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RandySF

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 02:36 PM Apr 29

Stunner: Canadian conservative leader loses his own seat [View all]

Canadian Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his own seat in the country’s Parliament following his party’s defeat in its federal elections Monday.

Poilievre’s Conservatives had been the favorite for months to win the Canadian elections after a decade of Liberal Party rule and growing opposition to now-former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But the Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled off a victory and Poilievre also lost his own seat he’s held for 20 years.

Liberal Bruce Fanjoy was projected by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to defeat Poilievre for the seat by about 3,800 votes, based on preliminary results. He claimed just over a majority of the vote in the rural Ottawa area.

The results from Monday’s election show a major turnaround from what had been expected at the start of the year.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5272929-canadian-conservative-poilievre-seat-lost/

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