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This page lists the results of leadership conventions of the British Columbia Liberal Party, known since 2023 as British Columbia United.

Winners are listed first, in bold, and prefaced by .

1902 leadership convention

Held February 6, 1902.

(Source: "Canadian Annual Review 1902", p. 85)

1903 election by party caucus

Joseph Martin resigned as Liberal leader on June 2, 1903. Following his personal defeat in the 1903 general election, the first on a partisan basis, James Alexander MacDonald was elected leader by a party caucus on October 19, 1903.

First ballot:

Second ballot:

Third ballot (Runoff between McInnes and MacDonald):

Fourth ballot (McInnes eliminated):

James Alexander MacDonald 10
Stuart Alexander Henderson 4

(Source: "Canadian Annual Review 1903", pgs. 222–223)

Developments 1909–1912

John Oliver was elected leader by a meeting of the caucus and provincial executive October 10, 1909.

1912 leadership convention

Held March 1, 1912

Harlan Carey Brewster (acclaimed)

1918 election by party caucus

On March 5, 1918, John Oliver was elected leader on the fourth ballot, defeating James Horace King and John Wallace de Beque Farris. William Sloan and John Duncan MacLean were eliminated on previous ballots.

John Oliver
James Horace King
John Wallace de Begue Farris
William Sloan
John Duncan MacLean

Source: "Morning Leader", March 6, 1918

Developments 1927–1930

At a party caucus on July 18, 1927, John Oliver resigned as premier and party leader due to ill health. This was refused and John Duncan MacLean was chosen to be his successor as leader and premier and was made acting premier while Oliver remained nominal premier. Oliver died on August 17, 1927, and MacLean became premier on August 20.

Source: "Morning Leader", July 19, 1927

Following John Duncan MacLean's personal defeat in the 1928 general election Thomas Dufferin Pattullo was unanimously chosen House leader by the Liberal caucus on January 19, 1929. This was confirmed by the party executive on January 21, 1929. He was confirmed as permanent leader at a subsequent convention.

Source: "Vancouver Sun", January 21, 1929

1930 leadership convention

Held May 30, 1930

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo (acclaimed)

Source: "Montreal Gazette", May 31, 1930

1941 leadership convention

Held December 2, 1941

John Hart (acclaimed)

Source: "The Leader Post", December 3, 1941

1947 leadership convention

Held December 10, 1947

Byron Ingemar Johnson 475
Gordon Sylvester Wismer 467

Source: "Saskatoon Star-Phoenix", December 11, 1947

1953 leadership convention

Held April 8, 1953

Arthur Laing (acclaimed)

Source: "Vancouver Sun", April 9, 1953

1959 leadership convention

Held on May 16, 1959

Ray Perrault 494
George Frederick Thompson Gregory 162

Source: "Montreal Gazette", May 19, 1959

1968 leadership convention

Held on October 5, 1968

Pat McGeer 686
Garde Gardom 316

Source: The Leader-Post, October 7, 1968)

1972 leadership convention

Held on May 22, 1972

David Anderson 388
Bill Vander Zalm 177

1975 leadership convention

Held on September 28, 1975, in Burnaby, British Columbia

Gordon Gibson (acclaimed)

1979 leadership convention

Held on February 19, 1979

Jev Tothill 250
Hugh Chesley 51

(Source: Globe and Mail, February 19, 1979)

1981 leadership convention

Held on May 25, 1981

Shirley McLoughlin 195
Tom Finkelstein 146
Roland Bouwman 48

(Note: There were six spoiled ballots.)

1984 leadership convention

Held on March 31, 1984, in Richmond, British Columbia

1987 leadership convention

Held on October 30, 1987, in Richmond, British Columbia

Gordon Wilson (acclaimed)

One other candidate, Clive Tanner, had been in the race through the spring and summer, but withdrew in August after sustaining a leg injury which affected his ability to campaign.^[1]

1993 leadership challenge

Held on September 11, 1993.^[2]

Gordon Campbell 4141
Gordon Gibson 1600
Gordon Wilson 531
Linda Reid 166
Wilf Hurd 62
Allan Warnke 36
Charles McKinney 4

2011 leadership election

Held on February 26, 2011

The rounds were counted in terms of points, with 100 points allocated per electoral district.^[3]^[4]

Candidate	First round		Second round		Third round
Candidate	Points	%	Points	%	Points	%
Christy Clark	3,209	37.75	3,575	42.06	4,420	52.0
Kevin Falcon	2,411	28.36	2,564	30.16	4,080	48.0
George Abbott	2,091	24.60	2,361	27.78	Eliminated
Mike de Jong	789	9.28	Eliminated
Total	8,500	100.00	8,500	100.00	8,500	100.0

2018 leadership election

Held February 3, 2018

= Eliminated from next round

= Winner

Candidate	Ballot 1	Ballot 2		Ballot 3		Ballot 4		Ballot 5
Name	Points	Points	+/− (pp)	Points	+/− (pp)	Points	+/− (pp)	Points	+/− (pp)
Andrew Wilkinson	1,591 18.29%	1,631 18.74%	+40 +0.45	2,201 25.29%	+570 +6.55	2,862 32.89%	+661 +7.60	4,621 53.11%	+1,759 +20.22
Dianne Watts	2,135 24.54%	2,169 24.93%	+34 +0.39	2,469 28.38%	+300 +3.45	3,006 34.55%	+537 +6.17	4,079 46.89%	+1,073 +12.34
Michael Lee	1,916 22.03%	1,960 22.53%	+54 +0.50	2,264 26.03%	+304 +3.50	2,832 32.56%	+568 +6.53	Eliminated
Todd Stone	1,483 17.05%	1,505 17.30%	+22 +0.25	1,766 20.29%	+261 +2.99	Eliminated
Mike de Jong	1,415 16.27%	1,436 16.51%	+21 +0.24	Eliminated
Sam Sullivan	158 1.82%	Eliminated

2022 leadership election

A leadership election was held on February 5, 2022 to elect a new party leader following the resignation of Andrew Wilkinson after the 2020 British Columbia general election.

= Eliminated from next round

= Winner

Candidate	Ballot 1		Ballot 2		Ballot 3		Ballot 4		Ballot 5
Name	Points	Percent	Points	Percent	Points	Percent	Points	Percent	Points	Percent
Kevin Falcon	4121	47%	4143	47.6%	4202.36	48.3%	4318.14	49.63%	4541.35	52.19%
Ellis Ross	2325	26.7%	2355.9	27.1%	2493.1	28.66%	2714.50	31.2%	2928.33	33.65%
Michael Lee	899	10.3%	912.4	10.5%	938.43	10.8%	1039.37	11.94%	1230.31	14.14%
Val Litwin	504	5.8%	517.9	5.95%	536.17	6.16%	627.97	7.21%	Eliminated
Gavin Dew	466	5.4%	481.4	5.5%	429.93	6.01%	Eliminated
Renee Merrifield	278	3.2%	289	3.3%	Eliminated
Stan Sipos	104.6	1.2%	Eliminated