‘Change takes time’: Poilievre praises ‘major’ Conservative breakthroughs in future-focused concession speech

Early results had the Conservatives achieving 41.7 per cent of the total vote, exceeding the 33.7 per cent of the popular vote reached by the party in the 2021 federal election.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, shown here with his wife, Anaida, delivered a concession speech at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa early in April 29.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STUART BENSON

April 29, 2025

UPDATED May 1, 2025

Leader Pierre Poilievre was unable to keep his promise to deliver change in the form of a new Conservative government this election, but despite ending a hard-fought, five-week campaign in defeat, on election night Poilievre pointed to his leadership successes of broadening ...

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