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Manitoba's Official Opposition may fall into new hands after leader Stuart Murray called for a leadership convention over the weekend. The move came after Murray received lukewarm support at a membership convention where 55 per cent of delegates voted against a leadership review. That was enough to allow Murray, the PC Party leader since 2000, to retain his position, but he said the level of opposition warrants a review. "I would have thought that I would have gotten a higher number," Murray told reporters, adding that he won't neccessarily seek re-election. Lagging behind the governing New Democrats in the polls, the Tories will reportedly hold a leadership vote in the spring. Murray's weekend announcement came two days after five of his 19 caucus members refused to sign a letter of support for their leader. "Our voters are telling us we need to review our leadership. It would be foolish not to listen," Mavis Taillieu, a caucus member who pushed for the leadership vote, was quoted as saying by The Canadian Press.
