Crowfoot riding is situated in a rural part of Alberta and has been without a federal representative since the resignation of Conservative MP Damien Kurek. Kurek stepped down to provide an opportunity for his party leader,

Election signs, many conservative blue, dot the roadsides of the rolling hills of the Battle River-Crowfoot riding, where a byelection is underway. Voters head to the polls on Aug. 18.

Although Poilievre is widely expected to cruise to a landslide victory, he’ll also be under pressure to meet — or even surpass — the most recent showing by his immediate predecessor, Damien Kurek, who captured an impressive 82 per cent share of the vote in April.