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Canada's Conservatives Pick Scheer as Harper Legacy Looms Large

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  • Andrew Scheer claims come-from-behind leadership victory
  • Leapfrogs favorite ‘Mad Max’ Bernier in final ballot
Andrew Scheer celebrates after being named the next leader of the party on May 27.

Andrew Scheer celebrates after being named the next leader of the party on May 27.

 Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

Canada’s Conservative Party has settled on a stay-the-course candidate to be its next leader, electing Andrew Scheer to be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief rival in a surprise multi-ballot victory.

Scheer, a 38-year-old bilingual father of five, was elected in voting revealed Saturday in Toronto from a field of 14 candidates. He had trailed libertarian Maxime Bernier, a black-sheep former cabinet minister, through the first 12 ballots before leapfrogging Bernier and passing the required 50 percent threshold on the 13th and final ballot. He finished with 51 percent.