section_path: Analysis and aftermath/Conservative Party
section_name: Conservative Party
paragraph_text: Conservative Party
  
  The Conservative Party achieved its highest vote share in decades in this election, garnering 41.3% of the vote—the highest for a conservative party since 1988 and the best result since the modern party's founding in 2003. They exceeded 35% of the popular vote in every province except for Quebec. The party secured 144 seats, second only to its majority government victory in 2011. Nevertheless, it still fell short of the Liberal Party in both vote share and seat count. Despite the overall electoral defeat, the Conservatives maintained a strong advantage in the three Prairie provinces. The party also made notable gains in areas traditionally less favourable to it, including the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario (particularly in York Region and Brampton), Vancouver Island and surrounding coastal regions in British Columbia, as well as several working-class regions such as Windsor and northern Ontario which political analyst Douglas Todd stated "helped shatter the myth that people who normally vote NDP would never vote for the Conservatives". Polling conducted for CBC News by Kolosowski Strategies found that Conservative gains in the northern Greater Toronto Area were driven by concerns about affordability, crime and immigration policies.
  
  In total, the Conservatives gained 24 seats—seven more than the Liberals' gain of 16 seats. The largest increase was in Ontario, where they picked up 15 new seats, a third of which were in York Region; in British Columbia, they gained 5 seats, just one fewer than the Liberals. They also gained two seats in Newfoundland and Labrador and one seat in Quebec, while in Nova Scotia the party lost 2 seats and was left with only one. After the election results were announced, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a concession speech in which he congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney and stated he would work with all parties to end Donald Trump's tariffs. Poilievre also emphasized that he would continue to serve as Conservative Party leader, and that the party would remain an effective opposition in Parliament, focusing on issues such as the economy, cost of living, housing, and defending the interests of Canadians. Shortly after the speech, it was confirmed that he had been defeated by Liberal Party candidate Bruce Fanjoy in the riding of Carleton. Voters in the area told the CBC that Poilievre's support for the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest which occupied part of the city core and his pledge to reduce the public service contributed to his loss in the riding. Calls from provincial conservative premiers for Poilievre to resign as Conservative leader grew following the election result.
  
  A few days after election day, Conservative MP Damien Kurek, who was re-elected with over 80% of the vote in the Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot, one of the party's safest ridings, announced his intention to resign in order to allow Poilievre to run in the succeeding by-election. Kurek will have to wait 30 days after the results of the election are published in the Canada Gazette in order to resign, and plans to run in Battle River-Crowfoot in the upcoming general election He subsequently resigned on June 17.
  
  While Poilievre holds no seat in the House of Commons, he is ineligible to continue as leader of the Opposition. This resulted in former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer being appointed interim leader.