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06.07.2022 / 08:49

Patrick Brown disqualified from Conservative leadership race

Patrick Brown, a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, has been disqualified, according to a statement released by the party on Tuesday.

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Pierre Poilievre preferred leader for Conservatives but not Canadians: poll

Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole.

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Conservatives ban pre-paid credit cards after Poilievre camp warns of membership ‘fraud’

The Conservative Party is moving to ban the use of pre-paid credit cards to purchase memberships after Pierre Poilievre warned they could be used to fraudulently buy the leadership.

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Erin O’Toole is the new leader of the Conservative Party, wins on third ballot

Erin O’Toole will be the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.The Durham MP won the race to replace Andrew Scheer as leader of the party in a physically distanced hybrid convention Sunday night. That capped off a campaign forced to pivot repeatedly to adjust to life and politics in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.This race was the second at bat for O’Toole after he previously ran and lost to Scheer in the 2017 Conservative leadership race, taking third place in that campaign.

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Conservatives set to elect new leader; results delayed over need for physical distancing

Conservative party is set to elect a new leader Sunday night.While the announcement following tabulation of weeks of mail-in voting by members was scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET, the party pushed that back by 90 minutes so the programming is now expected to begin at 7:30 p.m., with results not likely until roughly 8:30 p.m.The reason, the party said, was a delay in processing the roughly 175,000 ballots while also maintaining physical distancing requirements because of the coronavirus pandemic.BREAKING: Estimated 90 minute delay to Conservative leadership results.

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Conservative leadership race results delayed after machines rip thousands of ballots

Conservative leadership race were repeatedly delayed Sunday night after technical issues with some of the machines used in the ballot counting process.It marked the latest challenge to a leadership race already forced to adjust course in light of the new restrictions and realities imposed by the response to the coronavirus pandemic.Conservative officials say thousands of ballots were damaged by machines used to open the envelopes containing the ballots.In total, roughly 175,000 party members cast ballots.More details on torn ballots: it happened with the machine that opens the envelopes. It is supposed to slice open just the envelope, but was cutting into the ballots in a few thousand cases.

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Strong support for Conservatives under new leader, but candidates underwhelm: poll

Conservative Party in the next election after a new leader is chosen on Sunday, a new poll suggests.The poll, which was conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News, revealed that support dwindled after Canadians were asked about specific candidates for the Tory leadership — with former cabinet minister Peter MacKay leading the pack among those polled.Yet even more Canadians surveyed didn’t know a new leader was being chosen at all. Liberals, Tories in close race on heels of WE Charity scandal, Morneau resignation The polling conducted earlier this week asked 2,000 Canadians for their voting preference as the race to replace Andrew Scheer wraps up.

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Disqualified Conservative leadership candidate given chance to return by judge

An Ontario court has put another curve into the long and winding road of the Conservative leadership race, potentially adding a fifth candidate to the ballot with three months left in the contest.

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Conservative leader race: Karahalios ousted, Peterson drops out

Ontario conservative activist Jim Karahalios has been kicked out of the Conservative leadership race.

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Coronavirus: Tory leadership contender drops out, citing growing pandemic

Conservative leadership candidate Rudy Husny called off his campaign Thursday, saying it is just not right to ask people for money during a public health emergency.

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