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Progressive Conservative Party Of Manitoba Leadership Elections
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (previously known as the Conservative Party of Manitoba) has had several contested races to determine its leadership. These have all occurred by voting at delegated conventions. The results are listed below. 1919 Conservative leadership convention (Held on November 6, 1919) *R.G. Willis winner *Fawcett Taylor (Note: The vote totals were not read into the record.) 1922 Conservative leadership convention (Held on April 5, 1922) *Fawcett Taylor winner *John Thomas Haig (Note: The results were not announced. R.G. Willis was nominated as a candidate, but declined.) 1936 Conservative leadership convention (Held on June 9, 1936) *Errick Willis acclaimed 1950 Progressive Conservative leadership challenge (Held in October, 1950) *Errick Willis 188 *George Hastings 45 1954 Progressive Conservative leadership challenge (Held on June 17, 1954) First ballot: *Errick Willis 118 *Dufferin Roblin 114 *J. Arthur Ross 55 Second ballot (R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Party Of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Manitoba) is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 election and maintaining a majority in the 2019 election. Origins and early years The origins of the party lie at the end of the nineteenth century. Party politics were weak in Manitoba for several years after it entered Canadian confederation in 1870. The system of government was essentially one of non-partisan democracy, though some leading figures such as Marc-Amable Girard were identified with the Conservatives at the federal level. The government was a balance of ethnic, religious and linguistic communities, and party affiliation was at best a secondary concern. In 1879, Thomas Scott (not to be confused with another person of the same name who was executed by Louis Riel's provisional government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |