Conservative support lowest in Quebec: CityNews-Leger poll

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is not a popular choice for prime minister in Quebec, according to a CityNews-Leger poll.

Only 19 per cent of Quebecers say they intend to vote for Poilievre if an election were held today, compared to 43 per cent for Mark Carney’s Liberals and 27 per cent Yves-François Blanchet’s Bloc Québécois.

That 19 per cent support is lowest among Canadian provinces or regions polled. Support for the Conservatives is 55 per cent in Alberta, 53 per cent in Saskatchewan/Manitoba, 40 per cent in Ontario, 35 per cent in B.C., and 34 per cent in the Atlantic provinces.

Similarly, only 19 per cent of Quebecers feel Poilievre would make the best prime minister, with 36 per cent choosing Carney and nine per cent for Blanchet.

It’s not unusual for Conservative support to be low in Quebec, with the province historically splitting the vote between the Bloc or Liberals (or the NDP in 2011). Quebec typically elects a handful of Conservative MPs; there are nine currently in Parliament.

Nationally, that CityNews-Leger poll suggests Carney’s Liberals hold a slight advantage over Poilievre’s Conservatives in voter intention — 40 per cent to 37 per cent — with the Liberals being bolstered by Justin Trudeau stepping down and the nomination of Carney as new party leader.

The poll was conducted between March 10-13, among 1,504 respondents as part of an online survey. The results were weighted according to age, gender, region and education to ensure a representative sample of the Canadian population. A probability sample of this size would yield a margin of error of +/- 2.49 per cent.