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1919 Liberal Party leadership election
7 August 1919 1924 →
 
Candidate Henry Lodge Robert Owen William Fielding
First Ballot 39.3% 32.4% 28.3%
Second Ballot 55.3% 44.7% Eliminated

Leader before election

Albert Cummins (acting)
Wilfrid Laurier

Elected Leader

Henry Lodge


1925 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1919 8 July 1925 1928 →
 
Candidate Joseph Robinson Thomas Walsh Peter Gerry
First Ballot 31.4% 22.8% 20.5%
Second Ballot 35.0% 26.4% 26.0%
Third Ballot 38.6% 35.4% 26.0%
Fourth Ballot 54.7% 45.3% Eliminated

 
Candidate Smith Brookhart James Byrnes Henry Rainey
First Ballot 12.6% 7.2% 5.5%
Second Ballot 9.0% 3.6% Eliminated
Third Ballot Withdrew Eliminated Eliminated
Fourth Ballot Withdrew Eliminated Eliminated

Leader before election

Joseph Robinson (acting)
Henry Lodge

Elected Leader

Joseph Robinson


1928 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1925 28 June 1928 1945 →
 
Candidate Cordell Hull
Ballot Unopposed

Leader before election

Joseph Robinson

Elected Leader

Cordell Hull

1945 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1928 11 July 1945 1947 →
 
Candidate Harry Truman
Ballot Unopposed

Leader before election

Harry Truman (acting)
Cordell Hull

Elected Leader

Harry Truman

1947 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1945 12 March 1947 1951 →
 
Candidate Alben Barkley James Gardiner James Byrnes
First Ballot 29.2% 24.0% 30.6%
Second Ballot 31.1% 38.3% 30.6%
Third Ballot 59.2% 40.8% Eliminated

 
Candidate Paul Martin John McCormack
First Ballot 11.0% 5.2%
Second Ballot Withdrew Eliminated
Third Ballot Withdrew Eliminated

Leader before election

Alben Barkley (acting)
Harry Truman

Elected Leader

Alben Barkley


1951 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1947 28 July 1951 1967 →
 
Candidate Lyndon Johnson Estes Kefauver Hubert Humphrey
First Ballot 34.7% 29.6% 9.0%
Second Ballot 55.4% 36.9% 7.7%

 
Candidate James F. Byrnes Paul Martin James Murray
First Ballot 15.0% 6.0% 5.7%
Second Ballot Withdrew Withdrew Eliminated

Leader before election

Alben Barkley

Elected Leader

Lyndon Johnson


1967 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1951 5 December 1967 1968 →
 
Candidate Lyndon Johnson Eugene McCarthy
Ballot 320 (81.9%) 71 (18.1%)

Leader before election

Lyndon Johnson

Elected Leader

Lyndon Johnson

1968 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1967 28 March 1968 1971 →
 
Candidate Hubert Humphrey Eugene McCarthy John Kennedy
First Ballot Did not enter 33.7% 11.4%
Second Ballot 42.4% 38.3% 19.3%
Third Ballot 56.7% 43.3% Eliminated

 
Candidate Robert Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Paul Martin
First Ballot 5.1% 46.9% 2.9%
Second Ballot Withdrew Withdrew Eliminated
Third Ballot Withdrew Withdrew Eliminated

Leader before election

Lyndon Johnson

Elected Leader

Hubert Humphrey

1971 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1968 8 July 1971 1979 →
 
Candidate Morris Udall Edmund Muskie Wilbur Mills
First Ballot 35.8% 31.5% 23.5%
Second Ballot 35.8% 31.5% 23.5%
Third Ballot 61.4% 38.6% Withdrew

 
Candidate Eugene McCarthy Shirley Chisholm
First Ballot 7.2% 2.0%
Second Ballot 9.2% Eliminated
Third Ballot Eliminated Withdrew

Leader before election

Hubert Humphrey

Elected Leader

Morris Udall

1979 Liberal Party leadership election
← 1971 25 Febuary & 25 March 1979 1983 →
 
Candidate Ed Kennedy Lloyd Bentsen Lindy Boggs
Popular vote 49.9% 18.6% 13.8%
Delegate vote 63.5% 23.8% 6.0%
Overall result 56.7% 21.2% 9.9%

 
Candidate Birch Bayh John Culver Dale Bumpers
Popular vote 9.2% 4.5% 4.0%
Delegate vote 4.2% 1.3% 1.2%
Overall result 6.7% 2.9% 2.6%

Leader before election

Morris Udall

Elected Leader

Ed Kennedy