. . . . "Percentage"@en . . . . "1919"^^ . . . "Stuart Garson.jpg"@en . . . . "8822"^^ . . . . . ""@en . "120"^^ . . . "Louis St. Laurent"@en . . . . . "123"^^ . . . "1948"^^ . . "C.D. Howe, wartime.jpg"@en . . . . . "99"^^ . . "Canada"@en . . "First ballot"@en . . . . . . "103"^^ . . . . "106"^^ . ""@en . . "108"^^ . . "1948-08-07"^^ . . . . . "The 1948 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was called to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The convention was held exactly 29 years after the 1919 leadership convention that saw King elected Liberal leader. Secretary of State for External Affairs Louis St. Laurent defeated Minister of Agriculture (and former Premier of Saskatchewan) James Garfield Gardiner and former cabinet minister Charles Gavan Power on the first ballot, and would be sworn in as Prime Minister later that year."@en . . . . "Delegate count"@en . "323"^^ . . . . . . "From left to right: Abbott, Chevrier, Claxton, Garson, Howe, and Martin."@en . . "The 1948 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was called to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The convention was held exactly 29 years after the 1919 leadership convention that saw King elected Liberal leader. Secretary of State for External Affairs Louis St. Laurent defeated Minister of Agriculture (and former Premier of Saskatchewan) James Garfield Gardiner and former cabinet minister Charles Gavan Power on the first ballot, and would be sworn in as Prime Minister later that year."@en . . . "Lionel Chevrier.jpg"@en . "56"^^ . . . . "presidential"@en . . "Ottawa Coliseum,"@en . "#ddd"@en . "1"^^ . "1948-08-07"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1042384323"^^ . . . . "horizontal"@en . . . . . "Leader"@en . "1948-08-07"^^ . . "600"^^ . . . . "69.1"^^ . "1948 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election"@en . . . "Brooke Claxton.jpg"@en . "848"^^ . "410"^^ . "Liberal"@en . . "4.6"^^ . . . "3"^^ . . . . "26.3"^^ . "7098494"^^ . . . "Paul Martin Sr 1964.jpg"@en . . . . . "1948 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election"@en . . "center"@en . . "1958"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "no"@en . "1948"^^ . . . "center"@en . "Douglas Charles Abbott.jpg"@en . . . . "1921"^^ .