Yeah but i thought with Brown out of the race charest might do a little better. I think we all suspected that Brown was full of crap about his support and that's mentioned in the rather impressive breakdown of this prediction but i thought SOME of it would transfer. It looks like very little if any did.
And i actually thought leslyn would do a little better as well. It's interesting to see the pure social conservative vote (those who pick that as their primary concern) seems to be dropping within the party. They probably still believe as they always have but see other candidates (probably PP) as having other things they like on the table and decided its just not worth pushing the social conservative agenda that much right now.
Which does speak to him being a unifier. If he can bring the party together solidly - then go after the disenfranchised of the other parties - he could get a blue wave in the end. If he can sustain it for three years.
Pierre Poilievre is now the first permanent leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, after winning the Conservative leadership race to replace Erin O’Toole in decisive fashion. Poilievre’s first ballot victory gives him a serious leadership mandate, the kind of mandate no leader has had since Stephen Harper.
The Conservatives now have an enormous opportunity in front of them not just to potentially form government, but to do so offering a clear, bold, and compelling alternative vision to Canadians who seem to finally be tiring of a scandal plagued Liberal government running out of ideas.
The minute Poilievre announced he was running for the leadership, the race was over. It was not quite a coronation, and to the credit of Poilievre and his team they at no point behaved like it was. But there’s no point pretending that Poilievre was anything short of unstoppable.
The party can build a new coalition with working class and younger Canadians
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There is an unstoppable appetite for change sweeping this country, and this Conservative leadership contest was really about which voice best reflected that mood. The hands-down winner is Pierre Poilievre.
Poilievre's policies may have seemed at times provocative, but he captured an increasingly popular sentiment that is looking for the clearest break from the Liberals
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The Conservatives will come together after the resounding victory of Pierre Poilievre in the party’s leadership contest, MPs said after the party announced the results at an event in Ottawa Saturday evening.
'Sixty-eight per cent doesn’t look like division to me,' said MP Rick Perkins, who co-chaired former Quebec premier Jean Charest’s campaign
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MP Rick Perkins, who co-chaired former Quebec premier Jean Charest’s campaign, told the National Post that despite what the tone of the contest might indicate, the Conservative caucus is “totally united.”
Following a divisive nine-month leadership campaign that saw at least one MP threaten to leave the party, Poilievre swept the contest with 68.15 per cent of the vote. Charest, who came in second, only got 16.07 per cent. “Sixty-eight per cent doesn’t look like division to me,” Perkins said.
While Poilievre has now officially won over Conservatives, his next challenge will to woo Canadians of other political stripes, a task polls indicate could be a challenge. Scheer said Poilievre has already grown the party beyond its traditional base.
Pierre Poilievre’s victory to win the Conservative Party of Canada leadership comes as no surprise, but now begins the hard part.
Poilievre won all but six ridings in Quebec and all but two in Ontario
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But the reality is these tried-and-true supporters still account for a relatively small slice of the broader electoral pie. Many Canadian voters have yet to become properly acquainted with Poilievre. At best, they’re Poili-curious.
Whether an election occurs in 2025 or more imminently, Poilievre will face some challenges. If voting day comes sooner, there’s limited time for Canadians to get to know him and his policies. If the Liberal/NDP non-coalition coalition can hold out until 2025, how do you sustain such feverish momentum over multiple calendar years?
In his victory speech, Poilievre personally thanked each of the other candidates for their contributions to the party. Yes, even Charest, who he thanked for his role “ensuring that we still have a country” post-1995 Quebec referendum.
As for reaching voters outside western Canada, the leadership results paint a promising picture. Poilievre won all but six ridings in Quebec and all but two in Ontario. There’s no great geographical divide within the party, which dispels the notion that only Charest could bring Quebec and Ontario back under the big blue tent.
Poilievre's leadership-winning approach could easily translate into a wider appeal
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