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also entered the race. Both were longshot candidates. Silipo's campaign emphasized involvement of multicultural communities. Kormos had gained special notoriety as a maverick. Kormos was an informal leader of the left wing of the party, and a vocal opponent of the Social
Contract. He had been kicked
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Union support for the candidates was mixed. The
Steelworkers were divided between Lankin and Hampton while the Autoworkers were split between Lankin and Kormos. Kormos concentrated his attacks on Lankin, from the left. This weakened her initial support and when the first ballot was counted she
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After the first ballot Silipo was eliminated and he endorsed
Hampton. After the second ballot, Kormos was eliminated and he endorsed no one. On the final ballot, Hampton beat Lankin by 178 votes. 80 ballots were spoiled, likely from disgruntled Kormos supporters.
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was an early favourite but was hurt due to her close association with the Rae government. Hampton, an outsider, led on the first ballot and won the leadership by 178 votes over Lankin on the third ballot. He remained as leader of the party until 2009.
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also put his name forward. While he was also a senior member of the Rae cabinet, he was viewed as more of an outsider, particularly because he was from northern
Ontario and not based in Toronto.
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announced her candidacy on
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stayed on for another eight months but resigned his seat and his leadership on
February 29, 1996 to return to private life.
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trailed
Hampton. Even though Kormos was a long shot, he managed to get more than 1/5 of the total delegate support.
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185:. However her association with the Rae government as a senior cabinet minister and her support of the
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154:(NDP). The convention was necessary because Rae resigned on February 29, 1996.
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401:"Former NDP minister Frances Lankin will make bid for leadership".
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Canadian Annual Review of
Politics and Public Affairs (1996)
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447:. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 118–9.
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1996 Ontario New
Democratic Party leadership election
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Democratic Party leadership election
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167:In 1996 the party was in disarray after losing the
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726:Ontario New Democratic Party leadership elections
405:. Hamilton, Ont. February 9, 1996. p. B6.
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146:, on June 22, 1996 to elect a successor to
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731:1996 political party leadership elections
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171:in which they lost 57 seats. The leader
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418:"Tony Silipo Was One of The Good Guys"
84:Ontario CCF/NDP leadership conventions
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416:Paikin, Steve (March 20, 2012).
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486:Ontario New Democratic Party
152:Ontario New Democratic Party
443:David Mutimer, ed. (2002).
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736:June 1996 events in Canada
232:Delegate support by ballot
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716:1996 elections in Canada
502:General election results
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507:Leadership elections
533:Donald C. MacDonald
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210:in the right-wing
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193:Howard Hampton
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563:Peter Tabuns
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426:. Retrieved
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512:Federal NDP
424:. TVOntario
351:Tony Silipo
267:Votes cast
261:Votes cast
255:Votes cast
247:3rd ballot
244:2nd ballot
241:1st ballot
212:Toronto Sun
199:Tony Silipo
57:Won by
710:Categories
388:References
238:Candidate
163:Background
75:Candidates
32:Convention
565:(interim)
428:March 12,
422:TVOntario
548:Bob Rae
521:Leaders
497:Members
173:Bob Rae
148:Bob Rae
67:Ballots
51:Bob Rae
381:100.0
378:1,764
375:100.0
372:1,899
369:100.0
366:1,926
363:Total
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345:21.1
339:22.5
326:45.0
320:36.3
314:31.7
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285:33.7
252:Name
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323:793
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300:55.0
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127:2009
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119:1986
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