1927 Conservative leadership convention

1927 Conservative Party leadership election

October 12, 1927 1938 →
  CON
Candidate R. B. Bennett Hugh Guthrie Charles Hazlitt Cahan
Second ballot delegate count 780
(50.2%)
320
(20.6%)
266
(17.1%)
First ballot delegate count 594
(38.0%)
345
(22.0%)
310
(19.8%)

 
Candidate Robert James Manion Robert Rogers Henry Lumley Drayton
Second ballot delegate count 148
(9.5%)
37
(2.4%)
3
(0.2%)
First ballot delegate count 170
(10.9%)
114
(7.3%)
31
(2.0%)

Leader before election

Hugh Guthrie (interim)

Elected Leader

R. B. Bennett

1927 Conservative leadership election
DateOctober 12, 1927
ConventionWinnipeg Amphitheatre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Resigning leaderArthur Meighen
Won byR. B. Bennett
Ballots2
Candidates6
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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.[1]

  1. ^ "CONSERVATIVE (1867-1942)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved February 7, 2016.