Canadian Conservatives are backing Pierre Poilievre despite losing the election to Mark Carney’s Liberals, saying the party made significant gains in the province of Ontario and among young voters. The party will face some soul-searching after it saw a 20-point polling lead crumble in the early months of this year,

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in the Canadian parliament, yielding to Liberal Party candidate Bruce Fanjoy in his Ottawa constituency, according to preliminary results announced on Tuesday.

Canada's main opposition leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in Monday's general election, results from Elections Canada showed, as the Conservatives were beaten by the incumbent Liberal Party.