Newly minted Conservatives hope to help stop Leitch, O’Leary – Nova Scotia – CBC News

It was the desire to oppose candidates — not support one — that prompted Kelly Maher to join a political party for the first time in her life. The Halifax resident said she recently joined the Conservative Party of Canada because she wanted to try to stop two leadership candidates in particular from winning the race in May. Fourteen people are vying to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper as party leader. “If [Kellie] Leitch and [Kevin] O’Leary are some of the front-runners then I would want to do what I can to…

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