Two Conservative MPs fled Brampton, Ont. Mayor Patrick Brown’s team in support of Pierre Poalievre, his main rival in the party’s race, is a move that leaves Brown with only two lawmakers supporting his candidacy.
Hamilton MP Dan Moyes and MP Kyle Seabeck, who represents neighboring Dufferin-Caledon in the House of Commons, both announced on Tuesday that they were abandoning Brown because of Polyeur. Their departure comes after Poilievre’s campaign said over the weekend that it had sold a staggering 312,000 members in the race for the party’s top spot.
Conservative sources told CBC News that about 600,000 party members would be eligible to vote in the September presidential election.
A source from Poilievre’s campaign – who spoke to CBC News on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak in public – said the team was confident Poilievre could win the race in the first ballot, given how many memberships it has sold. so far.
The party has not confirmed any of the data on membership sales published by the campaigns.
Brown’s team said Friday that the mayor has sold more than 150,000 members. Former Quebec Prime Minister Jean Charest also said he had convinced enough people in key rides to opt out of membership to allow him to win the race. The party distributes points for all 338 federal races, and candidates receive a total point based on their percentage of votes in each race.
Deputies say Poilievre is the best choice to unite the party
Despite competing claims about the strength of membership sales, Seeback and Muys signaled on Tuesday that they believe the winner is already known.
In a statement on social media, Seeback said he “believes there is one candidate … who can unite conservatives and Canadians to become our next prime minister. This is Pierre Poalier.”
Moyes, a rookie MP who was first elected to the municipality last fall, said Seeback was “right.”
Moyes said that while campaigning with progressive conservative candidates in Ontario during the recent provincial election campaign, he witnessed a “split” and suggested that the best way to cure these divisions was to unite behind Pierre Poalever. “.
“Canada needs him and us to do that,” Moyes said.
Both departures struck Brown. Currently, only two MPs support the candidacy of the mayor: Calgary MP Michel Rempel Garner and Doug Shipley MP, who represents Barry, Ont., The area Brown represented in the municipality.
Poalievr has 56 deputies who support his candidacy for leadership. Harest is supported by 16 deputies.
Brown’s spokesman Chisholm Potie told CBC News that the mayor was “very confident” he could win the race.
“We like where we are, we like our numbers and there is a strange lack of confidence coming from the Poilievre camp with their over-attacks,” Pottier said, quoting part of the quarrel on social media, which has become a hallmark of this race.
“This is not a game for the faint of heart. Approval from each and two dollars brings you a cup of coffee and one vote. We just lost two votes. We will compensate them elsewhere,” he said.
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