[3] He won an important endorsement from Allan S. Blott, the President of Saskatchewan's Progressive Conservative Student Federation, the core of Diefenbaker's political base.
At the time, Blott was married to Catherine "Kit" Sampson, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's National Youth Director.
With strong youth support, Camp was handily re-elected and the party passed a motion to hold a leadership convention by the end of 1967.
[5] In early 2022, a Reform Act leadership review resulted in the Conservative caucus ousting Erin O'Toole as leader of the party.
In 2006, Alberta Progressive Conservative Premier Ralph Klein agreed to step down as party leader that year after he received the endorsement of only 55% of delegates in a leadership review.