Toronto-area MP Erin O’Toole is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is 47 and has been the member for Durham since 2012. O’Toole was Minister of Veteran Affairs in the former Harper government. Last night he defeated party founding father (2003) and former Minister of Defence Peter MacKay in the 2020 Conservative leadership election to succeed Andrew Scheer as CPC leader. It appears the ballotting was contentious, requiring three rounds of voting.
