Leadership election
A leadership election is a political contest held in various countries by which the members of a political party determine who will be the leader of their party.
Generally, any political party can determine its own rules governing how and when a leadership election is to be held for that party. In the United Kingdom, for example:
Leadership elections are generally caused by the death or resignation of the incumbent (that is, the person already holding the post), although there are also formal and informal methods to remove a party's leader and thus trigger an election contest to find a replacement. There is, however, no common procedure whereby the main parties choose their leader.[1]
A leadership election may be required at intervals set by party rules, or it may be held in response to a certain proportion of those eligible to vote expressing a lack of confidence in the current leadership. In the UK Conservative Party, for example, "a leadership election can be triggered by a vote of no confidence by Conservative MPs in their current leader".[2]
Australia
Australian Greens
Australian Labor Party
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1931
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, 1935
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, 1945
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, 1951
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1954
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1956
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, 1960
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1966
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, 1967
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1968
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1976
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1977
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, 1977
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1982
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1983
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 1991
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, December 1991
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, 2001
- Australian Labor Party leadership spills, 2003
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2005
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2006
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2010
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2012
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, March 2013
- Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 2013
- Australian Labor Party leadership election, October 2013
Liberal Party of Australia
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 1966
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 1968
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1969
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1971
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 1972
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1975
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1982
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 1983
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1985
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1987
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1989
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1990
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1993
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1994
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1995
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 2007
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2008
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2009
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion, February 2015
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015
- Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018
National Party of Australia
Canada
- Bloc Québécois leadership elections
- Canadian Alliance leadership elections
- Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2017
- Green Party of Canada leadership elections
- Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2013
- New Democratic Party leadership election, 2017
- Progressive Conservative leadership conventions
- Social Credit Party of Canada leadership conventions
Ireland
Fianna Fáil
Japan
Liberal Democratic Party
New Zealand
Green Party
Labour Party
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1919
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1920
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1921
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1923
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1933
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1940
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1951
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1954
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1963
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1965
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1974
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1980
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1983
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1988
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1989
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1990
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1993
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1996
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2008
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2011
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2013
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2014
- New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2017
Liberal Party
National Party
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1936
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1940
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1957
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1972
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1974
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1984
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1986
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 1997
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 2001
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 2003
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 2006
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 2016
- New Zealand National Party leadership election, 2018
United Kingdom
Conservative Party
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1965
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1975
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1989
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1990
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1995
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1997
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2001
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2003
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005
- Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2016
Labour Party
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1922
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1931
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1932
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1935
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1955
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1960
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1961
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1963
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1976
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1980
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1983
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1988
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1992
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1994
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2010
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2016
Liberal Party, Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats
- Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1967
- Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1976
- Social Democratic Party (UK) leadership election, 1982
- Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1988
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1999
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2007
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2015
- Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2017
References
See also
- Leadership convention, Canada
- Primaries