Conservatives expect to have new leader by Labour Day, say Conservative sources

The Conservative Party will mail the first wave of leadership-election ballots to members on June 30, while the second wave will be sent July 13.

The Conservative party is using a ranked-ballot system for the leadership election. Former cabinet minister Peter Mackay, Conservative MP Erin O'Toole, Conservative MP Derek Sloan, and Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis are running for the party's top job.Photographs courtesy of twitter and The Hill Times file photographs

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BY ABBAS RANA

May 5, 2020

The Conservative Party expects to have a new leader in place shortly after the mid-August deadline for members to send their mail-in ballots, barring any unexpected developments, according to Conservative sources. “The party wants to have a leader in place by Labour Day,” a senior Conservative ...

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