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Office

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

February 08, 1992 - 12:00pm

Polls Open

February 09, 1992 - 02:35am

Polls Close

February 09, 1992 - 04:00am

Term Start

February 09, 1992 - 04:25am

Term End

December 01, 1996 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Magical Horse

Last Modified

mg2685a March 28, 2024 10:34am

Data Sources

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Description

1992 leadership convention(Held February 8–9, 1992, in Hamilton, Ontario.)

First Ballot:

ELSTON, Murray 740
McLEOD, Lyn 667
SORBARA, Greg 345
BEER, Charles 247
MAHONEY, Steve 236
RAMSAY, David 216
Second Ballot (Ramsay eliminated, released delegates):

ELSTON, Murray 767
McLEOD, Lyn 744
SORBARA, Greg 380
BEER, Charles 307
MAHONEY, Steve 213
Third Ballot (Mahoney eliminated, supported McLeod):

McLEOD, Lyn 873
ELSTON, Murray 865
SORBARA, Greg 402
BEER, Charles 289
Fourth Ballot (Beer eliminated, released delegates):

McLEOD, Lyn 1049
ELSTON, Murray 988
SORBARA, Greg 341
Fifth Ballot (Sorbara eliminated, released delegates):

McLEOD, Lyn 1162
ELSTON, Murray 1153
(Note: There were 21 spoiled ballots on the final count, mostly from diehard supporters of Sorbara.)

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Liberal	Won	01/25/1976
	Name	Stuart Lyon Smith	Votes	998 (35.48%)
	Term	01/25/1976 - 02/21/1982	Margin	45 (+1.60%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 21, 1982	ON Liberal Party Leader	David Peterson
Sep 13, 1990	ON Liberal Party Leader - Interim	Robert Nixon
Jul 31, 1991	ON Liberal Party Leader - Interim	Murray Elston
Nov 19, 1991	ON Liberal Party Leader - Interim	Jim Bradley