This page lists the results of leadership conventions held by British Columbia United, formerly known as the British Columbia Liberal Party.
Winners are listed first, in bold, and prefaced by .
Held February 6, 1902.
(Source: "Canadian Annual Review 1902", p. 85)
Joseph Martin resigned as Liberal leader on June 2, 1903. Following his personal defeat in the 1903 general election, the first on a partisan basis, James Alexander MacDonald was elected leader by a party caucus on October 19, 1903.
First ballot:
Second ballot:
Third ballot (Runoff between McInnes and MacDonald):
Fourth ballot (McInnes eliminated):
(Source: "Canadian Annual Review 1903", pgs. 222–223)
John Oliver was elected leader by a meeting of the caucus and provincial executive October 10, 1909.
Held March 1, 1912
On March 5, 1918, John Oliver was elected leader on the fourth ballot, defeating James Horace King and John Wallace de Beque Farris. William Sloan and John Duncan MacLean were eliminated on previous ballots.
Source: "Morning Leader", March 6, 1918
At a party caucus on July 18, 1927, John Oliver resigned as premier and party leader due to ill health. This was refused and John Duncan MacLean was chosen to be his successor as leader and premier and was made acting premier while Oliver remained nominal premier. Oliver died on August 17, 1927, and MacLean became premier on August 20.
Source: "Morning Leader", July 19, 1927
Following John Duncan MacLean's personal defeat in the 1928 general election Thomas Dufferin Pattullo was unanimously chosen House leader by the Liberal caucus on January 19, 1929. This was confirmed by the party executive on January 21, 1929. He was confirmed as permanent leader at a subsequent convention.
Source: "Vancouver Sun", January 21, 1929
Held May 30, 1930
Source: "Montreal Gazette", May 31, 1930
Held December 2, 1941
Source: "The Leader Post", December 3, 1941
Held December 10, 1947
Source: "Saskatoon Star-Phoenix", December 11, 1947
Held April 8, 1953
Source: "Vancouver Sun", April 9, 1953
Held on May 16, 1959
Source: "Montreal Gazette", May 19, 1959
Held on October 5, 1968
Source: The Leader-Post, October 7, 1968)
Held on May 22, 1972
Held on September 28, 1975, in Burnaby, British Columbia
Held on February 19, 1979
(Source: Globe and Mail, February 19, 1979)
Held on May 25, 1981
(Note: There were six spoiled ballots.)
Held on March 31, 1984, in Richmond, British Columbia
Held on October 30, 1987, in Richmond, British Columbia
One other candidate, Clive Tanner, had been in the race through the spring and summer, but withdrew in August after sustaining a leg injury which affected his ability to campaign.[1]
Held on September 11, 1993.[2]
See main article: 2011 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election. Held on February 26, 2011
The rounds were counted in terms of points, with 100 points allocated per electoral district.[3] [4]
| Candidate | First round | Second round | Third round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | % | Points | % | Points | % | ||
| Christy Clark | 3,209 | 37.75 | 3,575 | 42.06 | 4,420 | 52.0 | |
| 2,411 | 28.36 | 2,564 | 30.16 | 4,080 | 48.0 | ||
| 2,091 | 24.60 | 2,361 | 27.78 | Eliminated | |||
| 789 | 9.28 | Eliminated | |||||
| Total | 8,500 | 100.00 | 8,500 | 100.00 | 8,500 | 100.0 | |
See main article: 2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election. Held February 3, 2018
= Eliminated from next round
= Winner
| Candidate | Ballot 1 | Ballot 2 | Ballot 3 | Ballot 4 | Ballot 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Points | Points | +/− (pp) | Points | +/− (pp) | Points | +/− (pp) | Points | +/− (pp) |
| Andrew Wilkinson | 1,591 18.29% | 1,631 18.74% | +40 +0.45 | 2,201 25.29% | +570 +6.55 | 2,862 32.89% | +661 +7.60 | 4,621 53.11% | +1,759 +20.22 |
| Dianne Watts | 2,135 24.54% | 2,169 24.93% | +34 +0.39 | 2,469 28.38% | +300 +3.45 | 3,006 34.55% | +537 +6.17 | 4,079 46.89% | +1,073 +12.34 |
| Michael Lee | 1,916 22.03% | 1,960 22.53% | +54 +0.50 | 2,264 26.03% | +304 +3.50 | 2,832 32.56% | +568 +6.53 | Eliminated | |
| Todd Stone | 1,483 17.05% | 1,505 17.30% | +22 +0.25 | 1,766 20.29% | +261 +2.99 | Eliminated | |||
| Mike de Jong | 1,415 16.27% | 1,436 16.51% | +21 +0.24 | Eliminated | |||||
| Sam Sullivan | 158 1.82% | Eliminated | |||||||
See main article: 2022 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election. A leadership election was held on February 5, 2022 to elect a new party leader following the resignation of Andrew Wilkinson after the 2020 British Columbia general election.
= Eliminated from next round
= Winner
| Candidate | Ballot 1 | Ballot 2 | Ballot 3 | Ballot 4 | Ballot 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Points | Percent | Points | Percent | Points | Percent | Points | Percent | Points | Percent |
| Kevin Falcon | 4121 | 47% | 4143 | 47.6% | 4202.36 | 48.3% | 4318.14 | 49.63% | 4541.35 | 52.19% |
| 2325 | 26.7% | 2355.9 | 27.1% | 2493.1 | 28.66% | 2714.50 | 31.2% | 2928.33 | 33.65% | |
| 899 | 10.3% | 912.4 | 10.5% | 938.43 | 10.8% | 1039.37 | 11.94% | 1230.31 | 14.14% | |
| Val Litwin | 504 | 5.8% | 517.9 | 5.95% | 536.17 | 6.16% | 627.97 | 7.21% | Eliminated | |
| Gavin Dew | 466 | 5.4% | 481.4 | 5.5% | 429.93 | 6.01% | Eliminated | |||
| 278 | 3.2% | 289 | 3.3% | Eliminated | ||||||
| Stan Sipos | 104.6 | 1.2% | Eliminated | |||||||