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At the 2013 party confab in Calgary, it would have been difficult to find a card-carrying Conservative publicly willing to back a proposal to put Stephen Harper’s leadership to a confidence vote, let alone suggest that his tenure should have a built-in expiration date.

But that’s exactly what delegates might find themselves discussing when they converge on Vancouver later this month for the first national convention since Harper and his government went down to defeat in the last federal election, according to a draft list of constitutional resolutions obtained by the Citizen.

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Two British Columbia riding associations have put forward resolutions that would, if adopted, make the Conservatives the first major federal party to impose term limits on its leader, who would be permitted to serve “for no more than eight continuous years after being appointed Prime Minister.”

Meanwhile, two other riding associations — also from B.C. — want more frequent leadership review votes, which are currently triggered only when the party fails to form government following an election, according to the 17-page spreadsheet, which must be posted to the convention website no later than May 17.