Kevin O’Leary drops from Conservative leadership race, backs Maxime Bernier

'I’m going to do everything I can to ensure he gets elected,’ O’Leary says of Bernier.

Businessman and television personality Kevin O'Leary has jumped ship on the Conservative leadership race with less than a month to go before the May 27 vote. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ALLY FOSTER, KRISTEN SHANE

April 26, 2017

Businessman Kevin O’Leary, widely considered to be a front-runner in the Conservative Party leadership race, is bowing out of the contest in its final leg because he says his lack of support in Quebec would make it difficult for him to beat Justin Trudeau's Liberals in the next general election. ...

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