1919 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
Results
Results
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Unlike in future Liberal leadership contests, the lowest\-ranking candidate was not eliminated after each ballot, with voting simply continuing until a candidate had a majority.

The first ballot had King narrowly leading over Fielding, with Graham and McKenzie tying for a distant, joint third place. The second ballot saw King start to take a more decisive lead, mostly by attracting McKenzie's delegates, while Fielding attracted a smaller share of Graham's delegates, leaving the contest as a clear race between King and Fielding.

Shortly after the third ballot began, Graham withdrew his candidacy, acknowledging that he had no hope of victory. The ballot was cancelled and begun anew with three candidates, but McKenzie himself withdrew just after the fourth round had gotten underway, realizing that he could not credibly hope to remain in the contest when Graham had withdrawn despite having more votes.

The final ballot was close\-run between King and Fielding, but in the end, King emerged victorious.

| \+ Delegate support by ballot |
| --- |
| Candidate | | 1st ballot | | 2nd ballot | | 5th ballot | |
| Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % |
| [50px](/wiki/File:Wm_Lyon_Mackenzie_King.jpg "Wm Lyon Mackenzie King.jpg") | **[KING, William Lyon Mackenzie](/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King "William Lyon Mackenzie King")** | 344 | 36\.3% | 411 | 43\.8% | **476** | **52\.1%** |
| [50px](/wiki/File:William_Stevens_Fielding%2C_premier_of_Nova_Scotia.jpg "William Stevens Fielding, premier of Nova Scotia.jpg") | [FIELDING, William Stevens](/wiki/William_Stevens_Fielding "William Stevens Fielding") | 297 | 31\.3% | 344 | 36\.6% | 438 | 47\.9% |
| [50px](/wiki/File:George_Perry_Graham.jpg "George Perry Graham.jpg") | [GRAHAM, George Perry](/wiki/George_Perry_Graham "George Perry Graham") | 153 | 16\.2% | 124 | 13\.2% | Withdrew | |
| [50px](/wiki/File:DanielDuncanMcKenzie-crop.jpg "DanielDuncanMcKenzie-crop.jpg") | [MCKENZIE, Daniel Duncan](/wiki/Daniel_Duncan_McKenzie "Daniel Duncan McKenzie") | 153 | 16\.2% | 60 | 6\.4% | Withdrew | |
| Total | | 947 | 100\.0% | 939 | 100\.0% | 914 | 100\.0% |


How many candidates were initially running in the contest?