Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won the federal byelection for the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot Monday night.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will return to his seat in the House of Commons in September, after winning a byelection in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot on Monday.

Voters in the sprawling rural riding of Battle River–Crowfoot are casting ballots today in a federal byelection that has drawn national attention thanks to an unusually long candidate list and the presence of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on the ballot.

Four months after losing his Ottawa seat and the federal election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is seeking a political comeback in a safe Alberta seat

Battle River-Crowfoot was left vacant when Conservative Damien Kurek stepped down shortly after the spring election to make way for his party’s leader, Pierre Poilievre, to run for a seat. Poilievre lost in the April election after being elected in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton seven straight times.

At the end of 2024 the Liberal Party had sunk in opinion polls, with the Conservatives holding a commanding 25-point lead. Four months on, the Conservatives crashed yet again to the Liberals, this time led by Mr Carney in place of Justin Trudeau.