Canada's Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre looked set Tuesday to return to parliament, four months after losing his seat in a general election defeat. | TAG24

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s nearly four-month absence from the House of Commons was widely expected to come to an end Monday night, as a colourful — and unanticipated — byelection to return the veteran MP to the lower chamber wound down.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre secured a seat in the House of Commons late Monday with a crushing byelection win in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot.

CBC projects Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will win the federal byelection for the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot Monday night.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s nearly four-month absence from the House of Commons was widely expected to come to an end Monday night, as a colourful — and unanticipated — byelection

: 8:51 p.m. The Canadian Press is projecting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has won the byelection in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot.

Monday is byelection day in the central Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is trying to regain a seat in the House of Commons. Kathleen Petty, the host of CBC’s West of Centre podcast,