If MacKay doesn’t win on the first ballot, social conservative voters critical in the leadership outcome, say political players

Campaign Life Coalition has signed up 30,000-40,000 members to help Leslyn Lewis and Derek Sloan, the two social conservative candidates, according to Jack Fonseca, director of political operations for the organization.

Conservative Party members are currently in the process of choosing the successor to outgoing leader Andrew Scheer. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 20, 2020

A committed group of thousands of socially conservative voters will play a critical role in deciding the Conservative Party's leadership election if presumed front-runner Peter MacKay doesn’t win the contest on the first ballot, say political insiders. “If Peter MacKay doesn’t win on the firs...

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