1983 Elections in Canada - Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention, 1983 (Paperback)

Chapters: Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention, 1983. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership convention was held on June 11, 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario to elect a leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. At the convention, Brian Mulroney was elected leader of the PC Party on the fourth ballot, defeating former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark. Joe Clark on the floor of the Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1983Joe Clark had been leader of the party since the party's 1976 leadership convention. While credited with uniting the PCs after the difficult Stanfield years and leading the Progressive Conservatives to victory in the 1979 Federal election, a lack of what Jeffrey Simpson referred to as the "Discipline of Power" in Cabinet tarnished the government, and Clark's misjudgment of a Parliamentary motion resulted in the government falling. The Conservatives lost the 1980 Federal election, and found themselves returned to opposition. Certain voices within the party called for Clark's ouster. While some focused on Clark's skills or personality, others maintained that he and his policy decisions were aloof from the party's grassroots. At the party's 1981 convention, 33.5% of delegates supported a leadership review. Some behind the scenes maneuvering was taking place, but reports are conflicting as to who specifically was involved. At a national convention of the party in Winnipeg in January 1983, 66.9% of the delegates voted against, and 33.1% voted for a review of Clark's leadership. Clark, seeing only a marginal gain in popularity among his party, decided with his advisers that he would resign as leader, but opt to run in the convention to succeed him. This was seen within...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1459887