaigning on the same right wing platform as in 2002.
The party's 76,587 members [1] were eligible to cast votes by preferential ballot.The vote will be weighted so that each of the province's 107 ridings that has more than 100 votes cast are allocated 100 electoral votes; [2] ridings in which fewer than 100 party members vote will not be weighted, but will instead have the votes counted as individual votes. [3]
This page lists the results of leadership elections within the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (known as the Conservative Party of Ontario before 1942). Before 1920, leaders of the Conservative Party were usually chosen by caucus.
The January convention was held at the CNE Coliseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto to choose a replacement for William Davis, who had served as Ontario PC leader and Premier of Ontario since 1971. [1] Davis had been expected to call an election to seek a further mandate from the voters, but surprised pundits by retiring from political life instead.
The 2002 Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election was a leadership election called in the fall of 2001 when Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Premier Mike Harris announced his intention to resign. The candidates to succeed Harris were Elizabeth Witmer, Tony Clement, Ernie Eves, Jim Flaherty and Chris Stockwell. Eves was not ...
The past four leadership contests had been won by those who sold the most memberships. [35] Brown was endorsed by the Campaign Life Coalition and the Ontario Landowners Association. [36] [37] During Brown's leadership bid both special interest groups actively supported him by selling Ontario PC Party memberships amongst their members. [38] [39]
She said, "Ensuring that patients in Ontario's health-care system will now have a strengthened voice is a responsibility I am looking forward to taking on." [23] On February 1, 2018, Elliott resigned as Patient Ombudsman to enter the Ontario PC Party leadership election. [24]