Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre

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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.

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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
YearPartyVotesSeatsPosition
Total%±%Total±
2025 Conservative 8,113,55041.28+7.6+24Official Opposition
Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre — Federal constituency elections
YearTypeRidingPartyVotes for PoilievreResult Swing
Total%P.±%
2004 General election Nepean—Carleton Conservative 30,42045.661st-7.69 [a] ElectedGain
2006 39,26054.691st+9.03ElectedHold
2008 39,91555.841st+1.15ElectedHold
2011 43,47754.451st-1.39ElectedHold
2015 Carleton 27,76246.861st-14.81ElectedHold [b]
2019 32,14746.351st-0.51ElectedHold
2021 35,35649.891st+3.55ElectedHold
2025 39,33345.702nd-6.16LostGain [c]
2025 By-election Battle River—Crowfoot 41,30880.86%1st-1.98 [1] ElectedHold
  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
YearPartyVotes%PtsP.Result
2022 Conservative Party of Canada 295,28570.70%22,993.421stWon

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

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

Canadian Federal Election, 2025 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote
PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
Liberal Mark Carney 116943.8%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre214441.3%
Bloc Québécois Yves-François Blanchet 226.3%
New Democratic Jagmeet Singh 76.3%
Green Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault 11.3%
Total34398.9%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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre30,42045.7
Liberal David Pratt 26,68440.1
New Democratic Phil Brown6,0729.1
Green Chris Walker2,8864.3
Marijuana Brad Powers5610.8
Total valid votes66,848
Turnout75.1%

Federal election, 2006: Nepean—Carleton

2006 Canadian federal election : Nepean–Carleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre39,51255.0
Liberal Michael Gaffney20,11128.0
New Democratic Laurel Gibbons8,27411.5
Green Lori Gadzala3,9765.5
Total valid votes72,089
Turnout75.8%

Federal election, 2008: Nepean—Carleton

2008 Canadian federal election : Nepean–Carleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre39,92155.8
Liberal Ed Mahfouz16,74323.4
Green Lori Gadzala7,88011.0
New Democratic Phil Brown6,9469.7
Total valid votes71,490
Turnout69.4%

Federal election, 2011: Nepean—Carleton

2011 Canadian federal election : Nepean–Carleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre43,42854.42
Liberal Ryan Keon20,14625.25
New Democratic Ric Dagenais12,95516.24
Green Jean-Luc Cooke3,2664.09
Total valid votes79,795
Turnout%

Federal election, 2015: Carleton

2015 Canadian federal election : Carleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 27,76246.86−14.81$166,805.35
Liberal Chris Rodgers25,91343.74+22.88$101,336.54
New Democratic KC Larocque3,6326.13−7.22$17,692.44
Green Deborah Coyne 1,9323.26−0.86$15,632.31
Total valid votes/expense limit59,239100.00 $206,141.87
Total rejected ballots1960.33
Turnout59,43580.95
Eligible voters73,418
Conservative notional hold Swing −18.84

Federal election, 2019: Carleton

2019 Canadian federal election : Carleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 32,14746.35−0.51$95,365.47
Liberal Chris Rodgers26,51838.23−5.51$106,000.32
New Democratic Kevin Hua6,4799.34+3.21$2,169.60
Green Gordon Kubanek3,4234.94+1.68$5,330.23
People's Alain Musende7921.14none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit69,359100
Total rejected ballots4080.60+0.27
Turnout67,76777.18−3.77
Eligible voters87,807
Conservative hold Swing +2.50
Source: Elections Canada [2] [3]

Federal election, 2021: Carleton

2021 Canadian federal election : Carleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 35,35649.9+3.55$108,590.73
Liberal Gustave Roy24,29834.3−3.93$91,061.91
New Democratic Kevin Hua8,16411.5+2.16$3,138.40
People's Peter Crawley1,7282.4+1.26$1,053.55
Green Nira Dookeran1,3271.9−3.04$2,403.07
Total valid votes/expense limit70,87399.37$122,996.20
Total rejected ballots4470.63+0.03
Turnout71,32074.57−2.61
Eligible voters95,639
Conservative hold Swing +3.74
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5] [6]

Federal election, 2025: Carleton

2025 Canadian federal election : Carleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Bruce Fanjoy 43,84650.95+19.09
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 39,33345.70−6.16
New Democratic Beth Prokaska1,2211.42−9.95
Green Mark Watson5610.65−1.50
UnitedKaren Bourdeau1120.13N/A
Canadian Future Shawn MacEachern630.07N/A
Independent Lorant Polya570.07
Independent Scott Falkingham450.05
Independent Sana Ahmad410.05
Independent Pierre Gauthier380.04
Marijuana Danny Légaré370.04N/A
Independent Guillaume Paradis370.04
Independent Dan Kyung350.04
Rhinoceros Sébastien CoRhino 310.04N/A
Independent Sarah Burke270.03
Independent Mark Moutter230.03
Independent David Zhu210.02
Independent Charlie Currie200.02
Independent John Dale200.02
Independent Euan Fraser Tait180.02
Independent John Boylan170.02
Independent Mélodie Anderson160.02
Independent Alex Banks160.02
Independent Michael Bednarski150.02
Independent David Nguyen150.02
Independent Sophie Bearden140.02
Independent Seyed Hosseini Lavasani130.02
No affiliationJeani Boudreault120.01
Independent Alexandra Engering120.01
Independent Lajos Polya120.01
No affiliationDarcy Vanderwater120.01
Independent Jenny Cartwright110.01
Independent Jeffrey Goodman110.01
Independent Donald McKay110.01
Independent Daniel Stuckless110.01
Independent Maria Gabriel100.01
No affiliationLaina Kohler100.01
Independent Charles Lemieux100.01
Independent Marthalee Aykroyd90.01
Independent Ryan Huard90.01
Independent Sarah Thompson90.01
Independent Alain Bourgault80.01
Independent Daniel Gagnon80.01
Independent Robert Harris80.01
Independent Andrea Hollinger80.01
Independent Connie Lukawski80.01
Independent John Francis O'Flynn80.01
Independent Peter Gorman70.01
Independent Julian Selody70.01
Independent Michal Wieczorek70.01
Independent Line Bélanger60.01
Independent Blake Hamilton60.01
Independent Loren Hicks60.01
No affiliationAlexander Lein60.01
Independent Agnieszka Marszalek60.01
Independent Hakim Sheriff60.01
Independent Tetia Bayoro50.01
Independent David Cherniak50.01
Independent Kevin Krisa50.01
Independent Alain Lamontagne50.01
Independent Winston Neutel50.01
Independent Lény Painchaud50.01
Independent Elliot Wand50.01
Independent Dante Camarena Jimenez40.00
Independent Jaël Champagne Gareau40.00
Independent Gerrit Dogger40.00
Independent Gregory Gillis40.00
No affiliationChristopher Navarro-Canseco40.00
Independent Lanna Palsson40.00
Independent Spencer Rocchi40.00
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski40.00
No affiliationManon Marie Lili Desbiens30.00
Independent Artem Gudkov30.00
No affiliationKerri Hildebrandt30.00
Independent Trevor Holsworth30.00
No affiliationKrzysztof Krzywinski30.00
Independent Samuel Lafontaine30.00
Independent Roger Sherwood30.00
Independent Yogo Shimada30.00
Independent Michael Skirzynski30.00
Independent Julie St-Amand30.00
Independent Daniel Graham20.00
Independent Zornitsa Halacheva20.00
Independent Anthony Hamel20.00
Independent Demetrios Karavas20.00
Independent Sheri Oberman20.00
Independent Wallace Richard Rowat20.00
Independent Pascal St-Amand20.00
Independent Benjamin Teichman20.00
Independent Joseph Maw10.00
No affiliationYsack Dupont00.00
Total valid votes/expense limit86,06099.31
Total rejected ballots5950.69
Turnout86,65581.84
Eligible voters105,889
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +12.63
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

Federal by-election, 2025: Battle River—Crowfoot

Canadian federal by-election, August 18, 2025 : Battle River—Crowfoot
Resignation of Damien Kurek
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 41,30880.86-1.98
Independent Bonnie Critchley5,0189.82
Liberal Darcy Spady2,0954.10-7.57
New Democratic Katherine Swampy1,0612.08-1.10
UnitedGrant Abraham7571.48
People's Jonathan Bridges1380.27-1.31
Green Ashley MacDonald1160.23-0.50
Libertarian Michael Harris1030.20
Christian Heritage Jeff Willerton920.18
Independent Sarah Spanier490.10
Marijuana Kenneth Kirk400.08
Centrist Ahmed Hassan150.03
Independent Bert William Westergard110.02
Independent Breccan Zimmer110.02
Independent Dillon Anderson100.02
Independent Nicole Betts70.01
Independent Nickolas Meuters-Murphy70.01
Independent Diane Prentice70.01
Independent Glen Armstrong60.01
Independent Caitlyn Baker60.01
Independent Lisa Parsons60.01
Independent Jason Buzzell50.01
Independent Jenny Cartwright50.01
Independent Deborah Chalmers50.01
Independent William Grant50.01
Independent Paul Jones50.01
Independent Brennen Perry50.01
Independent Anthony Perullo50.01
Independent Myles René Laurent St. Pierre50.01
Independent Fraser Anderson40.01
Independent Rebecca Boyce40.01
Independent Pierre Gauthier40.01
Independent Preston Hoff40.01
Independent Mark Ruthenberg40.01
Independent Ceilidh Stewart40.01
Independent Danica Boe30.01
Independent Aaron Bowles30.01
Independent Sarah Burke30.01
Independent David Cherniak30.01
Independent John Dale30.01
Independent Emily Goose30.01
Independent Corey Hales30.01
Independent Grace Pender30.01
Independent Noah Reid30.01
Independent David Sader30.01
Independent Molly Sun30.01
Independent Nicola Zoghbi30.01
Independent Alex Banks20.00
Independent Stacy Lynn Billingsley20.00
Independent Marten Borch20.00
Independent Jakeb Brown20.00
Independent Annelies Cooper20.00
Independent Hannah DeWolfe20.00
Independent Elizabeth Dupuis20.00
Independent Kenneth Durham20.00
Independent Michael Dyck20.00
Independent Katherine Dyson20.00
Independent Michael Louis Fitzgerald20.00
Independent Daniel Gagnon20.00
Independent Kerri Hildebrandt20.00
Independent Elsie Kipp20.00
Independent Chris Kowalchuk20.00
Independent Johnson Hon Wa Lee20.00
Independent Maria Light20.00
Independent Derek Adam MacKay20.00
Independent Jeffrey McLean20.00
Independent Riley Moss20.00
Independent Kimberley Nugent20.00
Independent Alexander Panchuk20.00
Independent Yagya Parihar20.00
Independent Samuel Pignedoli20.00
Independent Lorant Polya20.00
Independent Jayson Roy20.00
Independent Adam Smith20.00
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski20.00
Independent Callan Wassenaar20.00
Independent Jeremy Wedel20.00
Independent Hazel Westwood20.00
Independent Nicholas Ashmore10.00
Independent Michael Bednarski10.00
Independent Lilia Boisvert10.00
Independent Alain Bourgault10.00
Independent Eva Bowering10.00
Independent Joshua Brauner10.00
Independent Alexandre Brochu10.00
Independent Chun Chen10.00
Independent Shawn Clendining10.00
Independent Lindsay Elaine Shyla Colosimo10.00
Independent Dylan Colquhoun10.00
Independent Jayson Cowan10.00
Independent Michael Davis10.00
Independent Geneviève Dorval10.00
Independent Jordan Drew10.00
Independent Murray Dunham10.00
Independent Eric Duong10.00
Independent Mark Eccleston10.00
Independent Jeremy Edwards10.00
Independent Allison Fanjoy10.00
Independent Gabriel Finn10.00
Independent Hubert Fischer10.00
Independent Matthew Gillies10.00
Independent Peter Gorman10.00
Independent Jacqueline Grabowski10.00
Independent Andrew Guenther10.00
Independent Blake Hamilton10.00
Independent Jason Hodgson10.00
Independent Dakota Hourie10.00
Independent Uneeb Islam10.00
Independent Michael Jones10.00
Independent Richard Kenkel10.00
Independent Madison Kennedy10.00
Independent Abraham Lau10.00
Independent Charles Lemieux10.00
Independent Robert Marsden10.00
Independent Agnieszka Marszalek10.00
Independent Geoffrey Meens10.00
Independent Sophia Nguyen10.00
Independent Pascal Noël10.00
Independent Steve Oates10.00
Independent Lény Painchaud10.00
Independent Lanna Palsson10.00
Independent Céline Paquin10.00
Independent Meagan Roberge10.00
Independent Melanie Roberge10.00
Independent Mark Russell10.00
Independent Kayll Schaefer10.00
Independent Hakim Sheriff10.00
Independent Eric Shorten10.00
Independent Bradley Stewart10.00
Independent Mário Stocco10.00
Independent Faith Tabladillo10.00
Independent Alex Vallée10.00
Independent Dennis Vanmeer10.00
Independent Bryan Wang10.00
Independent Joshua Wong10.00
Independent Yao ZhangLi10.00
Independent David Zhu10.00
Independent Barry Zukewich10.00
Independent Marthalee Aykroyd00.00
Independent Line Bélanger00.00
Independent Michel Bélanger00.00
Independent Jeani Boudreault00.00
Independent Jeffery Brazeau00.00
Independent Bo Cai00.00
Independent Cameron Campos00.00
Independent Nicolas Champagne00.00
Independent Jaël Champagne Gareau00.00
Independent Claude Cordon Pichilla00.00
Independent Tristan Dell00.00
Independent Gerrit Dogger00.00
Independent Abel Erazo-Ibarra00.00
Independent Tracy Farber00.00
Independent Brian Farrenkopf00.00
Independent Thomas Fitzgerald00.00
Independent Connor Fullerton00.00
Independent Jordan Gerrard00.00
Independent Eric Gilmour00.00
Independent Laurie Goble00.00
Independent David Patrick Greene00.00
Independent Nicolette Gross00.00
Independent Kathleen Gudmundsson00.00
Independent Richard Haley00.00
Independent Kazimir Haykowsky00.00
Independent Iriella Hicks00.00
Independent Loren Hicks00.00
Independent Seyed Hosseini Lavasani00.00
Independent Glendyn Howse00.00
Independent Ryan Huard00.00
Independent Jack Jean-Louis00.00
Independent Derek Jouppi00.00
Independent Erich Jurgens00.00
Independent Elza Kephart00.00
Independent Dannielle Konkle00.00
Independent Solomon Krygier-Paine00.00
Independent Andrew Kulas00.00
Independent Samuel Lafontaine00.00
Independent Alain Lamontagne00.00
Independent Eric Laverdure00.00
Independent Jocelyn LeBlanc-Courchaine00.00
Independent Alexander Lein00.00
Independent Renée Lemieux00.00
Independent Jeffrey Leroux00.00
Independent Litma Kai Ching Leung00.00
Independent Cedric Ludlow00.00
Independent Jennifer Margaret Mackenzie-Miller00.00
Independent Nicolas Maltais00.00
Independent Kevin Manzano00.00
Independent Eric March00.00
Independent Devin McManus00.00
Independent Robert Melting Tallow00.00
Independent Joanne L Metters00.00
Independent Nicholas Mew00.00
Independent Mark Moutter00.00
Independent Rob Mumford00.00
Independent Molly Munn00.00
Independent Sam Nabi00.00
Independent John Francis O'Flynn00.00
Independent Clifford Pine00.00
Independent Brian Ramchandar00.00
Independent Spencer Rocchi00.00
Independent Wallace Richard Rowat00.00
Independent Barry Rueger00.00
Independent Chris Scrimes00.00
Independent Charles Douglas Sleep00.00
Independent Julie St-Amand00.00
Independent Pascal St-Amand00.00
Independent Andi Sweet00.00
Independent Corinne Unrau00.00
Independent Tyson Warner00.00
Independent Simon John Edwin Wedel00.00
Independent Michaiah Williams00.00
Independent Brian Wishart00.00
Independent Michael Wisniewski00.00
Independent Belinda Christine Young00.00
Total valid votes51,08599.59
Total rejected ballots2110.41-0.19
Turnout51,29659.83-16.66
Eligible voters85,736
Conservative hold Swing -5.90
Source: Elections Canada [9]

Party leadership elections

Conservative Party leadership election, 2022

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

Conservative Leadership Election, September 10, 2022
First and only ballot
CandidateVotes castPoints won
Pierre Poilievre in 2023 (edited).jpg Pierre Poilievre 295,28570.70%22,993.4268.15%
Agriculture Secretary Perdue Visit to Canada 20170605-OSEC-RV-0003 (34337316314) (cropped).jpg Jean Charest 48,65011.65%5,421.6216.07%
Leslyn Lewis Headshot 2020 (cropped2).jpg Leslyn Lewis 46,37411.10%3,269.549.69%
Roman Baber mic pic (cropped).jpg Roman Baber 22,3815.36%1,696.765.03%
Total412,69098.81%33,737.9998.94%
Sources: Conservative Party of Canada [10]

Notes

    See also

    References

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