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British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership elections

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This page covers the results of leadership elections in the British Columbia New Democratic Party (known as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation before 1961).

Early developments

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On July 5, 1936, CCF parliamentary leader Robert Connell survived a leadership challenge, 138 votes to 76. It was also determined, at this meeting, that the party's future leadership would be decided by delegated conventions.

1939 leadership convention

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(Held June 26, 1939)

1953 leadership convention

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(Held April 10, 1953)

1956 leadership convention

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(Held April 6, 1956)

1961 Leadership convention

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(Held October 28, 1961)

1967 leadership challenge

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(Held on June 4, 1967, in Burnaby, British Columbia.)

1969 leadership convention

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(Held on April 12, 1969.)

First ballot:

Second ballot:

Berger stepped down as party leader after the NDP lost the provincial election of 1969. Barrett was subsequently chosen as interim party leader.

1970 leadership convention

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(Held June 6, 1970)

1984 leadership convention

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(Held on May 20, 1984.)

First ballot:

Lea was eliminated, and endorsed Stupich.

Second ballot:

Birrell was eliminated. She initially declined to endorse another candidate, but later supported Robert Skelly.

Third ballot:

Stupich was eliminated. He declined to endorse another candidate.

Fourth ballot:

King was eliminated, and endorsed Skelly.

Fifth ballot:

1987 leadership convention

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(Held on April 12, 1987.)

1996 leadership convention

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(Held on February 18, 1996.)

2000 leadership convention

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(Held on February 20, 2000.)

(Gordon Wilson had been a candidate but withdrew an hour before voting began and endorsed Corky Evans.[1] Labour activist Len Werden had withdrawn the day before the convention. Joy MacPhail had also been a candidate but she dropped out on January 8, 2000 and threw her support to Ujjal Dosanjh.[2] MacPhail became interim leader after Dosanjh lost his seat in the 2001 provincial election and resigned. On June 4, 2003 she announced her intention to resign as interim leader.)

2003 leadership convention

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(Held on November 23, 2003.)

First ballot:

Second ballot:

2011 leadership convention

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Main article: 2011 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election

(Held on April 17, 2011.)

Candidate First ballot Second ballot Third ballot
Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent
Adrian Dix 7,638 38.2% 7,748 39.3% 9,772 51.8%
Mike Farnworth 6,979 34.9% 6,951 35.2% 9,095 48.2%
John Horgan 4,844 24.2% 5,034 25.5%
Dana Larsen 531 2.7%

2014 leadership convention

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Main article: 2014 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election

(Originally to be held September 28, 2014.)

John Horgan acclaimed leader on May 1, 2014, when the nomination deadline passes with no other candidate registering. He officially took over as party leader May 4, 2014.[3]

2022 leadership convention

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Main article: 2022 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election

(Originally to be held on December 3, 2022)

David Eby was acclaimed leader on October 21, 2022, after the only other candidate in the race was disqualified.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "CBC News - Wilson throws in the towel". vancouver.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2004-12-11.
  2. ^ "CBC News - MacPhail quits NDP leadership race in B.C." Archived from the original on 2004-12-14. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  3. ^ "John Horgan acclaimed new leader of B.C. NDP". CBC News. May 3, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "'I can't wait to get started': David Eby outlines plans for first 100 days as B.C. premier". British Columbia. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.

See also

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