Conservatives considering 2019 Liberal model to protect incumbent MPs from nomination challenges in next election

The Conservative Party’s 20-member national council decided last month that if the next federal election is called by June 2021, all 121 incumbent MPs will automatically be nominated. But it's still undecided about its policy if an election is not called by that time.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Dec. 4, 2019, at a caucus meeting about week before announcing his resignation as party leader. MPs want the national council to protect them from nomination challenges for the next election. The council is still debating on what should be the rules for incumbent MPs.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 2, 2020

The Conservative Party’s national council is considering using the Liberal Party's 2019 nomination model as an option to protect incumbent MPs from nomination challenges for the next election, but the party also wants a mechanism in place if it doesn't want an MP to be a candidate, Conservative so...

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