vaguerant@fedia.io to Canada@lemmy.ca · 8 days agoLiberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton | CBC Newswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLiberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton | CBC Newswww.cbc.cavaguerant@fedia.io to Canada@lemmy.ca · 8 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to lose his longtime rural Ottawa seat to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy.
minus-squareHamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoI’m not sure that I can remember that being done for any leader at the federal level in the past 50 years or so. We’ll have to wait and see.
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoIt’s a weird situation. Like it or not, Polievre just achieved the highest Conservative vote share since the 1980s. That he still lost is astonishing, and it’ll be a while before anyone can sort out the path forward. But I suspect they’ll keep him around.
I’m not sure that I can remember that being done for any leader at the federal level in the past 50 years or so. We’ll have to wait and see.
It’s a weird situation. Like it or not, Polievre just achieved the highest Conservative vote share since the 1980s.
That he still lost is astonishing, and it’ll be a while before anyone can sort out the path forward.
But I suspect they’ll keep him around.