Conservative MP Scott Aitchison expected to resign this fall: sources

MP and former Conservative leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is expected to resign his seat later this fall, sources tell CBC News.

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Conservative MP Scott Aitchison has represented the Ontario riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka since 2019. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

MP and former Conservative leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is expected to resign his seat later this fall, three sources tell CBC News.

A senior Conservative source said Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was told last week that Aitchison plans to leave at the end of the fall sitting.

The MP's departure was expected to be announced next week, one source said.

The resignation would add Aitchison to a list of Conservative MPs exiting electoral politics in recent months.

Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed former Conservative MP Richard Martel to the Senate early in the summer. Martel was sworn into the Red Chamber earlier this week.

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