Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses his own seat in Canadian Parliament

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre with his wife Anaida (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre was voted out of his own seat in Parliament as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projected.

The loss of his seat representing his Ottawa district during Monday’s election capped a stunning decline in fortunes for the firebrand, who only a few months ago appeared to be a shoo-in to become Canada’s next prime minister and to shepherd the Conservatives back into power for the first time in a decade.