Conservative MP for Battle River-Crowfoot Damien Kurek rises during question period in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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 …