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Date | January 16, 1958 |
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Convention | Ottawa Coliseum, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ontario |
Resigning leader | Louis St. Laurent |
Won by | Lester Pearson |
Ballots | 1 |
Candidates | 3 |
The 1958 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was called to replace Liberal leader Louis St. Laurent, who had resigned as Prime Minister after the party's sudden defeat in the 1957 election. On the first ballot, former External Affairs minister Lester Pearson defeated former cabinet minister Paul Martin and Mayor of Portage la Prairie, Harold Lloyd Henderson.[1]