The Rise of Stéphane Dion to the helm of the Liberal party leadership

The recent win by the Conservatives should not be seen as the dawn of a new era or an incremental incline by the conservative movement. The Conservative party won was against Stéphane Dion was predictable.

The rise of Stéphane Dion to the helm of the Liberal party leadership was due to head lock fight between Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae where were the front runners. During the convention to elect the leader and after the second ballot, Ken Dryden withdrew withdrew from the race in support of Mr. Rae, while Gerard Kennedy withdrew but supporting Mr. Dion.

The convention ended by having Mr. Stéphane Dion zooming from the third place position to the 1st place bypassing both Ignatieff and Rae.

Candidate	Delegate Support	Percentage
Michael Ignatieff	1,481	31.6%
Bob Rae	1,132	24.1%
Stéphane Dion	974	20.8%
Gerard Kennedy	884	18.8%
Ken Dryden	219	4.7%
Total	4,690	100.

Table 1.0

The 2006 Liberal convention ended with a shocker. The Liberal delegates have elected Stéphane Dion to lead them in the next election against once of the best financed propaganda machine in the form of the Conservative Party.