Queen's death has Conservatives looking for 'appropriate, respectful way' to announce leadership results

The party was consulting with Rideau Hall on Thursday about the established formal protocols in place after the death of the sovereign

In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the chair of the Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Election Organizing Committee, Ian Brodie, said that the news of the Queen’s passing means that it is “considering an appropriate, respectful way to announce the results” of the leadership race.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

Party officials held an impromptu meeting midday on Thursday after Buckingham Palace put out a statement confirming that the Queen had passed away peacefully in her residence of Balmoral in Scotland. They were to reconvene in the evening to make a final decision on the plans for Saturday’s event.Article content

But in the immediate future, Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen and leadership candidates were publicly paying tribute to the Queen.Article content Conservative MP and leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre said Queen Elizabeth II “served Canada and the Commonwealth with steadfast resilience, grace, confidence, compassion and vision for a world where freedom and democracy are upheld”.

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