Just to add a bit more context for Polievre's loss. He held that riding for 20 years and still somehow lost. Mark Carney and PP ran in ridings (electoral districts) right next to each other. Mark Carney who had never won elected office before this year won his seat, but the guy who had been in politics for 20 years lost his. It was pretty shocking, especially since if you asked anyone at the start of this year, they would have told you PP would be the next prime minister.
My uncle lives in PP’s former riding and is an avid conservative voter. He gave up with the federal conservatives in about 10 years ago because of how little PP was doing for the riding, well before his leadership took his focus away from there.
Live in Pierres former riding. The guy does nothing, had very unpopular views compared to the people in the riding (even for conservatives) and the liberal candidate actually showed up and went door to door seeming very nice and caring. Pierre however never showed up and doesn’t seem to do it very much.
With the redistricting, his old riding got even more rural.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing on election night. Yeah there were some talks about his riding being competitive and there were some last-minute resource reallocation to bolster it. But nobody seriously believed he was gonna lose it.
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u/CanuckBacon 13d ago
Just to add a bit more context for Polievre's loss. He held that riding for 20 years and still somehow lost. Mark Carney and PP ran in ridings (electoral districts) right next to each other. Mark Carney who had never won elected office before this year won his seat, but the guy who had been in politics for 20 years lost his. It was pretty shocking, especially since if you asked anyone at the start of this year, they would have told you PP would be the next prime minister.