the ontario new democratic party elects its leaders by secret ballot of the party members and/or their delegates at leadership elections, as did its predecessor, the co-operative commonwealth federation (ontario section). the party leader can be challenged for the leadership at the party's biennial convention. the ontario new democratic party is a social democratic political party in ontario, canada. ==ontario ccf leadership convention, 1942== (held on april 3, 1942.) *ted jolliffe *murray cotterill (note: the vote totals do not appear to have been announced.) ==ontario ccf leadership challenge, 1946== (held november 23, 1946) *ted jolliffe *lewis duncan ==ontario ccf leadership convention, 1953== (held on november 21, 1953.) {|class="wikitable" first ballot |- !candidate !votes !percentage |- | fred young || 154 || 43.2 |- | donald c. macdonald || 127 || 35.6 |- | andrew brewin || 75 || 21.0 |- |total || 356 || 100 |} {|class="wikitable" second ballot |- !candidate !votes !percentage !+/- |- |donald c. macdonald || 181 || 50.8 || +15.2 |- | fred young || 175 || 49.2 || +6.0 |- |total || 356 || 100 |} (note: these totals are taken from an interview with donald c. macdonald several years after the convention. they do not appear to have been announced at the convention itself.) ==ontario ndp leadership convention, 1961== (held on october 8, 1961.) *macdonald, donald c. acclaimed ==ontario ndp leadership challenge, 1968== (held on november 17, 1968 in kitchener, ontario.) {|class="wikitable" |- !candidate !votes !percentage |- |donald c. macdonald || 859 || 69.9 |- | james alexander renwick || 370 || 30.1 |- |total || 1,229 || 100 |} ==ontario ndp leadership convention, 1970== (held on october 4, 1970.) {|class="wikitable" |- !candidate !votes !percentage |- |stephen lewis || 1,188 || 64.1 |- | walter pitman || 642 || 34.7 |- | douglas campbell || 21 || 1.1 |- |total || 1,851 || 100 |} ==ontario ndp leadership challenge, 1972== (held on december 10, 1972 in toronto, ontario.) {|class="wikitable" |- !candidate !votes !percentage |- |stephen lewis || 752 || 85.8 |- | douglas campbell || 124 || 14.1 |- |total || 876 || 100 |} an additional 137 ballots were spoiled. if the spoiled votes are factored in then lewis received 74.2% support overall ==ontario ndp leadership convention, 1978== (held on february 5, 1978.) {|class="wikitable" first ballot |- !candidate !votes !percentage |- | michael cassidy || 675 || 37.6 |- | ian deans || 623 || 34.7 |- | michael breaugh || 499 || 27.8 |- |total || 1,797 || 100 |} breaugh eliminated, goes
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