Conservative Leader’s victory sets the stage for his return to the House of Commons after he failed to win his Ottawa-area riding in April’s federal election.
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters alongside his wife Anaida Poilievre after his by-election win in the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot in Camrose, Alta., on Monday.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has won a federal by-election in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, setting the stage for his return to the House of Commons after he failed to win his Ottawa-area riding in April’s election.
Poilievre took 80.4 per cent share of the vote in the Conservative stronghold against 213 other candidates.
“Thank you very much to the great people of Battle River-Crowfoot,” Mr.
Poilievre told supporters at a gathering in the riding.
“If I stand before you here today, it is by the grace of God and the good generosity of so many people.” Foremost among them, he said, was his wife, Anaida.
“Getting to know the people in this region has been the privilege of my life,” Mr.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre secured a seat in the House of Commons late Monday, winning a by-election in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot.
Poilievre has been unable to debate Prime Minister Mark Carney in the House of Commons because he lacks a seat there.
Instead, he has been forced to raise concerns about federal Liberal policy from the political sidelines.
In January, Conservative Party members are scheduled to vote in a review of his leadership prompted by the party’s defeat in the federal election.
With Poilievre on the ballot, voters in an overlooked corner of Alberta look for a brighter future.
The by-election was called after Damien Kurek, the Conservative elected in the April election, stepped down to allow Mr.
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