Byelection result in Portage-Lisgar, Man., will signal if Poilievre has been able to consolidate party’s base, say politicos and experts

Four byelections in three provinces are set to take place on June 19.

Left, People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier is facing off against Conservative candidate Branden Leslie in the riding of Portage-Lisgar, Man., while Conservative candidate Arpan Khanna and the Liberals' David Hilderley are running in Oxford, Ont.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and courtesy of Branden Leslie, Twitter and Facebook

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BY ABBAS RANA

June 5, 2023

The June 19 byelection in Portage-Lisgar, Man., will be a good gauge to assess whether Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been able to bring the far-right voters who backed the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) in the last federal election back to the Tories, say some p...

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