Overview
- Multiple news outlets report that Conservative MP Scott Aitchison intends to leave his Parry Sound–Muskoka seat, with details based on unnamed party sources rather than a public statement from the MP.
- Aitchison has served as the riding’s MP since 2019, was the party’s housing critic and ran for the Conservative leadership in 2022 as a moderate voice.
- Reports say Aitchison privately informed Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre of his decision, but his office has not confirmed the reports and no formal resignation has been filed.
- His expected departure would join several recent Conservative exits, including a senate appointment for Richard Martel and resignations by Cathay Wagantall and Larry Brock, increasing turnover on the party’s benches.
- Coverage differs on timing—one outlet reports an announcement and exit at the end of the fall sitting while another says by year-end—and the reported resignation would create another vacancy in a House already holding six empty seats, which could prompt by-election timing and political calculations.