Five things to know about Andrew Scheer’s victory in Conservative race
TORONTO — Longtime Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer returns to the House of Commons Monday as the Conservative party’s new leader and that of the Official Opposition. Here are five things to know about the election that gave him those posts:
1) Scheer started off in second place. The Tories use a preferential ballot. In the first round of counting, he had 21.82 per cent of the available points to Quebec MP Maxime Bernier’s 28.89 per cent. But as the lower performing candidates were dropped from the ballot, his support began to rise.
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2) He didn’t win until the end. On the 12th ballot, Erin O’Toole had 21.26 per cent to Scheer’s 38.36 and Bernier’s 40.38. When O’Toole dropped off, that’s what put Scheer over the top.