OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre began putting his mark on the Conservative party Sunday after a stunning victory in the leadership race which put to bed all questions about how big a mandate he’d get from the membership. Data obtained by the Star Sunday suggest the extent to which Poilievre’s support did overshadow his rivals. The Brampton mayor and former MP was in the running for the leadership, and had claimed to have sold 150,000 memberships. Charest’s campaign took pains to point out that by the measure of any previous leadership race, they would have been well-placed to win. This race had 678,000, and the party figures confirmed what Poilievre’s camp had claimed — he sold more than 311,000 of those cards.

Source: thestar September 12, 2022 04:03 UTC