A federal byelection has been called in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot where Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will made a bid to return to Parliament.
The byelection is scheduled for August 18.
Poilievre lost his long-time seat in Ontario’s Carleton riding in this spring’s federal election. Shortly after, Battle River-Crowfoot Conservative MP Damien C. Kurek announced he would resign so Poilievre could run for his seat.
Kurek had won his seat with nearly 83 per cent of the vote. He formally resigned on June 17.
“Pierre Poilievre is a man of principle, character, and is the hardest working MP I have ever met,” Kurek wrote in a social media post at the time. “His energy, passion and drive will have a huge benefit in east-central Alberta.”
Parliament is recessed for summer, and will resume on September 15.
