OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will return to his seat in the House of Commons in September, after winning a byelection in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot on Monday.

Here are five things to know about the byelection.

1. Poilievre got more than 80 per cent of the vote

Battle River—Crowfoot is one of the safest Conservative seats in the country. The party has reached 80 per cent in every election but one since 2004.

Damien Kurek won with just shy of 83 per cent of the vote in April, and some observers have suggested in recent weeks that Poilievre would need to reach the same threshold to maintain the confidence of the party.

Conservative members will hold a secret-ballot vote on Poilievre’s leadership at their campaign in late January.

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