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Peter MacKay eyed as next Conservative leader

Justice Minister tops
popularity survey

 

By Patrick Vaillancourt,
Contributor

hile the campaign to
replace Stephen Harper

as leader of the Conservative
Party of Canada has not yet
started, a poll conducted by the
Huffington Post Canada reveals
that a plurality of Canadians
would favour Justice Minister
Peter MacKay as the next leader
of the governing Tories.

MacKay has been the de
facto deputy leader of the
Conservative Party under
Harper since 2004, when
the Canadian Alliance and
Progressive Conservative
parties merged to form the
Conservative Party of Canada.
MacKay was the last leader
of the federal Progressive
Conservatives.

The survey, which was
put into the field shortly
after Prime Minister Stephen
Harper’s summer cabinet
shuffle, revealed that MacKay

the political spectrum. Eighty
per cent of the more than 3,308
respondents indicated they were
not Conservative supporters,
while 20 per cent were Tory
supporters.

MacKay received 999 votes
(30.2 per cent) from respondents
in the survey, besting all of his
opponents by a wide-margin,
winning a plurality of votes
in every Canadian province.
Jason Kenney, the Minister
of Employment and Social
Development, garnered 12
per cent support in the poll,
good enough for second place.
Foreign Affairs Minister John
Baird rounded out the top three
with nine per cent support.

Prime Minister Harper
has given no indication that
he’s ready to step down as
Conservative leader, but
speculation of his retirement
from politics has been sparked
by the numerous scandals
plaguing his government.

MacKay served as Canada’s
defence minister from 2007
before this summer’s cabinet
shuffle, when he was made
Justice Minister and Attorney
General of Canada.

 

has some support from across

Peter MacKay | Photo courtesy of Chris Wattie/Reuters

 

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