Conservative leadership convention, 1927

Conservative Party leadership election, 1927

October 12, 1927 1938 →
Candidate R.B. Bennett Hugh Guthrie Charles Hazlitt Cahan Party Conservative Conservative Conservative Second (Final) Ballot 780, 50.2% 320, 20.6% 266, 17.1% First Ballot 594, 38.0% 345, 22.0% 310, 19.8%   Candidate Robert James Manion Robert Rogers Henry Lumley Drayton Party Conservative Conservative Conservative Second (Final) Ballot 148, 9.5% 37, 2.4% 3, 0.2% First Ballot 170, 10.9% 114, 7.3% 31, 2.0%
Leader before election Arthur Meighen Elected Leader R.B. Bennett

Conservative leadership election, 1927

Date	October 12, 1927
Convention	Winnipeg Amphitheatre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Resigning leader	Arthur Meighen
Won by	R.B. Bennett
Ballots	2
Candidates	6
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A Conservative leadership convention was held on October 12, 1927 at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The convention was held to choose a new leader of the Conservative Party (formally the Liberal-Conservative Party) to choose a successor to former Prime Minister of Canada Arthur Meighen who had led the party since 1920. This was the first time the Conservatives used a leadership convention to choose a leader. Previous leaders had been chosen by the party's caucus, the previous leader, or by the Governor General of Canada designating an individual to form a government after his predecessor's death or resignation.

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