Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1967

Progressive Conservative Party leadership election, 1967

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Candidate Robert Stanfield Dufferin Roblin Davie Fulton Party Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Fifth (Final) Ballot 1,150 - 54.3% 969 - 45.7% Withdrew Fourth Ballot 865 - 40.1% 771 - 35.7% 357 - 16.5% Third Ballot 717 - 32.7% 541 - 24.7% 361 - 16.5% Second Ballot 613 - 27.7% 430 - 19.4% 346 - 15.7% First Ballot 519 - 23.3% 347 - 15.6% 343 - 15.4%   Candidate Alvin Hamilton George Hees John Diefenbaker Party Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Fifth (Final) Ballot Eliminated Withdrew Withdrew Fourth Ballot 167 - 7.7% Withdrew Withdrew Third Ballot 106 - 4.8% 277 - 12.6% 114 - 5.2% Second Ballot 127 - 5.8% 299 - 13.5% 172 - 7.8% First Ballot 136 - 6.1% 295 - 13.2% 271 - 12.2%   Candidate Donald Fleming Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon Michael Starr Party Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Fifth (Final) Ballot Eliminated Withdrew Eliminated Fourth Ballot Eliminated Withdrew Eliminated Third Ballot 76 - 3.5% Withdrew Eliminated Second Ballot 115 - 5.2% 76 - 3.4% 34 - 1.5% First Ballot 126 - 5.7% 137 - 6.1% 45 - 2.0%
Leader before election John Diefenbaker Elected Leader Robert Stanfield

Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1967

Date	September 9, 1967
Convention	Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Resigning leader	John Diefenbaker
Won by	Robert Stanfield
Ballots	5
Candidates	11
Entrance Fee	C$?
Spending limit	None
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The 1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held to choose a leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The convention was held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and 9, 1967. Robert Stanfield was elected the new leader.

The leader was elected by the approximately 2,200 delegates to the convention who voted. Most of the delegates were elected from the party's associations in each riding (electoral district), as well as from the party's women's and youth associations. Many delegates were ex officio delegates, i.e., they received delegate status as a result of their positions on the national executive committee of the party, the executives of its affiliated provincial parties, and the party's national women's and youth organizations. Former and current Progressive Conservative (PC) Members of Parliament and Senators were also ex officio delegates.

Traditionally, once elected, leaders of the party remained in the position until they resigned or died. In this case, however, the convention was called after the party membership passed a resolution to force a leadership convention even though party leader John Diefenbaker was unwilling to resign. Many in the party believed that his mercurial leadership when the party was in government from 1957 to 1963, and his failure to win the support of Canadian voters the 1963 and 1965 federal elections meant that he would be unable to lead the party back to government. Party president Dalton Camp organized the successful campaign within the party to force a leadership convention.

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