Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he is confident there will be no leadership coup to oust him from his role, despite losing his own seat as a member of Parliament.

Poilievre lost his Ottawa-area seat of Carleton, which he had represented for nearly 21 years, to rookie Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy by 4,513 votes in the 2025 federal election.

When asked by Global News on Friday if he is worried about a challenge to his leadership, Poilievre said only “no.”

He then did not directly answer whether he believes he is the reason the Conservatives lost, instead pointing to the gains the party made.

“We got 2.4 million more votes, 25 more seats. We had the biggest vote count in our party’s history. The biggest increase in our party’s history. The biggest vote share since 1988,” P

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