In fundraising appeals sent to supporters ahead of Monday's vote, the Conservative Party billed Battle River-Crowfoot as the "most important by-election in Canadian history."

It was at least the most important byelection in the history of Pierre Poilievre. Not that the winner was ever in much doubt.

In attempting to regain a seat in the House of Commons — a chamber he first entered in 2004 at the age of 25 — Poilievre chose one of the safest ridings for a Conservative. In April, the Conservative candidate in Battle River-Crowfoot won with 83 per cent of the vote.

With the exception of the 2019 election when the right-wing People's Party of Canada took nine per cent of the vote in the riding, the Conservative Party's candidate had never won less than 80 per cent of the vote in Battle R

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