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

By The Canadian Press

Federal Politics

Poilievre wins Conservative leadership

Sep 10, 2022 | 6:09 PM

OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre, one of the first members of Parliament elected under the Conservative party’s banner, is now its leader.

The party veteran and former cabinet minister, known for his combative style, won a first-ballot victory as the results were announced before a room of Conservative faithful in Ottawa on Saturday evening.

Poilievre, first elected as a member of Parliament at the age of 25, campaigned for the top job on the central rallying cry of “freedom.”

Poilievre turned heads in the campaign when he began appearing in front of crowds that at times swelled into the thousands, which he kept up throughout the race.

That prompted his campaign to say his populist message had unleashed a movement, which it galvanized to sell more than 300,000 memberships.

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