1989 New Democratic Party leadership election

Party election in Canada September 2023October 2025 1989 New Democratic Party leadership election Canada presidential no 1975 New Democratic Party leadership election 1975 1995 New Democratic Party leadership election 1995 November 30 – December 3, 1989 Fourth ballot delegate count Third ballot delegate count Second ballot delegate count First ballot delegate count 150x150px CA NDP nohash Audrey McLaughlin 1,316(55.1%) 646(26.9%) File:Dave Barrett, 1975.jpg CA NDP nohash Dave Barrett 1,072(44.9%) 566(23.6%) Leader Elected leader Ed Broadbent Audrey McLaughlin New Democratic Party CA NDP 1989 November 30 – December 3, 1989 Winnipeg, Manitoba Audrey McLaughlin Ed Broadbent 7 4 In 1989, the New Democratic Party held a leadership election to choose a successor to Ed Broadbent. The contest, held from November 30 to December 3 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was won by Audrey McLaughlin. McLaughlin's victory was the first time a woman won the leadership of a major federal Canadian political party. This convention was followed by six years of decline for the party, culminating in the worst electoral performance of a 20th-century federal democratic socialist party, when the party received only seven percent of the popular vote in the 1993 federal election. Globe Editorial Retooling the New Democrats The Globe and Mail Toronto A26 CTVglobemedia 1993-10-28 Prelude Canadians elected a record 43 NDP Members of Parliament (MPs) in the election of 1988. The Liberal Party, however, had reaped most of the benefits of opposing free trade to emerge as the dominant alternative to the Progressive Conservative (PC) government. The PCs' barrage of attacks on the Liberals, and vote-splitting between the NDP and Liberals, helped them win a second consecutive majority. In 1989, Broadbent stepped down after 14 years as federal leader of the NDP.http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/broadbent/ CBC News CBC News Indepth: Ed Broadbent Leadership vote At the 1989 Winnipeg leadership convention, former BC Premier Dave Barrett and Audrey McLaughlin were the main contenders for the leadership. During the campaign, Barrett argued that the party should be concerned with western alienation, rather than focusing its attention on Quebec. The Quebec wing of the NDP strongly opposed Barrett's candidacy, with Phil Edmonston, the party's main spokesman in Quebec, threatening to resign from the party if Barrett won.http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000533 Barrett, David 2010-01-06 2008-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20081007051644/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000533 dead McLaughlin won the leadership on the fourth ballot, with 1,316 votes for 55 percent of the vote, versus Barrett's 1,072 votes (45 percent). Goar Carol Raw leader must soar to prevent NDP losses The Toronto Star Torstar 1989-12-03 Toronto A1, A11 Her victory meant that she became first woman in Canada to lead a major, recognized, federal political party. + Delegate support by ballot Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd ballot 4th ballotName Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast % Votes cast % Audrey McLaughlin 646 26.9% 829 34.3% 1,072 44.4% 1,316 55.1% Dave Barrett 566 23.6% 780 32.3% 947 39.3% 1,072 44.9% Steven Langdon 351 14.6% 519 21.5% 393 16.3% Simon De Jong 315 13.1% 289 12.0% Howard McCurdy 256 10.7% Ian Waddell 213 8.9% Roger Lagasse 53 2.2%Total 2,400 100.0% 2,417 100.0% 2,412 100.0% 2,388 100.0% Aftermath The party enjoyed strong support among organized labour and rural voters in the Prairies. McLaughlin tried to expand its support into Quebec without much success. In 1989, the Quebec New Democratic Party adopted a sovereigntist platform and severed its ties with the federal NDP. Under McLaughlin, the party won an election in Quebec for the first time when Edmonston won a 1990 by-election. The party had briefly picked up its first Quebec MP in 1986, when Robert Toupin crossed the floor from the Tories after briefly sitting as an independent. However, he left the party in October 1987 after claiming communists had infiltrated the party. New Democrats who declined to run. Nelson Riis, British Columbia MP Jim Fulton, British Columbia MP Pauline Jewett, former British Columbia MP Ross Harvey, Alberta MP Allan Blakeney, former Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Nystrom, Saskatchewan MP Howard Pawley, former Manitoba Premier Stephen Lewis, former Ontario NDP Leader Michael Cassidy, former MP, former Ontario NDP leader Bob Rae, Ontario NDP Leader, former MP Lynn McDonald, Former Ontario MP Marion Dewar, Former Ontario MP, former Ottawa Mayor John Rodriguez, Ontario MP Bob White, President Canadian Auto Workers Ian Deans, former Ontario MP Rémy Trudel, 1988 Quebec NDP candidate Phil Edmonston, soon to be Quebec MP, consumer advocate Nancy Riche, Union Leader Alexa McDonough, Nova Scotia NDP leader Jack Harris, Former Newfoundland MP Tony Penikett, Yukon Government Leader Notes 30em References Morton Desmond The New Democrats, 1961-1986 : the politics of change 3 Copp Clark Pitman 1986 Toronto 0-7730-4618-6 Smith Cameron Unfinished Journey: The Lewis Family Summerhill Press 1989 Toronto https://archive.org/details/unfinishedjourne00smit 0-929091-04-3 registration 1989 Category:1989 elections in Canada Category:1989 political party leadership elections Category:November 1989 in Canada Category:December 1989 in Canada Category:1980s in Winnipeg Category:Dave Barrett