This is a list of results of leadership elections for the Ontario Liberal Party, a political party in Ontario, Canada.

Note: Before 1919, the leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party were chosen by its elected Members of the Legislative Assembly. There were calls for a more open process as early as 1907.

1919 leadership convention

(Held on June 26, 1919 at the Foresters' Hall, 22 College Street, Toronto.)^[1]

First ballot:

• Hartley Dewart 147
• J.C. Tolmie 97
• J.C. Elliott 37
• William Proudfoot 23
• Thomas McMillan 8

Second ballot:

• Hartley Dewart 158
• J.C. Tolmie 121
• J.C. Elliott 24

Charles Martin Bowman, MPP for Bruce North; W.T.R. Preston, editor of the Port Hope Evening Guide, Rev. W. G. Charlton of Aylmer, and A. J. Young of Toronto were nominated but declined. Frederick Forsyth Pardee, Member of Parliament for Lambton West was to be nominated but sent a message to the convention declining.^[2]

1922 leadership convention

(Held on March 3, 1922 at the Foresters' Hall, 22 College Street, Toronto.)^[3]

• Wellington Hay won with clear majority on the first ballot
• J.C. Tolmie
• W.E.N. Sinclair

(Note: The vote totals do not appear to have been announced.)

1930 leadership convention

(Held on December 16–17, 1930 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)^[4]

• Mitchell Hepburn 427
• Elmore Philpott 97

W.E.N. Sinclair and Sydney Tweed both withdrew from the race before balloting.

1943 leadership convention

(Held on April 30, 1943 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)

• Harry Nixon 418
• Arthur Roebuck 85
• Thomas McQuesten 40
• Walter Thomson 22

There were 8 spoiled ballots. Premier Gordon Conant had also been a candidate but collapsed the morning of the leadership vote and withdrew.

1945 leadership election

(Held on April 2, 1945 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)

• Mitchell Hepburn acclaimed

Harry Nixon resigned as Liberal leader on December 10, 1944 and nominated Hepburn to succeed him as parliamentary leader until a leadership convention could be held.^[5] Following the defeat of George Drew's Conservative government in a non-confidence motion, Hepburn was elected Acting Leader on April 2, 1945, at a joint meeting held at the King Edward Hotel of Ontario Liberal MPPs, federal Ontario Liberal MPs the party executive and other party officials in order to lead the party into the election. The move was to be affirmed by a party convention to be held on May 1, but this was cancelled due to the 1945 provincial election being underway.^[6][7][8] Hepburn was defeated in the 1945 provincial election, and Farquhar Oliver was chosen as the Ontario Liberal Party's parliamentary leader on July 4, 1945.

1947 leadership convention

(Held on May 16, 1947 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto)^[9][10]

• Farquhar Oliver elected
• Colin Campbell
• Allan A. Lamport
• Alvin P. Cadeau
• W.A. Gunn
• P.M. Dewan and W.A. Moore both withdrew from the race before balloting.

(Note: Complete vote totals were not reported. Oliver received 492 of 661 votes cast)^[10]

1950 leadership convention

(Held on November 10, 1950 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)^[11]

First ballot:

• Walter Thomson 296
• Harry Cassidy 156
• John G. Brown 149
• Campbell Calder 69
• Henry Arnott Hicks 28
• Charles Winnans Cox 24
• Norman Hipel 12
• J.J. Sullivan 4

Second ballot (Sullivan eliminated; Hicks, Cox and Hipel withdrew):

• Walter Thomson 334
• Harry Cassidy 194
• John G. Brown 166
• Campbell Calder 50

Third ballot (Calder eliminated):

• Walter Thomson 365
• Harry Cassidy 220
• John G. Brown 116

1954 leadership convention

(Held on April 9, 1954 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)^[12]

• Farquhar Oliver 412
• Albert Wren 162
• Bob Temple 46

1958 leadership convention

(Held on April 20, 1958 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.)^[13]

First ballot:

• Walter Harris 304
• John Wintermeyer 264
• Joe Greene 88
• Vernon Singer 43
• Ross Whicher 39
• Arthur Reaume 32
• Albert Wren 7

Wren eliminated and endorsed Wintermeyer; Whicher and Reaume withdrew and endorsed Wintermeyer.^[14]

Second ballot:

• John Wintermeyer 369
• Walter Harris 354
• Joe Greene45
• Vernon Singer 21

Singer eliminated.

Third ballot:

• John Wintermeyer 398
• Walter Harris 349
• Joe Greene 14

1964 leadership convention

(Held on September 19–20, 1964 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)

Delegate support by ballot

Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot		3rd ballot		4th ballot		5th ballot		6th ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
Andy Thompson	379	27.7	408	29.7	462	33.6	520	38.1	539	39.9	772	58.8
Charles Templeton	317	23.1	356	25.9	396	28.8	422	30.9	419	31.0	540	41.2
Robert Nixon	313	22.8	351	25.6	356	25.9	387	28.3	392	29.0
Joe Greene	236	17.2	211	15.4	149	10.9	37	2.7
Victor Copps	61	4.5	27	2.0	10	0.7
Eddie Sargent	51	3.7	20	1.5
Joseph Gould	13	0.9
Total	1,370	100.0	1,373	100.0	1,373	100.0	1,366	100.0	1,350	100.0	1,312	100.0

1967 leadership convention

(Held on January 6, 1967 at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto)^[15]

• Robert Nixon acclaimed

(Nixon was elected interim leader by the caucus on November 16, 1966 following the resignation of Andrew Thompson. Nixon had suggested that Charles Templeton may become permanent leader but members of his caucus spoke in opposition and Templeton decline to run. Nixon was acclaimed as permanent leader at the party's 1967 convention. He announced his resignation as party leader in 1972, but subsequently entered the race to succeed himself in 1973.)

1973 leadership convention

(Held on October 28, 1973 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)

Delegate support by ballot

Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot		3rd ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
Robert Nixon	730	42.5	768	45.3	922	57.7
Norman Cafik	574	33.4	613	36.1	675	42.3
Donald Deacon	402	23.4	316	18.6	Endorsed Nixon
Michael Houlton	11	0.6	No endorsement
Total	1,717	100.0	1,697	100.0	1,597	100.0

1976 leadership convention

(Held on January 24–25, 1976 at the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel, Toronto)

Delegate support by ballot

Candidate	1st ballot		2nd ballot		3rd ballot
Name	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
Stuart Smith	629	32.0	742	38.5	998	51.2
David Peterson	518	26.4	673	34.9	953	48.8
Albert Roy	469	23.9	513	26.6	No Endorsement
Mark MacGuigan	308	15.7	No Endorsement
Larry Condon	37	1.9	No Endorsement
Michael Houlton	4	0.2	No endorsement
Total	1,965	100.0	1,928	100.0	1,951	100.0

1982 leadership convention

(Held on February 21, 1982 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto).

  = Eliminated from next round

  = Withdrew nomination

  = Winner

Delegate support by ballot

Candidate	1st Ballot		2nd Ballot
Name	Votes	%	Votes	%
David Peterson	966	46.3	1136	55.2
Sheila Copps	636	30.5	774	37.6
Richard Thomas	234	11.2	148	7.2
Jim Breithaupt	130	6.2
John Sweeney	122	5.8
Votes cast by ballot
Total	2088	100.0	2058	100.0

1992 leadership convention

(Held February 8–9, 1992 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton.)

  = Eliminated from next round

  = Withdrew nomination

  = Winner

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