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Audrey Brennan, Research Fellow & PhD Candidate, Political Science, Université Laval

Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Members of the Conservative caucus applaud Erin O'Toole after his address to the group during a meeting in Ottawa in June 2021. Beside O'Toole is Candice Bergen, the party's new interim leader following O'Toole's ouster. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Erin O'Toole is the second person to lead the Conservative Party of Canada since Stephen Harper stepped down in 2015. Why is it significant that the Conservative caucus ousted him?

The Conservative Party isn’t the only party whose leaders stay in the top job for increasingly shorter periods. The Liberal Party of Canada dealt with a similar issue in the mid-2000s.

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