<page_title> Electoral history of Pierre Trudeau </page_title> <section_title> Liberal Party leadership convention, 1968 </section_title> <table> <cell> Pierre Trudeau <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> 51.1% <col_header> Fourth Ballot </col_header> </cell> <cell> Robert Winters <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> 40.6% <col_header> Fourth Ballot </col_header> </cell> </table>
Trudeau won on the fourth ballot by the narrow margin, recording 51.1% of the vote, defeating the runner-up, Robert Winters, who received 40.6% of the vote.