An Ignatieff Liberal Leadership 2006 TL

I don't see Iggy doing much better than OTL. Remember that Trudeau clip from that year where he slams Iggy? "Bad judgment, flip-flopping, fish out of water." Of course, no one knew then just how right he was... but keep it coming.
 
Thanks everyone for the encouragement to continue with the TL.

As for opinions about levels of success, etc - please feel free to counter certain conclusions that the TL may bring forward, I have a definite bias, and as this TL has shown, I do not have an issue with doing Retcons where it makes sense to do so.
 
There was electricity in the air that night – only a few short months ago this was only the dream of a news director… two college friends now facing each other for the historical probability of being a Prime Minister of Canada.​
The surrogates for the two men were ruthless, it was a kill or be killed mentality on the floor, delegates were bartered and traded amongst the levels of the party. Ignatieff was the man to beat, but he was still 5% behind locking it away.​
Lloyd Robertson had to speak loudly to have Craig Oliver hear him as he asked what the word was.​
“Lloyd, I can tell you that this is a complete toss-up. I ran into a MP who off the record said no one knows… but there is a general feeling that if Bob Rae can get the right message out in the next 20 minutes that he may be able to secure many of the progressive votes”


The Ignatieff camp felt confidence - but there was some trepidation that Rae could still pull an upset.


After all the horse trading, the delegates went to vote.


It seemed that the counting went on forever, to fill the time, pundits regaled TV viewers with antidotes about Ignatieff and Rae, mostly at UofT together.


Finally, a figure went to the podium, and a hush fell over the assembled delegates.


CBC was first to switch to a split screen showing both Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae.


"Ladies and Gentlemen... Madame and Monsieur... the results... of the 4th and Final Ballot...."
 
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The speaker continued...

"Bob Rae - 2195 delegates..."

The Palais de Congres erupted, everyone knew that the results would proclaim Ignatieff as the winner of the 4th and final vote... it was only on TV were the numbers for Ignatieff were heard.

"... Michael Ignatieff - 2486 delegates!!"

“From the hallowed halls of Harvard, Michael Ignatieff has become Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada – with a legacy stretching back to Laurier, one can only wonder if he too will become Prime Minister of Canada” – Peter Mansbridge, after the results are announced.​

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Mr & Mrs Harper watching the convention.


Results:
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So Ignatieff becomes the Liberal Party leader and the next thing we know, he'll have to rey to avoid controversies.

I have a rough sketch from the convention until 2009.

I want to flesh it out a bit... I may go back and make the last few posts a little robust.
 
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