page_title: 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: (l to r) Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates Harinder Takhar, Sandra Pupatello, Charles Sousa, Gerard Kennedy, Eric Hoskins, Kathleen Wynne, and Glen Murray
context_page_description: The Ontario Liberal Party leadership election 2013, held on January 26, 2013, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, elected Kathleen Wynne as the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, replacing Dalton McGuinty, who announced his resignation on October 15, 2012. With the Liberals forming the Ontario government, Wynne consequently became Premier of Ontario. After leading a minority government for 18 months, she called an election after the defeat of her government's budget and she led her party to a renewed majority government in June 2014.
context_section_description: December 1, 1996 – Dalton McGuinty wins the leadership election to succeed Lyn McLeod.
  October 6, 2011 – The general election returns the Liberals to power but reduces them to 53 seats in the legislature, one short of a majority.
  September 6, 2012 – By-elections are held in the ridings of Kitchener—Waterloo and Vaughan. The Liberals had hoped to win both seats in order to secure a majority; they retain Vaughan but place third in Kitchener-Waterloo which is won by the NDP.
  September 29, 2012 – The Ontario Liberal Party's Annual General Meeting endorses Dalton McGuinty's leadership of the party with the support of 86% of delegates.
  October 2, 2012 – The opposition parties combine, in committee, to pass a rare contempt motion against Energy Minister Chris Bentley over the government's decision to cancel two gas plants prior to the 2011 election at a cost of $230 million. The opposition contends that the sale occurred in order to help the Liberals retain several seats and that Bentley has not complied with a directive by the Speaker to release all documents related to the decision.
  October 15, 2012 – Dalton McGuinty announces that he will resign as Liberal Party leader and Premier of Ontario as soon as the party holds a leadership convention. McGuinty also prorogues the legislature.
  October 21, 2012 – Liberal Party executive meets to decide on a date for the leadership election and rules government the process.
  October 28, 2012 – Liberal Party executive meets to choose a venue for the convention.
  November 23, 2012, 5 pm ET (UTC−05:00) – Deadline for candidates to pay $50,000 entry fee and file nomination papers signed by at least 250 party members. Membership cut-off date for eligibility to vote for delegates.
  December 1, 2012, 1 pm ET – Ingersoll Leadership Debate
  December 9, 2012, 1 pm ET – Thunder Bay Leadership Debate
  December 18, 2012, 7 pm ET – Ottawa Leadership Debate
  January 6, 2013, 1 pm ET – Durham Region Leadership Debate
  January 9, 2013, 7 pm ET – Toronto Leadership Debate
  January 12–13, 2013 – Delegate selection meetings will be held in all 107 Ontario ridings.
  January 25, 2013 – convention opens
  January 26, 2013 – leadership election
  January 27, 2013 – convention ends
caption: Leadership candidates debate on December 1, 2012 in Ingersoll.
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