Ontario Liberal Party Leadership Elections - 1950 Leadership Convention

1950 Leadership Convention

(Held on November 10, 1950.)

First Ballot:

  • Walter Thomson 296
  • Harry Cassidy 156
  • John G. Brown 149
  • Campbell Calder 69
  • Henry Arnott Hicks 28
  • Charles Winnans Cox 24
  • Norman Hipel 12
  • J.J. Sullivan 4

Second Ballot (Sullivan eliminated; Hicks, Cox and Hipel withdrew):

  • Walter Thomson 334
  • Harry Cassidy 194
  • John G. Brown 166
  • Campbell Calder 50

Third Ballot (Calder eliminated):

  • Walter Thomson 365
  • Harry Cassidy 220
  • John G. Brown 116

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