Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre is a Canadian politician who has been the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada since September 10, 2022 and leader of the Official Opposition since August 18, 2025.

First elected as a member of Parliament in the 2004 Canadian federal election, Poilievre represented the riding of Carleton until his 2025 election loss. He now represents the riding of Battle River—Crowfoot, following his 2025 by-election victory.

Overview

Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre — Federal general elections
Year Party Votes Seats Position
Total % ±% Total ±
2025 Conservative 8,113,550 41.28 +7.6 +24 Official Opposition
Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre — Federal constituency elections
Year Type Riding Party Votes for Poilievre Result Swing
Total % P. ±%
2004 General election Nepean—Carleton Conservative 30,420 45.66 1st -7.69[a] Elected Gain
2006 39,260 54.69 1st +9.03 Elected Hold
2008 39,915 55.84 1st +1.15 Elected Hold
2011 43,477 54.45 1st -1.39 Elected Hold
2015 Carleton 27,762 46.86 1st -14.81 Elected Hold[b]
2019 32,147 46.35 1st -0.51 Elected Hold
2021 35,356 49.89 1st +3.55 Elected Hold
2025 39,333 45.70 2nd -6.16 Lost Gain[c]
2025 By-election Battle River—Crowfoot 41,308 80.86% 1st -1.98 Elected Hold
  1. ^ Calculated from the combined percentages of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative candidates in the 2000 federal election.
  2. ^ Notional hold from 2011 redistributed results.
  3. ^ Notional gain from 2021 redistributed results.
Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre — party leadership elections
Year Party Votes % Pts P. Result
2022 Conservative Party of Canada 295,285 70.70% 22,993.42 1st Won

Federal general elections

Poilievre led the Conservative Party in one general election. He lost the 2025 election to the Liberal Party led by Mark Carney.

Federal general election, 2025

For more detailed tables of election results, see 2025 Canadian federal election.
For information about the 45th Parliament, 2025 to present, see 45th Canadian Parliament.
For information about Poilievre and political events during the 45th Parliament, see Pierre Poilievre § 2025 federal election.

In his first general election as a party leader, Poilievre lost.

Canadian Federal Election, 2025 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote
Party Leaders Seats Won Popular Vote
Liberal Mark Carney1 169 43.8%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre2 144 41.3%
Bloc Québécois Yves-François Blanchet 22 6.3%
New Democratic Jagmeet Singh 7 6.3%
Green Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault 1 1.3%
Total 343 98.9%3

1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election
2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; not a Member of Parliament after the election.

Federal constituency elections

Federal election, 2004: Nepean—Carleton

2004 Canadian federal election: Nepean–Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 30,420 45.7
Liberal David Pratt 26,684 40.1
New Democratic Phil Brown 6,072 9.1
Green Chris Walker 2,886 4.3
Marijuana Brad Powers 561 0.8
Total valid votes 66,848
Turnout 75.1 %

Federal election, 2006: Nepean—Carleton

2006 Canadian federal election: Nepean–Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 39,512 55.0
Liberal Michael Gaffney 20,111 28.0
New Democratic Laurel Gibbons 8,274 11.5
Green Lori Gadzala 3,976 5.5
Total valid votes 72,089
Turnout 75.8 %

Federal election, 2008: Nepean—Carleton

2008 Canadian federal election: Nepean–Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 39,921 55.8
Liberal Ed Mahfouz 16,743 23.4
Green Lori Gadzala 7,880 11.0
New Democratic Phil Brown 6,946 9.7
Total valid votes 71,490
Turnout 69.4 %

Federal election, 2011: Nepean—Carleton

2011 Canadian federal election: Nepean–Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 43,428 54.42
Liberal Ryan Keon 20,146 25.25
New Democratic Ric Dagenais 12,955 16.24
Green Jean-Luc Cooke 3,266 4.09
Total valid votes 79,795
Turnout – %

Federal election, 2015: Carleton

2015 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 27,762 46.86 −14.81 $166,805.35
Liberal Chris Rodgers 25,913 43.74 +22.88 $101,336.54
New Democratic KC Larocque 3,632 6.13 −7.22 $17,692.44
Green Deborah Coyne 1,932 3.26 −0.86 $15,632.31
Total valid votes/expense limit 59,239 100.00   $206,141.87
Total rejected ballots 196 0.33 –
Turnout 59,435 80.95 –
Eligible voters 73,418
Conservative notional hold Swing −18.84
Source(s)
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Carleton, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

Federal election, 2019: Carleton

2019 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 32,147 46.35 −0.51 $95,365.47
Liberal Chris Rodgers 26,518 38.23 −5.51 $106,000.32
New Democratic Kevin Hua 6,479 9.34 +3.21 $2,169.60
Green Gordon Kubanek 3,423 4.94 +1.68 $5,330.23
People's Alain Musende 792 1.14 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 69,359 100
Total rejected ballots 408 0.60 +0.27
Turnout 67,767 77.18 −3.77
Eligible voters 87,807
Conservative hold Swing +2.50
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]

Federal election, 2021: Carleton

2021 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 35,356 49.9 +3.55 $108,590.73
Liberal Gustave Roy 24,298 34.3 −3.93 $91,061.91
New Democratic Kevin Hua 8,164 11.5 +2.16 $3,138.40
People's Peter Crawley 1,728 2.4 +1.26 $1,053.55
Green Nira Dookeran 1,327 1.9 −3.04 $2,403.07
Total valid votes/expense limit 70,873 99.37 — $122,996.20
Total rejected ballots 447 0.63 +0.03
Turnout 71,320 74.57 −2.61
Eligible voters 95,639
Conservative hold Swing +3.74
Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5]

Federal election, 2025: Carleton

Main article: Carleton in the 2025 Canadian federal election
2025 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Bruce Fanjoy 43,846 50.95 +19.09
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 39,333 45.70 −6.16
New Democratic Beth Prokaska 1,221 1.42 −9.95
Green Mark Watson 561 0.65 −1.50
United Karen Bourdeau 112 0.13 N/A
Canadian Future Shawn MacEachern 63 0.07 N/A
Independent Lorant Polya 57 0.07
Independent Scott Falkingham 45 0.05
Independent Sana Ahmad 41 0.05
Independent Pierre Gauthier 38 0.04
Marijuana Danny Légaré 37 0.04 N/A
Independent Guillaume Paradis 37 0.04
Independent Dan Kyung 35 0.04
Rhinoceros Sébastien CoRhino 31 0.04 N/A
Independent Sarah Burke 27 0.03
Independent Mark Moutter 23 0.03
Independent David Zhu 21 0.02
Independent Charlie Currie 20 0.02
Independent John Dale 20 0.02
Independent Euan Fraser Tait 18 0.02
Independent John Boylan 17 0.02
Independent Mélodie Anderson 16 0.02
Independent Alex Banks 16 0.02
Independent Michael Bednarski 15 0.02
Independent David Nguyen 15 0.02
Independent Sophie Bearden 14 0.02
Independent Seyed Hosseini Lavasani 13 0.02
No affiliation Jeani Boudreault 12 0.01
Independent Alexandra Engering 12 0.01
Independent Lajos Polya 12 0.01
No affiliation Darcy Vanderwater 12 0.01
Independent Jenny Cartwright 11 0.01
Independent Jeffrey Goodman 11 0.01
Independent Donald McKay 11 0.01
Independent Daniel Stuckless 11 0.01
Independent Maria Gabriel 10 0.01
No affiliation Laina Kohler 10 0.01
Independent Charles Lemieux 10 0.01
Independent Marthalee Aykroyd 9 0.01
Independent Ryan Huard 9 0.01
Independent Sarah Thompson 9 0.01
Independent Alain Bourgault 8 0.01
Independent Daniel Gagnon 8 0.01
Independent Robert Harris 8 0.01
Independent Andrea Hollinger 8 0.01
Independent Connie Lukawski 8 0.01
Independent John Francis O'Flynn 8 0.01
Independent Peter Gorman 7 0.01
Independent Julian Selody 7 0.01
Independent Michal Wieczorek 7 0.01
Independent Line Bélanger 6 0.01
Independent Blake Hamilton 6 0.01
Independent Loren Hicks 6 0.01
No affiliation Alexander Lein 6 0.01
Independent Agnieszka Marszalek 6 0.01
Independent Hakim Sheriff 6 0.01
Independent Tetia Bayoro 5 0.01
Independent David Cherniak 5 0.01
Independent Kevin Krisa 5 0.01
Independent Alain Lamontagne 5 0.01
Independent Winston Neutel 5 0.01
Independent Lény Painchaud 5 0.01
Independent Elliot Wand 5 0.01
Independent Dante Camarena Jimenez 4 0.00
Independent Jaël Champagne Gareau 4 0.00
Independent Gerrit Dogger 4 0.00
Independent Gregory Gillis 4 0.00
No affiliation Christopher Navarro-Canseco 4 0.00
Independent Lanna Palsson 4 0.00
Independent Spencer Rocchi 4 0.00
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski 4 0.00
No affiliation Manon Marie Lili Desbiens 3 0.00
Independent Artem Gudkov 3 0.00
No affiliation Kerri Hildebrandt 3 0.00
Independent Trevor Holsworth 3 0.00
No affiliation Krzysztof Krzywinski 3 0.00
Independent Samuel Lafontaine 3 0.00
Independent Roger Sherwood 3 0.00
Independent Yogo Shimada 3 0.00
Independent Michael Skirzynski 3 0.00
Independent Julie St-Amand 3 0.00
Independent Daniel Graham 2 0.00
Independent Zornitsa Halacheva 2 0.00
Independent Anthony Hamel 2 0.00
Independent Demetrios Karavas 2 0.00
Independent Sheri Oberman 2 0.00
Independent Wallace Richard Rowat 2 0.00
Independent Pascal St-Amand 2 0.00
Independent Benjamin Teichman 2 0.00
Independent Joseph Maw 1 0.00
No affiliation Ysack Dupont 0 0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 86,060 99.31
Total rejected ballots 595 0.69
Turnout 86,655 81.84
Eligible voters 105,889
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +12.63
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

Federal by-election, 2025: Battle River—Crowfoot

Main article: 2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election
Canadian federal by-election, August 18, 2025: Battle River—Crowfoot
Resignation of Damien Kurek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 41,308 80.86 -1.98
Independent Bonnie Critchley 5,018 9.82 –
Liberal Darcy Spady 2,095 4.10 -7.57
New Democratic Katherine Swampy 1,061 2.08 -1.10
United Grant Abraham 757 1.48 –
People's Jonathan Bridges 138 0.27 -1.31
Green Ashley MacDonald 116 0.23 -0.50
Libertarian Michael Harris 103 0.20 –
Christian Heritage Jeff Willerton 92 0.18 –
Independent Sarah Spanier 49 0.10 –
Marijuana Kenneth Kirk 40 0.08 –
Centrist Ahmed Hassan 15 0.03 –
Independent Bert William Westergard 11 0.02 –
Independent Breccan Zimmer 11 0.02 –
Independent Dillon Anderson 10 0.02 –
Independent Nicole Betts 7 0.01 –
Independent Nickolas Meuters-Murphy 7 0.01 –
Independent Diane Prentice 7 0.01 –
Independent Glen Armstrong 6 0.01 –
Independent Caitlyn Baker 6 0.01 –
Independent Lisa Parsons 6 0.01 –
Independent Jason Buzzell 5 0.01 –
Independent Jenny Cartwright 5 0.01 –
Independent Deborah Chalmers 5 0.01 –
Independent William Grant 5 0.01 –
Independent Paul Jones 5 0.01 –
Independent Brennen Perry 5 0.01 –
Independent Anthony Perullo 5 0.01 –
Independent Myles René Laurent St. Pierre 5 0.01 –
Independent Fraser Anderson 4 0.01 –
Independent Rebecca Boyce 4 0.01 –
Independent Pierre Gauthier 4 0.01 –
Independent Preston Hoff 4 0.01 –
Independent Mark Ruthenberg 4 0.01 –
Independent Ceilidh Stewart 4 0.01 –
Independent Danica Boe 3 0.01 –
Independent Aaron Bowles 3 0.01 –
Independent Sarah Burke 3 0.01 –
Independent David Cherniak 3 0.01 –
Independent John Dale 3 0.01 –
Independent Emily Goose 3 0.01 –
Independent Corey Hales 3 0.01 –
Independent Grace Pender 3 0.01 –
Independent Noah Reid 3 0.01 –
Independent David Sader 3 0.01 –
Independent Molly Sun 3 0.01 –
Independent Nicola Zoghbi 3 0.01 –
Independent Alex Banks 2 0.00 –
Independent Stacy Lynn Billingsley 2 0.00 –
Independent Marten Borch 2 0.00 –
Independent Jakeb Brown 2 0.00 –
Independent Annelies Cooper 2 0.00 –
Independent Hannah DeWolfe 2 0.00 –
Independent Elizabeth Dupuis 2 0.00 –
Independent Kenneth Durham 2 0.00 –
Independent Michael Dyck 2 0.00 –
Independent Katherine Dyson 2 0.00 –
Independent Michael Louis Fitzgerald 2 0.00 –
Independent Daniel Gagnon 2 0.00 –
Independent Kerri Hildebrandt 2 0.00 –
Independent Elsie Kipp 2 0.00 –
Independent Chris Kowalchuk 2 0.00 –
Independent Johnson Hon Wa Lee 2 0.00 –
Independent Maria Light 2 0.00 –
Independent Derek Adam MacKay 2 0.00 –
Independent Jeffrey McLean 2 0.00 –
Independent Riley Moss 2 0.00 –
Independent Kimberley Nugent 2 0.00 –
Independent Alexander Panchuk 2 0.00 –
Independent Yagya Parihar 2 0.00 –
Independent Samuel Pignedoli 2 0.00 –
Independent Lorant Polya 2 0.00 –
Independent Jayson Roy 2 0.00 –
Independent Adam Smith 2 0.00 –
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski 2 0.00 –
Independent Callan Wassenaar 2 0.00 –
Independent Jeremy Wedel 2 0.00 –
Independent Hazel Westwood 2 0.00 –
Independent Nicholas Ashmore 1 0.00 –
Independent Michael Bednarski 1 0.00 –
Independent Lilia Boisvert 1 0.00 –
Independent Alain Bourgault 1 0.00 –
Independent Eva Bowering 1 0.00 –
Independent Joshua Brauner 1 0.00 –
Independent Alexandre Brochu 1 0.00 –
Independent Chun Chen 1 0.00 –
Independent Shawn Clendining 1 0.00 –
Independent Lindsay Elaine Shyla Colosimo 1 0.00 –
Independent Dylan Colquhoun 1 0.00 –
Independent Jayson Cowan 1 0.00 –
Independent Michael Davis 1 0.00 –
Independent Geneviève Dorval 1 0.00 –
Independent Jordan Drew 1 0.00 –
Independent Murray Dunham 1 0.00 –
Independent Eric Duong 1 0.00 –
Independent Mark Eccleston 1 0.00 –
Independent Jeremy Edwards 1 0.00 –
Independent Allison Fanjoy 1 0.00 –
Independent Gabriel Finn 1 0.00 –
Independent Hubert Fischer 1 0.00 –
Independent Matthew Gillies 1 0.00 –
Independent Peter Gorman 1 0.00 –
Independent Jacqueline Grabowski 1 0.00 –
Independent Andrew Guenther 1 0.00 –
Independent Blake Hamilton 1 0.00 –
Independent Jason Hodgson 1 0.00 –
Independent Dakota Hourie 1 0.00 –
Independent Uneeb Islam 1 0.00 –
Independent Michael Jones 1 0.00 –
Independent Richard Kenkel 1 0.00 –
Independent Madison Kennedy 1 0.00 –
Independent Abraham Lau 1 0.00 –
Independent Charles Lemieux 1 0.00 –
Independent Robert Marsden 1 0.00 –
Independent Agnieszka Marszalek 1 0.00 –
Independent Geoffrey Meens 1 0.00 –
Independent Sophia Nguyen 1 0.00 –
Independent Pascal Noël 1 0.00 –
Independent Steve Oates 1 0.00 –
Independent Lény Painchaud 1 0.00 –
Independent Lanna Palsson 1 0.00 –
Independent Céline Paquin 1 0.00 –
Independent Meagan Roberge 1 0.00 –
Independent Melanie Roberge 1 0.00 –
Independent Mark Russell 1 0.00 –
Independent Kayll Schaefer 1 0.00 –
Independent Hakim Sheriff 1 0.00 –
Independent Eric Shorten 1 0.00 –
Independent Bradley Stewart 1 0.00 –
Independent Mário Stocco 1 0.00 –
Independent Faith Tabladillo 1 0.00 –
Independent Alex Vallée 1 0.00 –
Independent Dennis Vanmeer 1 0.00 –
Independent Bryan Wang 1 0.00 –
Independent Joshua Wong 1 0.00 –
Independent Yao ZhangLi 1 0.00 –
Independent David Zhu 1 0.00 –
Independent Barry Zukewich 1 0.00 –
Independent Marthalee Aykroyd 0 0.00 –
Independent Line Bélanger 0 0.00 –
Independent Michel Bélanger 0 0.00 –
Independent Jeani Boudreault 0 0.00 –
Independent Jeffery Brazeau 0 0.00 –
Independent Bo Cai 0 0.00 –
Independent Cameron Campos 0 0.00 –
Independent Nicolas Champagne 0 0.00 –
Independent Jaël Champagne Gareau 0 0.00 –
Independent Claude Cordon Pichilla 0 0.00 –
Independent Tristan Dell 0 0.00 –
Independent Gerrit Dogger 0 0.00 –
Independent Abel Erazo-Ibarra 0 0.00 –
Independent Tracy Farber 0 0.00 –
Independent Brian Farrenkopf 0 0.00 –
Independent Thomas Fitzgerald 0 0.00 –
Independent Connor Fullerton 0 0.00 –
Independent Jordan Gerrard 0 0.00 –
Independent Eric Gilmour 0 0.00 –
Independent Laurie Goble 0 0.00 –
Independent David Patrick Greene 0 0.00 –
Independent Nicolette Gross 0 0.00 –
Independent Kathleen Gudmundsson 0 0.00 –
Independent Richard Haley 0 0.00 –
Independent Kazimir Haykowsky 0 0.00 –
Independent Iriella Hicks 0 0.00 –
Independent Loren Hicks 0 0.00 –
Independent Seyed Hosseini Lavasani 0 0.00 –
Independent Glendyn Howse 0 0.00 –
Independent Ryan Huard 0 0.00 –
Independent Jack Jean-Louis 0 0.00 –
Independent Derek Jouppi 0 0.00 –
Independent Erich Jurgens 0 0.00 –
Independent Elza Kephart 0 0.00 –
Independent Dannielle Konkle 0 0.00 –
Independent Solomon Krygier-Paine 0 0.00 –
Independent Andrew Kulas 0 0.00 –
Independent Samuel Lafontaine 0 0.00 –
Independent Alain Lamontagne 0 0.00 –
Independent Eric Laverdure 0 0.00 –
Independent Jocelyn LeBlanc-Courchaine 0 0.00 –
Independent Alexander Lein 0 0.00 –
Independent Renée Lemieux 0 0.00 –
Independent Jeffrey Leroux 0 0.00 –
Independent Litma Kai Ching Leung 0 0.00 –
Independent Cedric Ludlow 0 0.00 –
Independent Jennifer Margaret Mackenzie-Miller 0 0.00 –
Independent Nicolas Maltais 0 0.00 –
Independent Kevin Manzano 0 0.00 –
Independent Eric March 0 0.00 –
Independent Devin McManus 0 0.00 –
Independent Robert Melting Tallow 0 0.00 –
Independent Joanne L Metters 0 0.00 –
Independent Nicholas Mew 0 0.00 –
Independent Mark Moutter 0 0.00 –
Independent Rob Mumford 0 0.00 –
Independent Molly Munn 0 0.00 –
Independent Sam Nabi 0 0.00 –
Independent John Francis O'Flynn 0 0.00 –
Independent Clifford Pine 0 0.00 –
Independent Brian Ramchandar 0 0.00 –
Independent Spencer Rocchi 0 0.00 –
Independent Wallace Richard Rowat 0 0.00 –
Independent Barry Rueger 0 0.00 –
Independent Chris Scrimes 0 0.00 –
Independent Charles Douglas Sleep 0 0.00 –
Independent Julie St-Amand 0 0.00 –
Independent Pascal St-Amand 0 0.00 –
Independent Andi Sweet 0 0.00 –
Independent Corinne Unrau 0 0.00 –
Independent Tyson Warner 0 0.00 –
Independent Simon John Edwin Wedel 0 0.00 –
Independent Michaiah Williams 0 0.00 –
Independent Brian Wishart 0 0.00 –
Independent Michael Wisniewski 0 0.00 –
Independent Belinda Christine Young 0 0.00 –
Total valid votes 51,085 99.59 –
Total rejected ballots 211 0.41 -0.19
Turnout 51,296 59.83 -16.66
Eligible voters 85,736 –
Conservative hold Swing -5.90
Source: Elections Canada[8]

Party leadership elections

Conservative Party leadership election, 2022

Main article: 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election

Pierre Poilievre won the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election on the first ballot.

Conservative Leadership Election, September 10, 2022
First and only ballot
Candidate Votes cast Points won
Pierre Poilievre 295,285 70.70% 22,993.42 68.15%
Jean Charest 48,650 11.65% 5,421.62 16.07%
Leslyn Lewis 46,374 11.10% 3,269.54 9.69%
Roman Baber 22,381 5.36% 1,696.76 5.03%
Total 412,690 98.81% 33,737.99 98.94%
Sources: Conservative Party of Canada[9]

Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Night Results – Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  8. ^ "August 18, 2025 By-election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  9. ^ "Riding by riding results" (PDF). cpcleadership.ca. September 10, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
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