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in hopes of eliciting his support for
Bennett's continued leadership but he declined to support the move as he had already endorsed MacPherson for leader and thought a last-minute Bennett candidacy would be unfair to MacPherson and Manion. Bennett was non-committal on the draft but indicated he was
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Manion came close to winning on the first ballot, but was denied by an unexpectedly strong showing by MacPherson, who finished a solid second, albeit sixteen percentage points behind Manion. Lawson was eliminated after finishing bottom of the first ballot, and endorsed MacPherson in an attempt to
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to the
National Conservative Party of Canada. Resolutions passed favouring defence “consultation and cooperation” within the British Empire, opposing amalgamating the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways, for the completion of the Trans-Canada Highway, for immigration focused on UK,
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1023:"QUEBEC BALKS AT MEIGHEN DEFENSE PLAN: French Delegates Threaten to Quit At Tory Conclave Imperialists Look Upon Meighen Address as First Step to Force Question to Test CAUTIOUS ON VOTE Manion Supporters See It as Designed to Split Backing in Bid for Bennett Mantle".
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willing to continue as leader and attempted to persuade leadership candidates to withdraw in his favour, but Manion refused and, an hour before voting began, Bennett indicated that he would not be a candidate. Herridge introduced a motion endorsing
Bennett's
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Canadian-British solidarity which undermined Manion's candidacy, as he was perceived to be conciliatory to Quebec, and caused an uproar among Quebec delegates some of whom threatened to quit the party.
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924:"MANION CHOSEN AS CONSERVATIVE LEADER: Wins on Second Ballot To Hurl Back Challenge Of Western Dark Horse New Leader Warns of Threat to Economic System if Solution of Unemployment Fails PLEDGES MINING AID".
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policies being endorsed by the convention which he denounced as "a lot of junk" but
Herridge was roundly booed and his motion failed to find a seconder. Herridge would go on to leave the party and found the
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delegates from
Ontario and delegates from Quebec and was on the left of the party, advocating government assistance to end unemployment among other measures. He had placed fourth at the 1927 leadership
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Despite his resignation a "Draft
Bennett" movement emerged at the convention due to the perceived weakness of the existing candidates, aimed at convincing Bennett to change his mind. Ontario Premier
1008:"Bennett, Meighen 'Out' With Formal Filing of Papers; Stevens Also Chooses Not to Run: UNCERTAINTY ENDED Friends Try Vainly Up to Almost Last Minute to Persuade Retiring Chieftain to Stand".
975:"Herridge Howled Down by Tories: DENOUNCES NEW POLICY AS INSULT Convention Boos When He Dubs Resolutions Junk MEETING IN UPROAR Former Diplomat Pleads for Fair Play as Delegates Yell".
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head off Manion. MacPherson's campaign could not persuade either Harris or Massey to drop out and support him, however, and both insisted on remaining on the ballot for the next round.
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Ireland and France with restrictions for “Orientals”, maintaining tariffs for industry and agriculture, and plans for national unemployment and retirement insurance.
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Manion was the heavy favourite heading into the convention but was almost upset by MacPherson, who was largely unknown outside of
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from 1917 until losing his seat in 1935. Originally a
Liberal, he entered parliament as a
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since 1928 and served as
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began on July 5, 1938, culminating in a leadership ballot on July 7. The
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Blue Thunder: The Truth About Conservatives from Macdonald to Harper
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Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership elections
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was also unsuccessful and another rumoured candidate,
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502:, 56, had been the Member of Parliament for
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442:National Conservative leadership convention
19:1938 Conservative Party leadership election
630:An attempt to draft former Prime Minister
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991:"1938 CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION"
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714:MANION, Robert James
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691:Votes cast
686:2nd ballot
683:1st ballot
658:contender.
568:Earl Lawson
527:convention.
314:Won by
188:Earl Lawson
1039:Categories
847:References
680:Candidate
656:dark horse
588:Convention
577:York South
492:Candidates
460:Background
332:Candidates
288:Convention
208:Eliminated
179:Candidate
93:Candidate
581:old guard
575:and then
573:York West
557:Greenwood
671:ballot.
155:(30.3%)
150:(46.4%)
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840:100.0%
834:100.0%
662:Results
324:Ballots
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722:46.4%
448:chose
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805:2.5%
799:8.2%
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731:53.0%
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