Grit leadership picks successive balloting for convention

Grits say the winner will be whoever has alienated the fewest of the other's supporters. The objective is not only to be first-choice, but also everybody's second-best choice.

Get ready for a long bloody night. The next leader of the Liberal Party will be elected through successive balloting which means the convention will be long, brokered and could mean a dark horse candidate will emerge the winner next December in Montreal, say Liberals.

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