Ignatieff steps down as Liberal leader
Update: Michael Ignatieff announced on Tuesday morning he was stepping down as Liberal leader. “I will not be remaining as leader of this party and I will work out with the party officials the best timing for departure so that we can arrange a succession,” Mr. Ignatieff said.
More to come….
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With his party’s disastrous third-place finish and his unable to win his own seat in Toronto, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has called a press conference for 10 a.m. ET this morning, leading to speculation that his brief reign at the helm of the party is coming to a close.
The Liberals saw their worst election results in the party history, losing their hold on Atlantic Canada and Toronto and falling behind the New Democrats with just 34 seats, fewer than half of their previous historic loss in 2008.
Many of the party’s high-profile incumbents and former leadership hopefuls went down to defeat, including Ken Dryden and Gerard Kennedy in Toronto and Martha Hall Findlay in Willowdale.
Mr. Ignatieff himself was grappling with a loss in his Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding to Bernard Trottier, a manager at IBM and past-president of the local Conservative riding association.
In his concession speech in downtown Toronto on Monday night, Mr. Ignatieff made no mention of resigning, but pledged to do what the party membership asked him as the Liberals look to “rebuild and reform” their tattered ranks.
Ignatieff steps down as Liberal leader | Election 2011 | National Post
Update: Michael Ignatieff announced on Tuesday morning he was stepping down as Liberal leader. “I will not be remaining as leader of this party and I will work out with the party officials the best timing for departure so that we can arrange a succession,” Mr. Ignatieff said.
More to come….
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With his party’s disastrous third-place finish and his unable to win his own seat in Toronto, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has called a press conference for 10 a.m. ET this morning, leading to speculation that his brief reign at the helm of the party is coming to a close.
The Liberals saw their worst election results in the party history, losing their hold on Atlantic Canada and Toronto and falling behind the New Democrats with just 34 seats, fewer than half of their previous historic loss in 2008.
Many of the party’s high-profile incumbents and former leadership hopefuls went down to defeat, including Ken Dryden and Gerard Kennedy in Toronto and Martha Hall Findlay in Willowdale.
Mr. Ignatieff himself was grappling with a loss in his Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding to Bernard Trottier, a manager at IBM and past-president of the local Conservative riding association.
In his concession speech in downtown Toronto on Monday night, Mr. Ignatieff made no mention of resigning, but pledged to do what the party membership asked him as the Liberals look to “rebuild and reform” their tattered ranks.
Ignatieff steps down as Liberal leader | Election 2011 | National Post