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Pierre Marcel Poilievre PC MP (/ ˌ p ɔː l i ˈ ɛ v / PAW-lee-EV; [3] [4] born June 3, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition since 2022. He has been a member of Parliament (MP) since 2004 and currently represents Carleton.
This is a list of leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada (historical) (1867–1942), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–2003), and Conservative Party of Canada (2003–present) ("the Tory parties"), and of prime ministers of Canada after Confederation who were members of those parties.
John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister (1867–1873, 1878–1891), Canada's first Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal-Conservative Party, one of the party's predecessors. The Conservative Party is political heir to a series of right-of-centre parties that have existed in Canada, beginning with the Upper Canada Tories of the nineteenth century.
The margin of his victory was also the largest in any seriously contested leadership election for a Canadian conservative party, exceeding the 66.7% of the delegated vote that George A. Drew had won while winning the leadership of the old Progressive Conservative Party in 1948; Charest had won 96% of the vote in 1995, but ran unopposed as one ...
Just days after Pierre Poilievre was named the leader of Canada's Conservative Party criticism has begun, including from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the president of the Canadian Union of ...
Pierre Poilievre is elected as the new Conservative leader. [13] 19 November – The 2022 Green Party leadership election concludes. MP and former leader Elizabeth May is once again announced as the new leader of the Green Party of Canada, in partnership with Jonathan Pedneault, who is named as the de jure deputy leader of the Greens. [14]
Canadian Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer pledged on Tuesday to allow provincial governments more decision-making power and to eliminate all barriers to internal trade if elected in the ...
The Conservative Party of Canada elects its leaders through a process known as a leadership election.The most recent leadership election was held in 2022.. Since 2004, the party has elected its leaders on a one member, one vote basis using a ranked ballot.