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Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
DateTBD
Resigning leaderKathleen Wynne
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The next Ontario Liberal Party leadership election will be held following the resignation of Kathleen Wynne as leader on June 7, 2018, after over five years as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, a major provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The date of the election has yet to be decided.

Background

In the 2018 general election, the Ontario Liberal government was defeated, losing 48 seats, leaving the party with only just 7 MPPs, and thus also losing official party status. Kathleen Wynne consequently tendered her resignation as party leader.

Rules and procedures

Under the procedure outlined by the party's constitution, the leader is likely to be chosen in a traditional delegated leadership convention in which up to 2,000+ delegates would be eligible to vote, made up of 1,984 elected delegates (16 elected by proportional representation in each of the 124 provincial riding associations) in addition to ex officio delegates (current and former Liberal MPPs, defeated candidates from the last election, riding association presidents, party executive officers and other party officials, and federal Liberal MPs for Ontario), youth delegates from campus clubs and delegates representing the Women's Commission. Riding delegates would be able to run on the slate of a leadership candidate or as independents; in the case of the former they would be required to vote for that candidate on the first ballot but would be free to change their support subsequently. Balloting at convention would continue until one candidate receives a majority of ballots cast.

Candidates

Possible contenders include the following:

References

  1. ^ Mahoney, Jill (June 7, 2018). "Liberals fall short of official party status; Wynne resigns as Liberal leader". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 8, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. "Weekend delegate vote will define the leadership race". Toronto Star. January 11, 2013.
  3. Benzie, Robert (October 17, 2012). "Dalton McGuinty: Premier wants new leader picked 'sooner rather than later'". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  4. Shephard, Tamara (7 June 2018). "Kinga Surma wins Etobicoke Centre for PCs".
  5. "Liberals' veteran Michael Coteau defeats city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong in Don Valley East - The Star".
  6. ^ "Liberals face existential crisis after crushing election defeat - The Star".
  7. ^ Vomiero, Jessica (June 2, 2018). "Here's who might replace Kathleen Wynne as Ontario Liberal leader if she's ousted after vote". Global News. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  8. ^ https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/whos-going-replace-kathleen-wynne-leader-ontario-liberals/
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