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The 2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election took place on March 20, 2004, in Toronto, Ontario, and resulted in the election of Stephen Harper as the first leader of the new Canadian Conservative Party. The Conservative Party was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, in December 2003. Stephen Harper, the former leader of the Canadian Alliance, was elected on the first (and only) ballot. Tony Clement, a former Ontario Progressive Conservative health minister, and Belinda Stronach, the former Chief Executive Officer of Magna International, were the other candidates on the ballot.〔("Harper wins Conservative leadership" ). CBC News, March 22, 2004.〕 The leader was selected by a system in which each of the party's riding associations was allocated 100 points, which were allocated among candidates in proportion to the votes that he or she received. This system was selected as a condition of the merger, to prevent the far larger Canadian Alliance membership base from overwhelming that of the Progressive Conservatives. Members voted using ranked ballots. If no candidate won a majority of votes on the first ballot, the ballots supporting the candidate with the smallest number of votes would be re-distributed according to the voters' second preferences. Subsequent ballots were not needed, however, because Stephen Harper won on the first ballot. ==Candidates== *Tony Clement - Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton South (1995-2003), provincial Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (2001-2003), provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1999-2001), provincial Minister of the Environment (1999-2000), provincial Minister of Transportation (1997-1999), third place candiate in Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election (2002) *Stephen Harper - Reform Party of Canada MP for Calgary West (1993-1997), Canadian Alliance MP for Calgary Southwest (2002-), Leader of the Canadian Alliance (2002-2003), President of the National Citizens Coalition (1998-2002) *Belinda Stronach - CEO of Magna International (2001-) 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「Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2004」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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