page_title: Electoral history of Joe Clark
section_title: 1983 Leadership Convention
hierarchical_section_title: Electoral history of Joe Clark / Progressive Conservative Party Leadership Conventions and Reviews:  1976 to 1983, 1997 / 1983 Leadership Convention
caption_attribution_description: English: Brian Mulroney on the floor of the Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 11 June 1983. Photo by Alasdair Roberts.
context_page_description: A conservative, he served one term as Prime Minister. He led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in three general elections, winning one and losing two.
  Clark defeated Pierre Trudeau in the 1979 election, but did not win a majority in the House of Commons of Canada. He formed a minority government, but it proved to be short-lived. The Clark government fell on a budget vote in December, 1979, triggering the 1980 election. Trudeau won that election and returned to office with a majority government. Clark became the Leader of the Opposition, but in 1983 he lost a leadership challenge to Brian Mulroney, who took over as leader of the Progressive Conservatives.
  Clark again became leader of the party in 1998, and led the Progressive Conservatives in the 2000 election. The party lost seats in the House of Commons, remaining in fifth place. Clark led the party in the House for three years, until he announced his resignation in 2002. Peter Mackay succeeded him as leader of the Progressive Conservatives in 2003.
  Clark stood for election to the House of Commons of Canada eight times. He was elected each time, often by substantial majorities.
context_section_description: The party held the leadership convention in the early summer of 1983.  Clark was defeated on the fourth ballot by Brian Mulroney, who succeeded him as party leader.
  ¹ Rounding error.
caption: Mulroney at the 1983 leadership convention (photo by Alasdair Roberts).
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