Electoral history of Pierre Trudeau
Liberal Party leadership convention, 1968
Trudeau won the leadership on the fourth ballot. His main opponents were Paul Hellyer and Robert Winters, both former ministers in Pearson's governments.

Electoral history of Pierre Trudeau

Section Title: Liberal Party leadership convention, 1968
Table Section Text: Trudeau won the leadership on the fourth ballot. His main opponents were Paul Hellyer and Robert Winters, both former ministers in Pearson's governments.

Candidate	First Ballot	Second Ballot	Third Ballot	Fourth Ballot

Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%

-	Pierre Trudeau	752	31.8%	964	40.8%	1051	44.6%	1,203	51.1%

-	Paul Hellyer	330	13.9%	465	19.7%	377 Withdrew after third ballot.	16.0%	–	–

-	Robert Winters	293	12.4%	473	20.0%	621	26.3%	954	40.6%

-	John Turner	277	11.7%	347	14.7%	279	11.8%	195	8.3%

Paul Martin Sr.	277 Withdrew after first ballot.	11.7%	–	–	–	–	–	–

Joe Greene	169	7.1%	104	4.4%	29 Eliminated after third ballot.	1.2%	–	–

-	Allan MacEachen	165	6.9%	11 Eliminated after second ballot.	0.5%	–	–	–	–

Eric Kierans	103 Withdrew after first ballot.	4.3%	–	–	–	–	–	–

Harold Lloyd Henderson	0 Eliminated after first ballot.	0.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–

Total	2,366	99.8%1	2,364	100.1%1	2,357	99.9%1	2,352	100.0%

Source: CPAC - 1968 Liberal Convention

Sentence(s)

Trudeau won on the fourth ballot by the narrow margin, recording 51.1% of the vote, defeating the runner-up, Robert Winters, who received 40.6% of the vote.

final_sentence: Trudeau won on the fourth ballot by the narrow margin, recording 51.1% of the vote, defeating the runner-up, Robert Winters, who received 40.6% of the vote.