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Candice Bergen has been elected as the interim leader of the Conservative party after the removal of Erin O’Toole.In a secret caucus vote late on Wednesday, Conservative MPs gave the nod to Bergen to replace O’Toole after months of infighting severely weakened his hold over the party. O’Toole calls for ‘balance’ as Conservative MPs plunge party into leadership race Bergen, who was deputy leader of the Conservatives under O’Toole, has represented the riding of Portage-Lisgar since 2008 and was Opposition House leader from 2016 to 2020.Nine candidates were in the running for the interim position on Wednesday night, MP Scott Reid, the chair of the national Conservative caucus, said in a statement.The selection of Bergen came hours after O’Toole was ousted from the leadership role, with 73 MPs voting to remove him and just 45 lining up in his support.The vote was called after 35 MPs signed a petition over the weekend to put his leadership to the test.In a recorded statement posted to social media Wednesday afternoon, O’Toole said that he accepted the results.

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