New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership elections


The New Democratic Party of Manitoba has held seven leadership conventions to select a party leader since its founding in 1961. In each instance, the leader was chosen by secret-ballot voting among delegates. The results of these votes are listed below. The leaders of the party's predecessors, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Independent Labour Party had all been elected unopposed.

1961 leadership convention

Paulley's victory was reported in the Winnipeg Free Press on November 6, 1961. The numerical totals were not released, although is generally accepted that Paulley won by a significant majority. In 1968, he was challenged for the party leadership by fellow legislator Sidney Green.

1968 leadership challenge

Paulley resigned as party leader in 1969.

1969 leadership convention

Schreyer resigned as party leader in January 1979, after being appointed Governor-General of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the same month, Howard Pawley was chosen as interim leader of the NDP's legislative caucus, defeating Sidney Green and Saul Cherniack in a closed-session vote.

1979 leadership convention

A fourth candidate, Nick Ternette, withdrew from the contest on November 2, 1979, and backed Muriel Smith.
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Pawley resigned as leader in 1988, after his government lost a vote of confidence in the legislature. He continued to serve as premier in a caretaker government, and the NDP held a snap leadership convention in the opening weeks of the 1988 provincial election.

1988 leadership convention

First ballot:
Hemphill and Santos both fell below the 15% quota required to stay on the ballot and were eliminated. Hemphill supported Anstett on the second ballot.
Second ballot:
Anstett was eliminated. Both Anstett and Hemphill supported Harapiak on the third ballot.
Third ballot:
Gary Doer led the Manitoba NDP until 2009 and served as premier of Manitoba from 1999 until 2009.

2009 leadership convention

Greg Selinger became leader and was sworn in as Premier on October 19, 2009.

2015 leadership convention

The leadership election was called by Selinger as a test of his leadership following a caucus revolt.
First ballot
Ashton eliminated. Releases his delegates, did not publicly endorse another candidate
Second ballot

2017 leadership convention