1936 Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election

September 2023 January 2023 August 2026 Conservative Party of Ontario ON Conservative 1936 May 28, 1936 Royal York Hotel,Toronto Earl Rowehttps://canadaehx.com/2021/07/30/william-rowe/ William Rowe 21 July 2021 17 August 2026 George S. Henry 7 2 A Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election (formally the convention of the Liberal-Conservative Association of Ontario) was held on the week of May 25, 1936 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto culminating in a ballot for leader on May 28, 1936 to replace retiring Conservative leader and former premier George S. Henry, who had resigned after his party lost the 1934 provincial election to Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals. The party selected federal Member of Parliament Earl Rowe on the second ballot. The results for the first ballot were not originally going to be read out but various delegates shouted from the floor demanding the results and the vote totals were read out. First ballot Rowe, Earl 782 Drew, George 480 Stewart, William James 157 Macaulay, Leopold 90 Heighington, Wilfrid 70 Acres, Adam 47 Ellis, Arthur 10 (Ellis eliminated, Stewart, Macaulay, Heighington, Acres withdraw. Stewart yells into an open microphone that he endorses Drew after the convention votes not to give withdrawing candidates a chance to speak before the second ballot.) Second ballot Rowe, Earl 1005 Drew, George 660 See also Progressive Party of Ontario leadership conventions References 1936 Category:1936 elections in Canada Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election