With his political future on the line, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’s leaving nothing to chance while campaigning in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot.

Poilievre, who lost the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy in the April federal election, has been given a second chance at winning a seat in the House of Commons, this time in Battle River-Crowfoot. Former MP Damien Kurek resigned in June to allow Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Alberta riding, where a record 214 candidates are registered.

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In the spring election, Kurek won the safe Conservative seat with 83 per cent support, and a pollster has said the Conservative leader will easily win Battle River-Crowfoot, where advance polling wrapped up Monday

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