Liberal Party leadership election may refer to:
Australia
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1989 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
A leadership spill, spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 9 May 1989, following internal maneuverings by supporters of John Howard, John Howard's long-time rival, Andrew Peacock. The spill was won by Andrew Peaco ...
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1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 3 April 1990, following the defeat of the Liberal Party at the federal election five days earlier. The spill was won by John Hewson over Peter Reith by 62 votes to 13. Reit ...
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1994 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 23 May 1994. The incumbent, John Hewson, was defeated by Alexander Downer in a vote of Liberal Party Members of Parliament (MPs) by 43 votes to 3 ...
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1995 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 January 1995 after the resignation of Alexander Downer following several months of poor personal ratings for him. John Howard was elected unop ...
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2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 29 November 2007, following the defeat of the Howard Government at the federal election five days earlier. The resulting ballot was an open race as outgoing Prime Minister ...
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2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 15 September 2008. At a ballot on 16 September, Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull defeated the incumbent leader Brendan Nelson 45 votes to 41.
Background
The Liberal-Natio ...
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2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
A leadership spill for the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 1 December 2009. The incumbent leader Malcolm Turnbull was defeated by Tony Abbott on the second ballot; Joe Hockey also stood as a candidate. Abbott thus replaced Turnbull as ...
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September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
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2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills
Leadership spills of the federal parliamentary leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia were held on 21 and 24 August 2018 and were called by the incumbent leader of the party, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
It has been nicknamed "spill ...
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2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
A leadership election of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022, following the defeat of the Scott Morrison government at the 2022 federal election and the resignation of Morrison as party leader. The newly elected leader would ...
Northern Territory
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2013 Country Liberal Party leadership spill
A leadership spill of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the Northern Territory occurred on 13 March 2013, less than a year after the Terry Mills (Australian politician), Terry Mills-led CLP opposition defeated the Paul Henderson (politician), Pa ...
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2015 Country Liberal Party leadership spill
Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
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1919 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 1919 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was the first leadership convention held by a federal political party in Canada. It was originally called by the Liberal leader, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, as a national policy convention with the in ...
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1948 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 1948 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was called to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The convention was held exactly 29 years after the 1919 leadership convention that saw Ki ...
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1958 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 1958 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was called to replace Liberal leader Louis St. Laurent, who had resigned as Prime Minister after the party's sudden defeat in the 1957 election. On the first ballot, former External Affairs ...
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1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was held on April 6, 1968. The election was won by Minister of Justice and Attorney General Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who became the new Prime Minister of Canada as a result. He was the unexpecte ...
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1980 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
A Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention was to have been held in early 1980 as a result of Pierre Trudeau's November 21, 1979 announcement that he would resign as Liberal leader as soon as his successor was chosen. The announcement came se ...
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1984 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 1984 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was called for June 16, 1984, to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The convention elected former Finance Minister John Turner, who at the time was no ...
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1990 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 1990 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was held on 23 June 1990 in Calgary, Alberta. The party chose former Deputy Prime Minister Jean Chrétien as its new leader, replacing the outgoing leader, former Prime Minister John Turner. ...
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2003 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
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2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was prompted by outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin's announcement that he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada into another election, following his party's defeat in the 2006 fede ...
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2009 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 2009 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was prompted by Stéphane Dion's announcement that he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada into another election, following his party's defeat in the 2008 Canadian federal election, 2008 ...
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2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was triggered by Michael Ignatieff's announcement on May 3, 2011, of his intention to resign as leader following the party's defeat in the 2011 federal election. On May 25, 2011, Bob Rae was ...
Liberal Party of Canada Branches
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Alberta Liberal Party leadership elections
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British Columbia Liberal Party leadership elections
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Manitoba Liberal Party leadership elections
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New Brunswick Liberal Association leadership elections
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Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership elections
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Ontario Liberal Party leadership elections
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Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership elections
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Quebec Liberal Party leadership elections
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Saskatchewan Liberal Party leadership elections This page shows the results of leadership elections in the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, covering the period from 1905 to the present day. All leadership contests in the Saskatchewan Liberal Party have been determined by delegated conventions.
Liber ...
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
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New Zealand
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1889 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1893 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1906 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
The New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election 1912 was held on 22 March to choose the next leader of the New Zealand Liberal Party. The election was won by Thomas Mackenzie, who succeeded Joseph Ward.
Background
In February 1912 the Liberal G ...
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1913 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1919 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1920 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1925 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1928 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
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1930 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
United Kingdom
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1967 Liberal Party leadership election
The 1967 Liberal Party leadership election was called following the resignation of Jo Grimond, in the wake of disappointing results in the 1966 general election.
Background
There were three candidates (Jeremy Thorpe, Emlyn Hooson and Eric Lubbo ...
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1976 Liberal Party leadership election
The 1976 Liberal Party leadership election was called following the resignation of Jeremy Thorpe in the wake of allegations which would eventually lead to Thorpe's trial and acquittal for conspiracy to murder in 1979.
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There were two c ...
See also
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Liberal Democrats leadership election
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Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
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