1938 Conservative Party Leadership Convention
(Held on December 9, 1938, at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.)
- George A. Drew 796
- Earl Lawson 413
- Wilfrid Heighington 41
- Norman Rawson 22
See also: Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1938
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