Conservatives to elect members of powerful national council today: Canada needs ‘Pierre Poilievre as the next prime minister, we’re united’

Newly elected national council will elect party president at its first meeting tomorrow.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre received a commanding 87.4 per cent support yesterday from more than 2,600 delegates at the policy conference in Calgary. The delegates will elect a new national council today.The Hill Times photograph by Amir Said

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BY ABBAS RANA

January 31, 2026

CALGARY—The more than 2,600 delegates congregating in Calgary for the party’s three day convention will elect the powerful 20-member national council today and the newly elected councillors will elect the party president tomorrow.

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