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Before 1920, leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party were usually chosen by caucus. In 1914, William Hearst was selected at a meeting of the province's executive council (or cabinet) as James Whitney, the previous leader, had died while holding the office of Premier.

All of the party's leadership races before 1990 were determined by delegated conventions. The leadership races of 1990, 2002 and 2004 were determined by a weighted vote of all party members, with each constituency contributing an equal number of "votes" to the total. The 1990 race was decided in one round, while the 2002 race took two. For the 2004 race, the party introduced a preferential balloting system, such that party members would only be required to vote one time.

1 1920 Conservative Party leadership convention

(Held on December 2, 1920.)

• FERGUSON, George won on first ballot
• LAWSON, Earl
• HENRY, George

(Note: The vote totals were not announced.)

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2 1936 Conservative Party leadership convention

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First ballot:

• ROWE, Earl 782
• DREW, GeorgeGeorge Drew Rank 14th Term of Office 1943 1948 Predecessor Harry Nixon Successor Thomas Kennedy Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Guelph, Ontario Profession Armed Forces Political Party PC George Alexander Drew ( May 7 1894 January 4 1973) was a Canadian 480
• STEWART, William JamesWilliam James Stewart was a Canadian politician. Stewart served as Mayor of Toronto from 1931 until 1934. He entered provincial politics in 1936 when he he ran for the leadership of the Conservative coming in third place behind Earl Rowe and George Drew. 157
• MACAULAY, LeopoldLeopold Macaulay ( 1887 1979) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. Macaulay was a Conservative member of the Ontario legislature. He was first elected as MPP for the Toronto area riding of York South in 1926. He was brought into the cabinet as Provincial 90
• HEIGHINGTON, Wilfrid 70
• ACRES, Adam 47
• ELLIS, Arthur 10

Second ballot:

• ROWE, Earl 1005
• DREW, George 660