Conservative Party of Canada
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| March 2025 | The Globe and Mail reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service suggested Indian agents had done some organizing on behalf of Poilievre's campaign, though no evidence of senior Conservative awareness was found. |
| March 2025 | Pierre Poilievre is the current leader of the Conservative Party, with election results pending. |
| March 24 2025 | CTV mistakenly displayed a graphic showing PPC polling in third place and potentially winning 84 seats, which contradicts actual polling data showing zero seat projections. |
| January 28 2025 | Former PPC candidate Trevor Wowk faced three new charges including violations of the Tobacco Tax Act, Excise Act, and Criminal Code of Canada, in addition to previous gun-related charges. |
| January 6 2025 | Justin Trudeau announced his intention to resign from leadership of the Liberal Party and as Prime Minister. |
| October 18 2024 | Maxime Bernier made controversial statements about Hardeep Singh Nijjar, claiming he was not a Canadian citizen and that his murder by Indian intelligence was part of 'tribal conflicts'. |
| September 16 2024 | Gregory Yablunovsky ran in the LaSalle—Émard—Verdun by-election, earning 0.49% of the vote. |
| September 16 2024 | Sarah Couture ran in the simultaneous Elmwood—Transcona by-election, earning 1.25% of the vote. |
| June 2024 | National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians released a report revealing foreign interference in the leadership race by governments of India and China, targeting Patrick Brown due to diaspora relationships. |
| June 24 2024 | Dennis Wilson ran in the Toronto—St. Paul's by-election, earning 0.64% of the vote. |
| March 4 2024 | Patricia Conlin ran as the PPC candidate in the Durham by-election, receiving 4% of the vote, compared to her 5.50% in the 2021 election. |
| 2023 | Stephen Barber becomes Conservative Party president, serving from 2023 to present. |
| 2023 | The People's Party of Canada, under Maxime Bernier's leadership, published a self-defence policy during his campaign for the Portage—Lisgar seat, proposing to legalize pepper spray for self-defence purposes by removing it from the list of prohibited weapons. |
| 2023 | The PPC ran candidates in federal by-elections in Winnipeg South Centre, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, Portage—Lisgar, and Oxford. |
| July 24 2023 | Party leader Maxime Bernier ran in the Portage-Lisgar by-election, winning 17% of the vote but losing the election. |
| July 24 2023 | The PPC's 'Western Lieutenant' Kelly Lorencz ran in the Calgary Heritage by-election and lost. |
| 2022 | The PPC candidate in the Mississauga—Lakeshore federal by-election received 1.2% of the vote. |
| 2022 | People's Party of Canada organized a rally in Waterloo, Ontario, featuring Maxime Bernier and independent MPP Randy Hillier to support the Freedom Convoy 2022's call to end COVID-19 mandates. |
| 2022 | Conservative Party leadership candidates engaged in fundraising activities, with Pierre Poilievre emerging as the top fundraiser across Q1, Q2, and Q3, collecting significantly higher amounts compared to other candidates such as Jean Charest and Leslyn Lewis. |
| September 13 2022 | Melissa Lantsman becomes Deputy Leader, appointed by Pierre Poilievre, serving alongside Tim Uppal |
| September 12 2022 | Luc Berthold's term as Deputy Leader ends |
| September 12 2022 | Pierre Poilievre delivered his first speech to the Conservative Party caucus as the new party leader. |
| September 10 2022 | The Conservative Party officially announced Pierre Poilievre as the winner of the leadership election, securing 68% of the points in the first round. |
| August 7 2022 | Leger polling conducted on this date, showing support levels for Conservative Party leadership candidates, with Pierre Poilievre leading at 44% and other candidates having varying levels of support. |
| August 3 2022 | Final leadership debate held in Ottawa, Ontario by Conservative Party of Canada in Bilingual format |
| July 2022 | Pierre Poilievre immediately announced he would not attend the third official leadership debate. |
| July 2022 | Leadership Election Organizing Committee officially announced the third leadership debate would be held in August. |
| July 2022 | One week after Poilievre's announcement, Leslyn Lewis also declared she would not participate in the third official leadership debate, potentially facing a fine of at least $50,000 under leadership election rules. |
| July 8 2022 | Leadership debate held in Calgary, Alberta by Western Standard in English |
| July 5 2022 | Patrick Brown was disqualified from the leadership race by the party's Leadership Election Organizing Committee due to alleged violations of financial provisions in the Canada Elections Act. |
| June 3 2022 | Deadline for joining the Conservative Party to be eligible to vote in the leadership election. |
| May 30 2022 | Planned leadership debate in Toronto, Ontario by Independent Press Gallery of Canada was cancelled |
| May 25 2022 | Leadership debate held in Montreal, Quebec by Conservative Party of Canada in French |
| May 11 2022 | Second leadership debate held in Edmonton, Alberta by Conservative Party of Canada in English |
| May 5 2022 | First leadership debate held in Ottawa, Ontario by Canada Strong and Free Network in English |
| May 2 2022 | The Conservative Party announced the final verified candidates: Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, and Pierre Poilievre. |
| May 1 2022 | Candidates' forum held by seven Greater Toronto Area Conservative electoral district associations in Burlington, Ontario, where all verified candidates gave six-minute speeches. |
| April 2022 | Leadership Election Organizing Committee advised candidates they may hold a third official leadership debate in August. |
| April 29 2022 | Final deadline for leadership candidates to submit remaining registration fees, including $150,000 registration fee, $100,000 security deposit, and 500 member endorsement signatures spanning at least 30 Electoral Districts in 7 provinces. |
| April 28 2022 | Scott Aitchison was verified as a candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. |
| April 26 2022 | Leslyn Lewis was verified as a candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. |
| April 26 2022 | Roman Baber was verified as a candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. |
| April 19 2022 | Deadline for potential leadership candidates to apply to the Leadership Candidate Nominating Committee, requiring a completed questionnaire, Code of Conduct endorsement, and initial $50,000 deposit. |
| April 14 2022 | The use of prepaid credit cards for the leadership election was officially banned. |
| April 12 2022 | Poilievre raised concerns about potential membership fraud through prepaid credit cards and demanded prohibition of their use for purchasing party memberships. |
| April 8 2022 | Patrick Brown was approved as a candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. |
| March 30 2022 | Concerns arose about potential compromise of party membership lists, with reports of fake donation pledges made using a Ukrainian IP address. Melanie Paradis warned about unauthorized $120 donation pledge on Twitter. |
| March 25 2022 | Scott Aitchison was approved as a candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. |
| March 22 2022 | Roman Baber was approved as a candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. |
| March 16 2022 | Scott Aitchison announced his candidacy for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. |
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