Alberta Tory MP Stepping Down to Let Poilievre Run in Riding

Conservative MP for Battle River-Crowfoot Damien Kurek rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Dec. 14, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Conservative MP Damien Kurek says he will renounce his seat in the House of Commons to allow Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to compete in a byelection.

Poilievre, who had held the Carleton riding since 2004, lost it to Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy in the April 28 federal election.