1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election
September 9, 1967
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2,231 delegates in the 1st ballot 1,116 delegate votes needed to win | |||||||||||||
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| Date | September 9, 1967 |
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| Convention | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario |
| Resigning leader | John Diefenbaker |
| Won by | Robert Stanfield |
| Ballots | 5 |
| Candidates | 11 |
| Entrance fee | C$? |
| Spending limit | None |
The 1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held to choose a leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, after the party membership voted that incumbent party leader and former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker should be forced to re-run for his position. The convention was held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and 9, 1967. Premier of Nova Scotia Robert Stanfield was elected the new leader.
Of the eleven entrants to the contest, seven including Diefenbaker himself had at some point been cabinet members in his government between 1957 and 1963. However, in every round of voting the top two candidates were Stanfield and Premier of Manitoba Dufferin Roblin, reflecting the party membership's desire for a clean break from the Diefenbaker era. Two minor candidates, John MacLean and Mary Walker-Sawka entered the contest, with both dropping out following the first round after earning a minimal number of votes, though Walker-Sawka's candidacy marked the first time that a woman had run for the leadership of a major Canadian political party.