Conservative Get together members shall be electing their new chief in September. Six candidates have secured their place on the poll, after assembly the entire celebration’s eligibility necessities. Right here’s a snapshot of who every candidate is, their political histories, and what sort of marketing campaign they’re operating.
For extra on the place every candidate stands on key points, learn our primer.
Scott Aitchison
Ontario MP Scott Aitchison is seen in an undated handout photograph. The Conservative Get together of Canada is now as much as six contenders who're formally within the operating for Erin O'Toole's former job. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Scott Aitchison
Scott Aitchison, whereas a comparatively new face on the federal scene, has many years of expertise in public workplace. The 49-year-old has represented the Ontario driving of Parry Sound-Muskoka since 2019. Between 2014 and 2019, Aitchison was the mayor of Huntsville, Ont. the place he grew up. Raised within the Jehovah’s Witness religion, Aitchison left house at age 15 to hunt “a unique path,” and was taken in by neighbours.
He was first elected at 21 to the Huntsville city council after which after spending time within the personal sector — together with working in gross sales with Coldwell Banker Thompson Actual Property and Fowler Building Firm — Aitchison returned to municipal politics as in 2010. Since getting into the Conservative management race in March, he’s centred his marketing campaign on the concept “there may be nothing flawed about Canada that can not be fastened with all the things that's proper about it.”
Roman Baber
Conservative Get together of Canada management candidate Roman Baber talks to CTV Information Channel's Energy Play host Evan Solomon in an interview that aired Monday, March 14, 2022.
Roman Baber is lesser identified throughout the federal political scene however has been a member of Ontario’s provincial Parliament because the consultant for York Centre since 2018. He was kicked out of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus in early January 2021, after penning a two-page letter stating pandemic lockdowns have been “deadlier than COVID.” On high of booting him from the Progressive Conservative celebration, Ford stated he wouldn't be permitted to hunt re-election beneath the celebration banner. Baber’s marketing campaign web site notes, since then, he’s been a “staunch advocate in favour of balanced covid response,” particularly because it pertains to lockdown measures.
Barber was born and raised within the Soviet Union, moved to Israel on the age of 9, and immigrated to Canada at age 15. He obtained a regulation diploma from the College of Western Ontario and practised civil and business litigation till getting into provincial politics. He says he's operating for the management of the Conservative Get together of Canada as a result of he won't “sit again whereas Canadians are shedding religion in Canada’s democracy and Canadian alternative.” Baber resides in Toronto along with his accomplice Nancy Marchese.
Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown pronounces his candidacy for the federal Conservative Management at a rally in Brampton, Ont., on Sunday, March 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Younger
Patrick Brown has served because the Mayor of Brampton since 2018. He resides there along with his accomplice Genevieve Gualtieri, son Theo and daughter Savannah. He’s lengthy been concerned in Conservative politics, beginning as president of the Progressive Conservative Youth Federation from 1998 to 2002. He went on to change into vp of the Progressive Conservative Get together of Ontario. Throughout that point, Brown was elected to Barrie Metropolis Council and served on numerous committees. After two phrases, he entered the federal political scene within the 2004 election, operating because the Conservative Get together’s candidate for the Barrie driving. Whereas he misplaced out to Liberal incumbent Aileen Carroll, he ran once more in 2006 and gained.
In September 2014, Brown introduced his intention to run within the 2015 Ontario Progressive Conservative Get together management election. He changed interim chief Jim Wilson and served as opposition chief till 2018. In January, 2018 CTV Information reported allegations of sexual misconduct levied towards Brown from two ladies. He denied the claims, which weren't examined in court docket, however resigned as chief shortly after the experiences have been revealed. Inside weeks he was kicked out of caucus and Brown made his mayoral debut shortly thereafter. Earlier this 12 months, Brown and CTV resolved a defamation lawsuit he launched after the 2018 story. On his marketing campaign web site, he calls himself a “sturdy” fiscal Conservative and a “profitable businessman,” with a successful observe report within the GTA battleground.
Jean Charest
Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest formally launches his marketing campaign for the Conservative management marketing campaign at an occasion in Calgary, Alberta on Thursday, March 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley
Jean Charest first entered into the federal political ring through the 1984 election. The then-28-year-old lawyer gained the Sherbrooke driving seat beneath the Progressive Conservative (PC) banner. He went on to function the Minister of State for Youth, Minister of Atmosphere, Minister of Trade, and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. He was subsequently named interim PC chief after which everlasting chief in 1995. Charest left federal politics three years later to steer the Quebec Liberal Get together to victory in three consecutive elections beginning in 2003.
After shedding the 2012 election to the Parti Québécois beneath then-leader Pauline Marois, Charest exited politics and have become a guide at McCarthy Tétrault. He has drawn criticism from his fellow management rivals for his previous work advising Huawei in Canada’s 5G rollout. Charest is considered as a extra average candidate, advocating for sturdy baby care and local weather change insurance policies. He's operating on the tagline “constructed to win” touting his expertise “united and governing” a various Canada. The 63-year-old father of three, and grandfather of two, lives in Montreal along with his accomplice Michèle Dionne.
Leslyn Lewis
Conservative member of Parliament Leslyn Lewis rises throughout query interval within the Home of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Leslyn Lewis leapt on to the federal Conservative scene through the 2020 Conservative management race, wherein she got here in third and made historical past as the primary ever Black lady to be within the operating to steer the Conservative celebration. The 51-year previous mom of two lives in Dunnville, Ont. along with her household. Lewis was elected because the MP for the southwestern Ontario driving of Haldimand-Norfolk within the 2021 federal election. In 2015, she ran unsuccessfully, after being put right into a race on the final second when the earlier candidate was dropped after a video surfaced of him urinating in a cup whereas working in somebody's house.
Previous to politics, Lewis had a profession on Bay Road in Toronto, and ran a enterprise whereas finishing her PhD in worldwide regulation and instructing regulation at Osgoode Corridor Regulation Faculty, the place she’s additionally obtained a Juris Doctorate and PhD in regulation. She additionally has a grasp’s diploma in environmental research from the Schulich Faculty of Enterprise. Her marketing campaign is targeted on the concept “Canada is in determined want of hope, unity, and compassion.”
Pierre Poilievre
Federal Conservative management candidate Pierre Poilievre speaks at an anti-carbon tax rally in Ottawa on Thursday, March 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
Pierre Poilievre has been the MP for an Ottawa-area driving since 2004. The 42-year-old long-time politician is married to his spouse Anaida and collectively they've two kids Valentina and Cruz. They at present stay within the Jap Ontario village of Greely. Poilievre, who was adopted by schoolteachers at a younger age, grew up in Calgary and graduated from the College of Calgary with a level in Worldwide Relations. He’s been related to conservative politics from a younger age, earlier than getting into federal politics practically 20 years in the past.
As soon as Stephen Harper’s Conservative authorities got here to energy in 2006, Poilievre held a collection of parliamentary secretary and junior minister roles. He then turned a key critic of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s authorities, from his seat within the Official Opposition benches. One of many first candidates out of the gate, Poilievre has been attracting giant crowds throughout the nation along with his affordability-focused and populist message of ‘taking again management’ from ‘gatekeepers.’ He had contemplated operating within the celebration’s final management race, however ended up not throwing his hat into the ring citing household concerns. This time, he’s framing his race as a run for prime minister, one that may champion “private freedom.”
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