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1949 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election information


1949 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
DateApril 27, 1949
ConventionRoyal York Hotel,[1]
Toronto
Resigning leaderGeorge Drew
Won byLeslie Frost
Ballots1
Candidates4
Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership conventions 1920, 1936, 1938, 1949, 1961, 1971, 1985, 1990, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2018

A leadership election was held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario on April 27, 1949 to replace retiring leader and premier George Drew who had resigned after losing his seat in the 1948 provincial election and deciding to enter federal politics. The interim leader of the party (and interim premier) was Thomas Laird Kennedy. The party selected Leslie Frost on the first ballot.

  • FROST, Leslie 842
  • BLACKWELL, Leslie 442
  • ROBERTS, Kelso 121
  • PORTER, Dana 65
  1. ^ "PC Delegates Gather To Choose New Leader From Four in Race". Globe and Mail. April 26, 1949.

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