The newly elected conservative deputies will meet Tuesday morning in Ottawa to trace the way to follow for the rest of the things after the electoral defeat they suffered last week against the Liberals.
The party leader, Pierre Hairy, failed to be elected in the district of Carleton, after 20 years as deputy for the region. He will therefore not be present in the House of Commons when it resumes his work later this month.
In a video published Monday afternoon on social networks, Mr. Hairy said that he had a lot of reasons to be grateful after the elections, in particular the additional votes collected by his party during the ballot.
He is committed to learning, listening and enlarging his team.
Last week, several leading conservative deputies expressed their support for Mr. Hairy to stay at the head of the party, even if he failed to be elected in his constituency.
Despite everything, the Caucus must think about the person who will take the lead in the opposition to the House of Commons during the Spring session, since Mr. Poilievre will not be able to sit.
Conservative deputies should also discuss the provisions that would allow the members of the Caucus to request a secret ballot vote to revise the party leadership.
It was this mechanism that was used to oust former chief Erin O’Toole after the party failed to beat the Liberals of Justin Trudeau in the 2021 elections.
Mr. Poilievre won the race for the conservative party leadership at the end of 2022 with an overwhelming majority of the votes of the members. He had easily defeated his four opponents, including the former Prime Minister of Quebec Jean Charest.
The deputy elected Damien Kurek announced that he would resign from his headquarters in the rural district of Battle River – Crowfoot, in Alberta, in order to allow Mr. Hairyvre to appear in a by -election and to obtain a seat in the House of Commons.
The ballot could take place at the earliest 47 days after the official resignation of Mr. Kurek, but the latter can only withdraw after taking oath as a deputy.
The government has 180 days to convene a by -election, but Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week that he would quickly.
