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Quebec Liberal Party leadership elections

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Note: Before 1938, the leaders of the Quebec Liberal Party were chosen by the party caucus.

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1938 leadership convention

(Held June 11, 1938)

  • Adélard Godbout acclaimed

    • Télesphore-Damien Bouchard and Édouard Lacroix withdrew before balloting.

    1950 leadership convention

    (Held May 20, 1950)

  • Georges-Émile Lapalme acclaimed

    • George Carlyle Marler declined nomination; Horace Phillipon, Jean-Marie Nadeau withdrew before balloting.

    1958 leadership convention

    (Held May 31, 1958)

  • Jean Lesage 630 (72.2%)
  • Paul Gérin-Lajoie 145 (16.6%)
  • René Hamel 97 (11.1%)
  • Aimé Fauteux 1 (0.1%)

    • 1970 leadership convention

    (Held January 17, 1970)

  • Robert Bourassa 843 (53.2%)
  • Claude Wagner 445 (28.7%)
  • Pierre Laporte 288 (18.1%)

    • 1978 leadership convention

    (Held April 15, 1978)

  • Claude Ryan 1,748 (68.4%)
  • Raymond Garneau 807 (31.6%)

    • 1983 leadership convention

    (Held October 15, 1983)

  • Robert Bourassa 2,138 (75.4%)
  • Pierre Paradis 353 (12.5%)
  • Daniel Johnson, Jr. 343 (12.1%)

    • 1993 leadership convention

    (Held December 14, 1993)

  • Daniel Johnson, Jr. acclaimed

    • 1998 leadership convention

    (Held April 30, 1998)

  • Jean Charest acclaimed

    • 2013 leadership convention

    (Held March 17, 2013)

  • Philippe Couillard 1,390 (58.5%)
  • Pierre Moreau 523 (22.0%)
  • Raymond Bachand 464 (19.5%)

    • References

    Quebec Liberal Party leadership elections Wikipedia
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