A Conservative leadership convention was held on October 12, 1927 at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The convention was held to choose a new leader of the Conservative Party to choose
Richard Bedford Bennett
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Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
1927 Conservative leadership convention
…permanent leader was chosen. The caucus also recommended that a leadership convention, the party's first, be held in 1927 to choose a permanent leader. Richard Bedford Bennett, 57, Member of Parliament for Calgary West, Alberta served as Minister of Finance in Meighen's 1926 government and had been the first leader of the…
Bennett c. 1930–1935
Young R.B. Bennett, 1901
Businessman Patrick Burns and R. B. Bennett at the Calgary Stampede in 1928
Prime Minister Bennett addressing a public meeting