Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2004

The 2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election ended on March 20, 2004 with the election of Stephen Harper as the first leader of the new Canadian Conservative Party. The Conservative Party was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

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March 20 - 2004 - Stephen Harper - Canadian - Conservative Party - Canadian Alliance - Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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Stephen Harper, the former leader of the Canadian Alliance, was elected on the first (and only) ballot. Tony Clement, a former Ontario Progressive Conservative health minister, and Belinda Stronach, the former Chief Executive Officer of Magna International, were the other candidates on the ballot.

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Stephen Harper - Tony Clement - Ontario Progressive Conservative - Belinda Stronach - Magna International

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Jim Prentice, the runner-up in the 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election, dropped out of the campaign before the voting.

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Jim Prentice - 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election

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The leader was selected by a system in which each of the party's riding associations was allocated up to 100 points. In associations in which fewer than 100 members cast ballots, each ballot counted as one point. In associations in which 100 or more votes were cast, 100 points were allocated among candidates in proportion to the votes that he or she received.

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Members voted using preferential ballots. If no candidate won a majority of votes on the first ballot, the ballots of the candidate with the smallest number of votes would be re-distributed according to the voters' second preferences. Subsequent ballots were not needed, however, because Stephen Harper won on the first ballot.

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See also: Leadership convention.

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