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The Canadian Alliance, a conservative political party in
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, held two leadership elections to choose the party's leader. The first was held shortly after the party's founding in 2000, and the second was held in 2002. The party merged with the
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in 2003 to form the
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. The 1987 founding convention of the
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elected
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as party
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. Manning was re-ratified as leader at every subsequent convention of the party without opposition. The Reform Party became the " Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance" (better known as the "Canadian Alliance") in 2000 and had its first contested leadership election. Canadian Alliance leadership votes were conducted via a pure
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system in which each party member cast a ballot with equal weight. In the CA's system, the leader was the candidate who received 50% plus one of all votes cast (i.e., an
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). If no candidate had an absolute majority on the first ballot, the top two candidates participated in a run-off election several weeks after the first ballot.


2000 leadership election


Candidates

Stockwell Day: 49, Progressive Conservative Treasurer of Alberta (1997–2000), Alberta Minister of Social Services (1996–1997) Alberta Minister of Labour (1992–1996), MLA for Red Deer North (1986–2000), and former assistant pastor and school administrator at the Bentley Christian Centre in Bentley, Alberta. Preston Manning: 58, founder and leader of the Reform Party of Canada (1987–2000), Member of Parliament for
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, Alberta (1993–2002), Leader of the Opposition (1997–2000). Tom Long:, 42, lawyer, former president of the
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(1986–1989), chair of Ontario PC election campaigns in 1995 and 1999, co-chair of Canadian Alliance founding convention. Keith Martin: 40, physician and Member of Parliament for the riding of
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, British Columbia (1993–2011). Martin advocated a position that was conservative on economic issues but is socially liberal. John Stachow: 37, Ontario Power Generation worker from
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, advocate of a "
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", and that the government of Canada to assume direct control over the nation's money supply, rather than leaving this responsibility in the hands of private banks. Opponent of the 1913 Bank Act. ''To be nominated, candidates needed to submit signatures from 300 Canadian Alliance members and a $25,000 deposit.''


2002 leadership election

Stephen Harper: 43, President of the
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(1998–2002); Reform Party Member of Parliament for
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, Alberta (1993–1997), Reform Party Critic for Intergovernmental Affairs (1994–1997), and Finance (1995–1996). Economist by profession. Stockwell Day: 51, leader of the Canadian Alliance (2000–2001), Member of Parliament for
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, British Columbia (2000–2011); former Alberta cabinet minister and MLA; agreed to resign and recontest the Canadian Alliance leadership following a caucus revolt. Diane Ablonczy: 52, lawyer, Opposition Critic for Human Resources Development, Member of Parliament for
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(1993–1997), then
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, Alberta (1997–2015). Grant Hill: 58, medical doctor, Opposition Critic for Intergovernmental Affairs, former Critic for Health (1994–1999), Member of Parliament for
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, Alberta (1993–2004). During the early campaign, Toronto
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Enza Anderson also declared her candidacy for the leadership, although she dropped her bid before the official registration deadline.


See also

*
Canadian Alliance The Canadian Alliance (), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (), was a centre-right to right-wing federal political party in Canada that existed under that name from 2000 to 2003. The Canadian Alliance was the new name of the ...
*
leadership convention {{Politics of Canada In Politics of Canada, Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leadership, leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader. Overview In Canada, ...
* Conservative Party of Canada leadership elections


References

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