Poilievre stands as sole Conservative incumbent in Ottawa

With six federal elections under his belt already,Pierre Poilievrewill defendhis riding once again, standing as the sole Conservative incumbent in Ottawa.

Under the Harper government, Poilievreserved as the country'sminister of employment and social developmentand was the lead minister for the National Capital Region. He was first elected in 2004.

NowPoilievre is the opposition critic for jobs and industry, and was one of the most vocal criticsduring the WE Charity scandal.

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He won Carleton with more than 46 per cent of the vote in 2019, sealing the deal with5,629 more ballots than his Liberal opponent.

Trying to topple the veteran politician are:

• Peter Crawleyrepresenting the People's Party of Canada, who also runs a heating and cooling company,
• Nira Dookeranagain representing the Greens,
• the NDP's Kevin Hua, who ran against Poilievre in 2019 as one of the country's youngest candidates, at just 18 years old,
• and Liberal candidateGustave Roy, a newcomer to federal politics who has worked in banking and ran a snow-clearing start-up.

Carleton in 2019