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British Columbia New Democratic Party Leadership ConventionsThis page covers the results of leadership conventions in the British Columbia New Democratic Party (known as the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation before 1961). (Note that this list is not yet complete.) Early Developments On July 5, 1936, CCF parliamentary leader Robert Connell survived a leadership challenge, 138 votes to 76. It was also determined, at this meeting, that the party's future leadership would be decided by delegated conventions. NDP Leadership Challenge, 1967 (Held on June 4, 1967 in Burnaby, British Columbia.) NDP Leadership Convention, 1969 (Held on April 12, 1969.) First Ballot: Second Ballot: Berger stepped down as party leader after the NDP lost the provincial election of 1969. Barrett was subsequently chosen as interim party leader. NDP Leadership Convention, 1970 NDP Leadership Convention, 1984 (Held on May 20, 1984.) Fifth Ballot: (Also on the ballot were Bill King, David Stupich, Graham Lea and Margaret Birrell.) NDP Leadership Convention, 1987 (Held on April 12, 1987.) NDP Leadership Convention, 1996 (Held on February 18, 1996.) NDP Leadership Convention, 2000 (Held on February 20, 2000.) (Gordon Wilson had been a candidate but withdrew an hour before voting began and endorsed Corky Evans http://vancouver.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/02/20/bc_wilsonout000220. Labour activist Len Werden had withdrawn the day before the convention. Joy MacPhail had also been a candidate but she dropped out on January 8 2000 and threw her support to Ujjal Dosanjh http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/01/08/mcphail000108. MacPhail became interim leader after Dosanjh lost his seat in the 2001 provincial election and resigned. On June 4 2003 she announced her intention to resign as interim leader.) NDP Leadership Convention, 2003 (Held on November 23, 2003.) First Ballot: Second Ballot: *JENSEN, Nils 162
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