Alberta MP will step aside to allow Pierre Poilievre to run for seat in Parliament [Video]

Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River—Crowfoot riding in Alberta.

Kurek has been the MP for the riding since 2019.

“An unstoppable movement has grown under (Poilievre’s) leadership, and I know we need Pierre fighting in the House of Commons to hold the Liberal minority government to account,” he said in a release on Friday.

Poilievre indicated he would stay on as leader in his concession speech early Tuesday morning, despite failing to win his long-held seat in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton.

The Conservative party confirms that Poilievre will run in the Battle River—Crowfoot byelection once it’s called, but Kurek will need to be sworn in as a MP before …