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Tories vote against rule change allowing Rona Ambrose to run for permanent leadership

Conservatives have soundly defeated efforts to give interim leader Rona Ambrose the ability to run for permanent leadership of their party.

Some party delegates were angry issue was raised at party's Vancouver convention

Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose performed her role well enough to prompt a move to change the party's constitution to allow her to run for permanent leader, but that move failed to pass a vote at the party's convention. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press )

Conservatives have soundly defeated efforts to give interim leader Rona Ambrose the ability to run for permanent leadership of their party.

A last-minute motion to change the current rules barring her from seeking the job failed to pass at the party's convention.

Some delegates were angry it was even up for debate, saying Ambrose knew the rules when she took the temporary job.

But others pointed out she wasn't aware of the campaign to draft her.

That's why, one Tory argued, the motion should fail Ambrose doesn't want the job.

The vote to replace her will be held in exactly one year, on May 27, 2017.