1949 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election

September 2023 January 2023 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ON PC 1949 April 27, 1949 Royal York Hotel,PC Delegates Gather To Choose New Leader From Four in Race Globe and Mail 26 April 1949Toronto Leslie Frost George Drew 4 1 A leadership election was held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario on April 27, 1949 to replace retiring leader and premier George Drew who had resigned after losing his seat in the 1948 provincial election and deciding to enter federal politics. The interim leader of the party (and interim premier) was Thomas Laird Kennedy. The party selected Leslie Frost on the first ballot. FROST, Leslie 842 BLACKWELL, Leslie 442 ROBERTS, Kelso 121 PORTER, Dana 65 See also Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership conventions References B. M. Greene Who's Who in Canada Frost, Hon. Leslie Miscampbell, Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L., M.P.P. 1951-1952 1952 International Press Ltd. Toronto 25–6 1949 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election