This page covers the results of leadership conventions in the British Columbia New Democratic Party (known as the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation before 1961).

(Note that this list is not yet complete.)

Early Developments

On July 5, 1936, CCF parliamentary leader Robert Connell survived a leadership challenge, 138 votes to 76. It was also determined, at this meeting, that the party's future leadership would be decided by delegated conventions.

NDP Leadership Challenge, 1967

(Held on June 4, 1967 in Burnaby, British Columbia.)

• STRACHAN, Robert 278
• BERGER, Tom 177

NDP Leadership Convention, 1969

(Held on April 12, 1969.)

First Ballot:

• BERGER, Tom 364
• BARRETT, Dave 249
• WILLIAMS, Bob 130
• CONWAY, John 44

Second Ballot:

• BERGER, Tom 411
• BARRETT, Dave 375

Berger stepped down as party leader after the NDP lost the provincial election of 1969 . Barrett was subsequently chosen as interim party leader.

NDP Leadership Convention, 1970

• BARRETT, Dave accl.

NDP Leadership Convention, 1984

(Held on May 20, 1984.)

Fifth Ballot:

• SKELLY, Bob 606
• VICKERS, David 452

(Also on the ballot were Bill King , David Stupich , Graham Lea and Margaret Birrell .)

NDP Leadership Convention, 1987

(Held on April 12, 1987.)

• HARCOURT, Michael accl.

NDP Leadership Convention, 1996

(Held on February 18, 1996.)

• CLARK, Glen 802
• EVANS, Corky 234
• SMALLWOOD, Joan 67
• KUEHN, Donovan 23
• MCDONALD, Jack 6

NDP Leadership Convention, 2000

(Held on February 20, 2000.)

• DOSANJH, Ujjal 769
• EVANS, Corky 549

(Gordon Wilson had been a candidate but withdrew an hour before voting began and endorsed Corky Evans [1]. Labour activist Len Werden had withdrawn the day before the convention. Joy MacPhail had also been a candidate but she dropped out on January 8 2000 and threw her support to Ujjal Dosanjh [2]. MacPhail became interim leader after Dosanjh lost his seat in the 2001 provincial election and resigned. On June 4 2003 she announced her intention to resign as interim leader.)

NDP Leadership Convention, 2003

(Held on November 23, 2003.)

First Ballot:

• JAMES, Carole 325
• JENSEN, Nils 169
• KROG, Leonard 150
• ORCHERTON, Steve 87
• NAJARI, Mehdi 32
• DIMITROV, Peter 12

Second Ballot:

• JAMES, Carole 395
• KROG, Leonard 219
• JENSEN, Nils 162