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793:Votes cast
787:Votes cast
781:Votes cast
776:4th ballot
773:3rd ballot
770:2nd ballot
767:1st ballot
698:John Fraser
655:Nova Scotia
641:since 1972.
639:York—Simcoe
562:Jack Horner
426:to replace
309:Won by
1643:Categories
1557:References
764:Candidate
683:Don Valley
646:Pat Nowlan
633:, 49, an
599:Red Tories
510:president
508:Ontario PC
476:Candidates
468:ex officio
327:Candidates
284:Convention
149:Eliminated
106:Candidate
1374:MacDonald
1215:MacDonald
542:Joe Clark
454:defeated
452:Joe Clark
313:Joe Clark
257:Joe Clark
111:Joe Clark
1628:See also
1481:Mulroney
1348:Mulroney
1280:Grafftey
1163:Mulroney
555:Red Tory
225:(15.1%)
220:(22.5%)
215:(11.7%)
200:(17.9%)
195:(28.5%)
190:(22.8%)
175:(15.8%)
170:(42.8%)
165:(41.4%)
145:(48.6%)
1540:
1527:
1485:
1472:
1459:
1417:
1404:
1391:
1387:Hellyer
1378:
1365:
1352:
1339:
1326:
1284:
1271:
1258:
1254:Gillies
1245:
1232:
1228:Stevens
1219:
1206:
1202:Hellyer
1193:
1180:
1167:
1154:
1122:100.0%
1116:100.0%
1110:100.0%
1104:100.0%
721:Results
691:Ontario
687:Toronto
635:Ontario
589:at the
583:Toronto
567:Alberta
488:Liberal
448:Alberta
319:Ballots
139:(51.4%)
78:
1544:48.59%
1536:Wagner
1531:51.41%
1489:15.76%
1476:41.39%
1463:42.84%
1455:Wagner
1413:Fraser
1400:Nowlan
1382:10.23%
1369:12.24%
1361:Horner
1356:17.93%
1343:22.76%
1330:28.54%
1322:Wagner
1267:Nowlan
1241:Fraser
1189:Horner
1184:11.74%
1171:15.13%
1158:22.50%
1150:Wagner
1119:2,309
1113:2,341
1107:2,337
1101:2,360
1098:Total
983:10.2%
930:12.2%
924:10.0%
906:15.8%
900:17.9%
894:15.1%
874:48.6%
871:1,122
868:42.8%
865:1,003
862:28.5%
856:22.5%
831:41.4%
825:22.8%
819:11.7%
671:Quebec
529:) and
492:Quebec
463:riding
438:, and
420:Ottawa
1523:Clark
1468:Clark
1421:1.45%
1408:1.80%
1395:5.05%
1335:Clark
1288:1.40%
1275:3.64%
1262:3.69%
1249:5.38%
1236:7.71%
1223:9.07%
1210:9.79%
1197:9.96%
1176:Clark
1090:1.4%
1072:3.7%
1054:7.7%
1031:1.8%
1025:3.6%
1007:1.5%
1001:5.4%
977:9.1%
959:5.1%
953:9.8%
840:51.4%
835:1,187
446:from
168:1,003
143:1,122
137:1,187
1051:182
998:127
980:239
974:214
956:118
950:231
927:286
921:235
903:369
897:419
891:357
859:667
853:531
828:969
822:532
816:277
553:. A
514:and
436:1972
432:1968
410:The
403:2003
399:1998
395:1995
391:1993
387:1983
383:1976
379:1967
375:1956
371:1948
367:1942
363:1938
359:1927
349:None
276:Date
63:1983
53:1967
1087:33
1069:87
1028:42
1022:86
1004:34
685:in
418:in
339:C$
223:357
218:531
213:277
198:419
193:667
188:532
173:369
163:969
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365:·
361:·
330:11
91:CW
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