Pierre Poilievre wins Conservative leadership on first ballot
The party veteran and former cabinet minister, known for his combative style, won a resounding first-ballot victory as the results were announced before a room of Conservative faithful in Ottawa on Saturday evening.
That prompted his campaign to say his populist message had unleashed a movement, which it galvanized to sell more than 300,000 memberships. The MP rose to prominence after the Conservatives defeated the Liberals in 2006. In 2008, Harper named him to serve as his parliamentary secretary and it was through that role the young Poilievre earned his reputation as being an attack dog whose style irked critics as being overly aggressive and, at times, immature.
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