Stephen Harper’s global director Shuvaloy Majumdar said to be eyeing coveted Calgary Heritage seat, by abbas_rana1 cdnpoli (subs)
Keller said last week that Majumdar was in the process of doing his due diligence and consulting people in the riding and other senior Conservatives outside the riding. Keller said he has also had some conversations with his former colleague.
Three-term Liberal MP Bob Benzen, 63, who has represented the riding since 2017, announced on Oct. 20 that he would be stepping down at the end of December. He succeeded Harper in 2017 winning the byelection with 71.1 per cent of the votes. He was re-elected in 2019 with 70.7 per cent of the votes, and in 2021 with 57.7 per cent. Benzen won all three elections by whopping double-digit margins, including the 2021 election by 40 per cent, the 2019 election by 56.
“As I prepare to leave today, there is no question that our party is rejuvenated and ready to lead Canada once again. Pierre Poilievre will be our next prime minister and we can count on him to safeguard our freedoms and restore prosperity. Benzen, who had supported O’Toole in the 2017 and 2020 leadership elections, wrote two open letters in late January and early February to his caucus colleagues asking for a leadership review of O’Toole. In that leadership review, the Conservative caucus voted out O’Toole in February, triggering a leadership election culminating in the Sept. 10 election of Pierre Poilievre as the new party leader.
“That [to publicly announce the names of potential candidates] would be up to our board to say. There’s been a few, but I mean, I can’t give you those names,” said Conservative riding association president Philip Dippenaar, in a brief interview withIt remains to be seen if the Conservatives will elect their candidate through a nomination contest or if the leader will appoint one.
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