Conventional Choices

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Choosing leaders	p. 3
The conventions	p. 15
From J. Buchanan to A. Buchanan : candidates and voters	p. 27
Tourists or partisans? : political background and leadership election engagement	p. 48
Leadership election support patterns : friends and neighbours?	p. 61
Town versus country : urban-rural divisions	p. 77
Brothers and sisters? : gender-based voting at party conventions	p. 86
Inter- and intraparty attitudinal differences	p. 98
Rebels without a cause? : supporters of fringe candidates	p. 114
Going my way? : "delivering" votes after the first ballot	p. 130
Prince Edward Island and the garden myth	p. 143
New Brunswick : the politics of language	p. 155
Nova Scotia : the challenge of social democracy	p. 172
The end of the affair? : political scientists and the delegated convention	p. 187
Conclusion	p. 198
Leadership election profiles for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island	p. 205
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