1989 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election and the Labour lead in the opinion polls mounted into double digits, Thatcher resigned as party leader and Prime Minister after a further contest in November 1990. 1989 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election The 1989 Conservative Party leadership election took place on 5 December 1989. The incumbent Margaret Thatcher was opposed by the little-known 69-year-old backbencher MP Sir Anthony Meyer. It was the Conservative Party's first leadership election for nearly 15 years, when Thatcher had taken the party leadership. During 1989 the Conservative government led by Thatcher had run into difficulties. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, had resigned
Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership elections The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island, a political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island chooses its leadership by an open vote of party members at a convention called by the party executive when there is a vacancy in the leadership (or there is an interim leader). First Ballot: Second Ballot (Binns eliminated): Third Ballot (Driscoll eliminated): First Ballot: Second Ballot (McCardle eliminated): First ballot: "No candidate received more than 50% of the vote after the first count; Compton eliminated" Second Ballot (Compton eliminated) "Lantz declared winner"