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| − | The '''[[Liberal Party (Cachette de Lions)|Liberal Party]] leadership election of 1998 took place after the resignation of Liberal leader and Prime Minister Richard Freudhalten, and thus the election would ultimately decide the new Prime Minister. There were four candidates who received the required number of nominations: then-Health Secretary Maria Carlisle, backbencher Henry Lewis, then-Foreign Secretary Daniel Syzcki and then-Deputy Prime Minister Felix Walsh. It was eventually won by Daniel Syzcki, and was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote system. | + | The '''[[Liberal Party (Cachette de Lions)|Liberal Party]] leadership election of 1998''' took place after the resignation of Liberal leader and Prime Minister Richard Freudhalten, and thus the election would ultimately decide the new Prime Minister. There were four candidates who received the required number of nominations: then-Health Secretary Maria Carlisle, backbencher Henry Lewis, then-Foreign Secretary Daniel Syzcki and then-Deputy Prime Minister Felix Walsh. It was eventually won by Daniel Syzcki, and was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote system. |
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! colspan="2" |Candidate | ! colspan="2" |Candidate | ||
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| align="right" | +6,734 | | align="right" | +6,734 | ||
| + | | align="right" | 43.0 | ||
| align="right" | 38,513 | | align="right" | 38,513 | ||
| align="right" | 36.0 | | align="right" | 36.0 | ||
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| Felix Walsh | | Felix Walsh | ||
| align="right" | +4,623 | | align="right" | +4,623 | ||
| + | | align="right" | 29.5 | ||
| align="right" | 36,043 | | align="right" | 36,043 | ||
| align="right" | 33.7 | | align="right" | 33.7 | ||
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| Maria Carlisle | | Maria Carlisle | ||
| align="right" | +2,991 | | align="right" | +2,991 | ||
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| align="right" | 31,083 | | align="right" | 31,083 | ||
| align="right" | 29.1 | | align="right" | 29.1 | ||
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| style="width: 170px" | Not transferable | | style="width: 170px" | Not transferable | ||
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| align="right" | 1,315 | | align="right" | 1,315 | ||
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| Daniel Syzcki | | Daniel Syzcki | ||
| align="right" | +15,937 | | align="right" | +15,937 | ||
| + | | align="right" | 51.3 | ||
| align="right" | 54,450 | | align="right" | 54,450 | ||
| align="right" | 50.9 | | align="right" | 50.9 | ||
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| Felix Walsh | | Felix Walsh | ||
| align="right" | +13,621 | | align="right" | +13,621 | ||
| + | | align="right" | 43.8 | ||
| align="right" | 49,664 | | align="right" | 49,664 | ||
| align="right" | 46.4 | | align="right" | 46.4 | ||
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| align="right" | +1,525 | | align="right" | +1,525 | ||
| + | | align="right" | 4.9 | ||
| align="right" | 2,840 | | align="right" | 2,840 | ||
| align="right" | 2.7 | | align="right" | 2.7 | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:35, 5 June 2007
The Liberal Party leadership election of 1998 took place after the resignation of Liberal leader and Prime Minister Richard Freudhalten, and thus the election would ultimately decide the new Prime Minister. There were four candidates who received the required number of nominations: then-Health Secretary Maria Carlisle, backbencher Henry Lewis, then-Foreign Secretary Daniel Syzcki and then-Deputy Prime Minister Felix Walsh. It was eventually won by Daniel Syzcki, and was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote system.
| First round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Daniel Syzcki | 31,779 | 29.7 | ||
| Felix Walsh | 31,420 | 29.4 | ||
| Maria Carlisle | 28,092 | 26.3 | ||
| Henry Lewis | 15663 | 14.6 | ||
| Turnout | 106,954 | 92.3 | ||
| Second round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Transfers | % | Votes | % | |
| Daniel Syzcki | +6,734 | 43.0 | 38,513 | 36.0 | |
| Felix Walsh | +4,623 | 29.5 | 36,043 | 33.7 | |
| Maria Carlisle | +2,991 | 19.1 | 31,083 | 29.1 | |
| Not transferable | +1,315 | 8.4 | 1,315 | 1.2 | |
| Third round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Transfers | % | Votes | % | |
| Daniel Syzcki | +15,937 | 51.3 | 54,450 | 50.9 | |
| Felix Walsh | +13,621 | 43.8 | 49,664 | 46.4 | |
| Not transferable | +1,525 | 4.9 | 2,840 | 2.7 | |
