Conservatives oust candidate in Quebec, 2nd in a day
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Marquis did not elaborate what posts specifically were referenced, but criticized the Conservatives for their decision saying the party had 'cut loose a devoted ally.'
The Conservative Party has dropped a candidate from its roster of nominees in Quebec, the second person the party has ousted on the same day.
Stefan Marquis, who was running for the Tories in the Quebec riding of Laurier – Sainte-Marie, said in a post on X he had received a call Tuesday morning from one of the party’s operations managers in the province and was told that he would no longer be the Conservatives’ candidate.
“I was told without further note that ‘certain’ individuals within the party had consulted my recent posts on Twitter-X and deemed these sufficient reason to end our political collaboration,” Marquis wrote.
Marquis did not elaborate what posts specifically were referenced but criticized the Conservatives for their decision, saying the party had “cut loose a devoted ally” who would run in what he called a “proven complicated political landscape.”
The riding of Laurier – Sainte-Marie has never been held by the Conservatives since its creation in 1987, bouncing primarily between the Bloc Quebecois and Liberals.
The NDP held it from 2011 until 2019 following the “orange crush” of the 2011 election.
The riding was held from 1993 until 2011 by former Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe.
The incumbent candidate is Liberal Steven Guilbeault, who served in former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet as environment minister and was named to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet shortly before the election was called.
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