Craftian Conservative Party leadership election, 2059

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2051 ← 	29 January 2059 	→ 2067
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70 caucus votes36 needed for a majority	70 caucus votes36 needed for a majority	70 caucus votes36 needed for a majority
 	 	
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Candidate 	Reagen Queanbeyan 	Kevin Lanyard
Party 	Conservative 	Conservative
1st Rd. 	25 	25
1st Rd. % 	35.71% 	35.71%
2nd Rd. 	38 	23
2nd Rd. % 	54.29% 	32.86%
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Candidate 	Jamie Whittaker 	Barry Barnsworth
Party 	Conservative 	Conservative
1st Rd. 	16 	4
1st Rd. % 	22.86% 	5.71%
2nd Rd. 	9 	Eliminated
2nd Rd. % 	12.86% 	Eliminated
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Leader before election 	Leader before election 	Elected Leader
Mel Queanbeyan 	Mel Queanbeyan 	Reagen Queanbeyan
A leadership election of the Craftian Conservative Party, the Official Opposition of Craftia, was held on 29 January 2059. It was triggered by the resignation of former Prime Minister Mel Queanbeyan, who was defeated in the previous election in 2058, four months before. Her son Reagen Queanbeyan, the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Deputy Leader of the Opposition, defeated Kevin Lanyard, the Shadow Minister for Defence, Jamie Whittaker, a backbencher and former Minister for Social Services, and Barry Barnsworth, the Shadow Minister for Tourism, in a two-round, four-way vote. Queanbeyan and Lanyard tied in the first round, with Barnsworth being eliminated. In the second round, Queanbeyan received a narrow majority of the caucus votes, defeating Lanyard and Whittaker and nullifying the necessity for a third round. He was subsequently sworn in as the 24th Leader of the Opposition the next day.