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Conservative Party Leadership election date set

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The Conservative Party’s Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) met in Toronto to discuss the process for the Party to elect its next leader.

The LEOC has selected May 27, 2017 for Conservative Party members to elect their next leader.

In order to vote in the Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership election, you must hold a valid Conservative Party membership. We encourage anyone interested in voting in the leadership election to purchase or renew their membership now to ensure they’re eligible to vote on May 27, 2017.

Although no one has formally come out to say they are running, there are 10 possible contenders to replace Stephen Harper:

Lisa Raitt, Kevin O’Leary, Peter MacKay, Jason Kenney, Maxime Bernier, Kellie Leitch, Tony Clement, Doug Ford, Michelle Rempel and Brad Wall.

More details to come.

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