Andrew Scheer stepping down as Conservative leader
Posted Dec 12, 2019 9:50 am.
Last Updated Dec 12, 2019 10:23 am.
OTTAWA – Andrew Scheer appears to be stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Multiple sources are reporting Scheer will announce his resignation in the House of Commons Thursday morning.
The decision comes less than two months after a disappointing election result and after weeks of Conservative infighting about whether he should have a future as the head of the party.
Scheer was elected as the party leader in May 2017, barely besting Maxime Bernier in the contest.
The Conservatives held the Liberals to a minority government in October but many in the party had hoped for a better result.
– With files from The Canadian Press
