Jump to content

1969 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by TheSandBot (talk | contribs) at 19:10, 7 December 2018 (TheSandBot moved page New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election, 1969 to 1969 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election: Moving page per result of RfC on election/referendum page naming format using TheSandBot. Questions? See the RfC or msg TSD! (BRFA; please mention that this is task #1!))). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

1969 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election
DateJune 7, 1969
ConventionWinnipeg, Manitoba
Resigning leaderRussell Paulley
Won byEdward Schreyer
Ballots1
Candidates2
New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership elections
1961 · 1968 · 1969 · 1979 · 1988 · 2009 · 2015 · 2017

The 1969 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election was held on June 7, 1969 to choose a successor to outgoing leader Russell Paulley. There were two candidates for the party leadership: Edward Schreyer and Sidney Green. The contest was expected to be close, but Schreyer won a convincing victory on a strength of a powerful nomination speech. The final tally was 506 votes for Schreyer, against 177 for Green.[1]

References

  1. ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 9 June 1969, p. 1.


Stub icon

This Manitoba-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1969_New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba_leadership_election&oldid=872539870"