Everything about New Democratic Party Leadership Conventions totally explained
NDP leadership conventions are the process by which the
Canadian New Democratic Party elects its leader.
Before
2003, when a modified
one member, one vote (OMOV) system was adopted, every biennial convention of the
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor, the New Democratic Party, was a
leadership convention.
However, in practice, contested elections were held only when there was a declared leadership race. In
2001, a rare exception to this occurred when
Socialist Caucus member
Marcel Hatch challenged
Alexa McDonough from the floor of the convention; however, McDonough easily retained the leadership in the resulting vote. It also seems that in
1973 Douglas Campbell unsuccessfully challenged
David Lewis' leadership.
CCF leaders
J.S. Woodsworth in
1933,
M.J. Coldwell in
1942 and
Hazen Argue in
1960 were all elected by
acclamation.
In
1961, the
CCF and the
Canadian Labour Congress joined to form the New Democratic Party .
Trade unions were allowed to directly affiliate to the party, and a system was arranged so that up to one-third of all delegates to NDP conventions were selected by labour and the other two-thirds by NDP
riding associations. This was also the case at leadership conventions, giving the
labour movement a significant say in determining the party's leadership.
1961 leadership convention results
Held in
Ottawa,
Ontario on
August 3,
1961.
First Ballot
1971 leadership convention results
Held in Ottawa, Ontario on
April 24,
1971.
First Ballot
Second Ballot
Third Ballot
Fourth Ballot
1975 leadership convention results
Held in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba on
July 7,
1975.
First Ballot
Second Ballot
Third Ballot
Fourth Ballot
1989 leadership convention results
Held in Winnipeg, Manitoba on
December 2,
1989.
First Ballot
Second Ballot
Third Ballot
Fourth Ballot
1995 leadership convention results
Held in Ottawa, Ontario on
October 14,
1995.
First Ballot
As the last place finisher on the first ballot, Nystrom was dropped. However, Robinson determined that he couldn't win on the second ballot if Nystrom's supporters moved to McDonough, as they were expected to, thus he withdrew and McDonough was declared the winner.
Prior to this leadership contest, the NDP held a series of regional and labour "caucus votes" prior to the national convention. A fourth candidate,
Herschel Hardin, also participated in the regional caucuses, but didn't win sufficient delegate support to qualify for the convention. These "primaries" were OMOV.
Primaries
2001 leadership challenge results
Held in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Sunday, November 25, 2001
First Ballot
Held in
Toronto,
Ontario on
January 25,
2003.
First Ballot
Starting with the 2003 leadership election, the NDP instituted a modified
one member one vote system in which the vote is calculated so that ballots cast by labour delegates have 25% weight in the total result, while votes cast by party members have 75%.
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