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Poilievre, who had been in Parliament uninterruptedly since being elected at age 25 in 2004, lost his seat representing the Ontario electoral district of Carleton in April. He had initially led the Conservatives to a 26-point lead in the polls in January, when radical leftist former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation after a decade in power. Trudeau chose Mark Carney, an international banker with no political experience, to succeed him. Carney led the Liberals to a comfortable defeat of the Conservatives in the national election in April, successfully depicting Poilievre as a conservative whose leadership would benefit American President Donald Trump – despite Trump openly endorsing Carney and disparaging Poilievre for “stupidly” distancing himself from the American head of state.
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As a national-level leader, Poilievre attracted a massive campaign to derail his comeback plans. A group called the “Longest Ballot Committee” sabotaged the election by recruiting as many candidates as possible for the sake of making the ballot unwieldy for voters to user. Ultimately, Poilievre was one of 214 candidates to represent the riding; according to the Globe and Mail, the Longest Ballot Committee recruited 201 of them.
Canadian election officials refused to print ballots with names on them, instead making the entire election write-in, to prevent the “Longest Ballot” efforts from undermining the integrity of the election.
Poilievre’s closest challenger was not part of that effort. Independent candidate Bonnie Critchley attracted 9.9 percent of the vote. She criticized the “Longest Ballot Committee” following the election for harming the chances of legitimate candidates who were trying to win.
“My entire purpose has been to tell Mr. Poilievre that he is not allowed to just walk in, use us as a tool and disappear back to Ottawa,” Canada’s Global News quoted Critchley as saying. “I’ve left a very large boot print on the Canadian politiscape, on our elections, to say that a nobody from nowhere can stand up and say enough is enough and the big parties need to pay attention.”
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As a national-level leader, Poilievre attracted a massive campaign to derail his comeback plans. A group called the “Longest Ballot Committee” sabotaged the election by recruiting as many candidates as possible for the sake of making the ballot unwieldy for voters to user. Ultimately, Poilievre was one of 214 candidates to represent the riding; according to the Globe and Mail, the Longest Ballot Committee recruited 201 of them.
Canadian election officials refused to print ballots with names on them, instead making the entire election write-in, to prevent the “Longest Ballot” efforts from undermining the integrity of the election.
Poilievre’s closest challenger was not part of that effort. Independent candidate Bonnie Critchley attracted 9.9 percent of the vote. She criticized the “Longest Ballot Committee” following the election for harming the chances of legitimate candidates who were trying to win.
“My entire purpose has been to tell Mr. Poilievre that he is not allowed to just walk in, use us as a tool and disappear back to Ottawa,” Canada’s Global News quoted Critchley as saying. “I’ve left a very large boot print on the Canadian politiscape, on our elections, to say that a nobody from nowhere can stand up and say enough is enough and the big parties need to pay attention.”
Canada: Failed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Returns to Parliament
Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre will return to Parliament in September after losing his own seat in the general election.
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