Conservative leader set to win by-polls in Canada

FE Team | Published: August 19, 2025 22:33:41

TORONTO, Aug 19 (BBC): Canada's Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to win a crucial by-election in the province of Alberta to secure a new Parliament seat after losing his constituency in the last general election.
With final ballots still being counted, Poilievre leads with 80.4% of the vote in the rural riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, according to preliminary results from Canada's electoral commission.
"Getting to know the people in this region has been the privilege of my life," he told a rapturous crowd on Monday.
His projected victory comes four months after his party was defeated by Mark Carney's Liberals and he lost the Ottawa-area seat he had held for two decades to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy.
In this by-election, Poilievre faced a record 214 candidates, many of whom are associated with a protest group seeking electoral reform.
It is the second time the group has targeted Poilievre in a campaign. Voters were asked to fill out a write-in ballot due to the unusually high number of candidates.
Poilievre's projected win will allow the 46-year-old to return to the House of Commons for the autumn sitting after his April defeat.