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The Liberal Party of Canada leadership election of 2009 was prompted by Stéphane Dion's announcement that he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada into another election, following his party's defeat in the 2008 federal election in Canada. The Liberals, who captured just slightly over 26 per cent of the total votes, scored their lowest percentage in the party's history to that date. The party's national executive met on November 8, 2008, to set rules for the contest, and chose a date and location for the convention. A biennial and leadership convention was held in Vancouver, British Columbia from April 30 to May 3, 2009, with the new leader being chosen on May 2. Delegates to the convention were chosen from March 6–10, 2009 by those Liberal Party members who joined on or before February 6, 2009. As a result of the 2008 Canadian parliamentary crisis, culminating in Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's successful appeal on December 4, 2008, to Governor General Michaëlle Jean to prorogue Parliament until January 26, 2009, there were calls by a number of prominent Liberals, including Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae, for the leadership election process to be accelerated, so that there would be an interim leader in place by the time that Parliament resumed. Former Deputy Prime Minister and former Finance Minister John Manley, writing in ''The Globe and Mail'' on December 6, 2008, called for Dion to resign immediately.〔''The Globe and Mail, December 6, 2008, p. A25.〕 Dion issued a statement on December 8 agreeing to move up his resignation. Rae and Ignatieff disagreed on how to accelerate the process, with Ignatieff favouring a vote by caucus on December 10, 2008, to select an interim leader who would then be confirmed as permanent leader in May 2009, and Rae calling for a One Member One Vote method involving the entire Liberal Party membership, to be conducted in January 2009. On December 8, 2008, Dominic LeBlanc withdrew from the race and threw his support to Michael Ignatieff. That evening the party executive agreed to a compromise proposal that would widen the leadership consultation process to include riding association presidents, defeated election candidates and others but rejected Rae's OMOV proposal. On December 9, 2008, Bob Rae withdrew from the race, leaving Michael Ignatieff as the presumed victor. As well as ratifying Ignatieff's leadership with the support of 97% of delegates, the convention approved an amendment to the party's constitution to institute a One Member One Vote system for the election of future leaders. A proposal to adopt a weighted system where 25% of the vote in leadership elections would be reserved for members of the party's youth wing was defeated. == Timeline == *October 14, 2008 - Federal election returns a Conservative minority government and a diminished Liberal caucus. *October 15, 2008 - Joe Volpe calls for Stéphane Dion to resign as leader. *October 20, 2008 - Liberal leader Stéphane Dion announces his intention to resign as party leader as of the Liberal leadership convention scheduled for May 2009. *October 27, 2008 - Frank McKenna announces he will not be a candidate; LeBlanc declares his intention to run. *October 31, 2008 - Rae announces his candidacy. *November 4, 2008 - John Manley announces he will not run. *November 8–9, 2008 - Liberal Party executive meets to decide on the date, location, and rules governing the race. *November 11, 2008 - Martha Hall Findlay announces she will not run. *November 12, 2008 - Gerard Kennedy and David McGuinty announce they will not run. *November 13, 2008 - Ignatieff announces he will run. *November 16, 2008 - The Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) holds an all-candidates meeting. Rae boycotts when Ignatieff refused to allow the media to attend. *November 20, 2008 - Rae officially launches his campaign. *November 27, 2008 - The government tables a fiscal statement that angers the Opposition. *November 28, 2008 - The Liberals table a motion of non-confidence in the government which states that there is an alternative government prepared to take power. Prime Minister Harper delays the motion from December 1 to December 8. *December 1, 2008 - The Liberal Party, New Democratic Party and Bloc Québécois announce an agreement to defeat the government and replace it with a Liberal-NDP coalition. *December 4, 2008 - On the advice of the Prime Minister, the Governor General prorogues parliament until January 26, 2009. *December 6, 2008 - Former Deputy Prime Minister John Manley calls for Dion's immediate resignation. *December 7, 2008 - Liberal caucus executive meets and decides to recommend an accelerated two-stage leadership selection process. *December 8, 2008 - Stéphane Dion issues a statement announcing his resignation effective as soon as the party chooses an interim leader. Dominic LeBlanc drops out of the race and throws his support to Michael Ignatieff. Ignatieff announces that he will be a candidate for interim leader at the December 10 caucus meeting. 2006 Liberal leadership contender Gerard Kennedy endorses Bob Rae. *December 8, 2008 - Liberal Party national executive meets to decide upon an expedited process for choosing an interim leader. They agree to a process that will choose an interim leader by December 17 and involve the caucus, riding association presidents, club and party commission presidents and defeated candidates. *December 9, 2008 - Bob Rae withdraws from race, leaving Michael Ignatieff as the presumptive winner by default. *December 10, 2008 - Michael Ignatieff is acclaimed interim Liberal leader by the party executive and caucus in consultation with riding presidents, defeated candidates and club presidents. *February 6, 2009 - Deadline for new Liberal Party members to join the party if they wish to vote or run for convention delegate spots. *March 6–10, 2009 - "Super delegate" weekend in which ridings elect convention delegates. *April 30-May 2, 2009 - Convention. *(all times Pacific Daylight Time) * *April 30 * * *Council of Presidents Meeting * *May 1 * * *8 am - Biennial Meetings of the Commissions * * *11:30 am - 5 pm Policy Think Tanks and Election readiness workshops * * *4 pm - Advance voting * * *5 pm - Formal opening of convention * * *5:20 pm - Speeches by candidates for party positions * * *7 pm - Tribute to Stéphane Dion * *May 2 * * *9 am - 11 am - Voting * * *10:30 am – 2:30 pm - Amendments to party constitution debated * * *2:30 pm - 4 pm - Voting result announced, Ignatieff addresses convention. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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