Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won a critical Alberta byelection on Monday evening, securing his return to the House of Commons this fall. Mackenzie Gray reports from Poilievre’s new riding, Battle River-Crowfoot,

Pierre Poilievre is considered the favourite to win today’s byelection, which experts deem “one of the safest Conservative seats in all of Canada.”

Elections Canada is conducting the by-election by write-in after a protest group stacked the ballot with more than 200 independent candidates