2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election

2025 Battle River—Crowfoot by-election

August 18, 2025

Riding of Battle River—Crowfoot
Registered85,736
Turnout59.83% ( 16.66 pp)
 
Candidate Pierre Poilievre Bonnie Critchley
Party Conservative Independent
Popular vote 41,308 5,018
Percentage 80.86% 9.82%
Swing 1.98 pp n/a

Member of Parliament before election

Damien Kurek
Conservative

Elected member of Parliament

Pierre Poilievre
Conservative

A by-election was held on August 18, 2025, to elect a member of Parliament (MP) to represent Battle River—Crowfoot, Alberta, in the House of Commons for the remainder of the 45th Parliament following the resignation of Conservative Party MP Damien Kurek. The by-election was won by Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party, subsequently making him the leader of the Official Opposition.

Poilievre defeated 213 other candidates and received 80.86 per cent of the vote, with the closest runner-up Independent candidate Bonnie Critchley receiving 9.82 per cent. Poilievre previously represented Carleton, Ontario, from the 2004 general election until his defeat by Liberal Party candidate Bruce Fanjoy in the 2025 general election.