Pierre Poilievre speaking at a rally in Grande Prairie in July. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.

By Curtis Galbraith

Federal Politics

Overwhelming support for Poilievre in all Peace Country ridings

Sep 13, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Pierre Poilievre’s landslide win in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race was reflected in the results from ridings in the Peace Country.

In Grande Prairie-Mackenzie, Poilievre took 2699 of the 3053 votes counted. After that came Leslyn Lewis with 226, Roman Baber with 86, Jean Charest with 36, and Scott Aitchison with six.

In Peace River-Westlock, Poilievre got 1964 out of 2503 votes. Lewis had 426, Baber 66, Charest 33 and Aitchison 14.

On the B.C. side in Prince-George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, 2083 of 2414 votes went to Poilievre, 56 each to Lewis and Charest, 20 to Baber and eight to Aitchison.

Poilievre earned 68.15 per cent of the points in the first ballot cast for his win.

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