2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election
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The 2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election was held in Hamilton, from March 6 to 8, 2009 to elect a successor to Howard Hampton as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). On June 15, 2008, Hampton informed the party's provincial council that he would not stand for re-election as leader at the next party convention in a year's time.[2][3] While a leadership vote was held at each biennial convention of the Ontario NDP until and including the last regular convention in 2007, there is normally not a contested vote unless there is a vacancy, therefore, the 2009 vote was the party's first leadership convention since Hampton was elected in 1996 to succeed Bob Rae.
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Date | March 6–8, 2009 |
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Convention | Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario |
Resigning leader | Howard Hampton |
Won by | Andrea Horwath |
Ballots | 3 |
Candidates | 4 |
Entrance Fee | $10,000 (plus a $5,000 refundable deposit) |
Spending limit | $500,000[1] |
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With the support of high-profile party members such as the left-wing MPP Peter Kormos and Sid Ryan, the President of CUPE Ontario, Andrea Horwath, the MPP for Hamilton Centre, won the leadership contest with 60.4% of the vote on the final ballot. As of 2022, it remains the last leadership election held by the Ontario New Democratic Party.