2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election

The 2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election happened when Michael Ignatieff announced on May 3, 2011 his plans to resign as leader after the party lost in the 2011 federal election.

On May 25, 2011, Bob Rae was made interim leader. The party announced Justin Trudeau as its new leader on April 14, 2013, in Ottawa, Ontario.^[1]

Justin Trudeau would go on to become the 23rd prime minister of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Results

Justin Trudeau won the 2013 Liberal leadership in a landslide first-ballot victory and led the third-place party into a majority government in the 2015 federal election. The voter turnout was 82.16% of all registered voters.^[2]^[3]

= Winner

First Ballot
Candidate
Candidate		Votes cast	%	Points allocated	%
	Justin Trudeau	81,389	78.76%	24,668.71	80.09%
	Joyce Murray	12,148	11.76%	3,130.76	10.16%
	Martha Hall Findlay	6,585	6.37%	1,760.43	5.72%
	Martin Cauchon	1,630	1.58%	815.86	2.65%
	Deborah Coyne	833	0.81%	214.14	0.70%
	Karen McCrimmon	757	0.73%	210.08	0.68%
Rejected Ballots		1,210
Total		104,552	100.00	30,800	100.00

References

↑ "Leadership FAQ". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
↑ "Results for Canada". Liberal Party of Canada Leadership 2013. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
↑ "Trudeau focuses on middle class in first question period". CTV News. April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.

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[Leadership_FAQ-1] "Leadership FAQ". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[results-2] "Results for Canada". Liberal Party of Canada Leadership 2013. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.

[3] "Trudeau focuses on middle class in first question period". CTV News. April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.

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