{"id":403493,"date":"2022-02-05T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T02:00:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:00:10","slug":"who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"#Who is Candice Bergen, the interim Conservative leader?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3844d8f21dd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3844d8f21dd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader\/#Shes_a_long-time_Parliamentarian\" >She\u2019s a long-time Parliamentarian<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader\/#Shes_a_rural_MP_with_a_distaste_for_big_government\" >She\u2019s a rural MP with a distaste for big government<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader\/#Most_Tories_seem_to_like_her\" >Most Tories seem to like her<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader\/#Shes_socially_conservative%E2%80%93and_its_already_getting_her_in_trouble\" >She\u2019s socially conservative\u2013and it\u2019s already getting her in trouble<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-candice-bergen-the-interim-conservative-leader\/#And_the_other_Candice_Bergen\" >And the other Candice Bergen<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Who is Candice Bergen, the interim Conservative leader?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            She&#8217;s a long time Parliamentarian (with a famous name) and well liked in an increasingly divided party\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a tumultuous and controversial tenure that ended with a convoy of trucks sieging the capital, Erin O\u2019Toole\u2019s time as Conservative leader has drawn to a close. Tory mainstay Candice Bergen has taken his place; she will serve as interim leader until the next permanent leader is chosen. There\u2019s still no telling when that leadership convention might take place, but Rona Ambrose served as interim leader for a year-and-a-half after Stephen Harper\u2019s 2015 defeat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Candice Bergen, and how will she fare as the glue binding a crumbling party together? We\u2019ve compiled everything you need to know about the country\u2019s new opposition leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shes_a_long-time_Parliamentarian\"><\/span>She\u2019s a long-time Parliamentarian<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bergen was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008, representing the Manitoba riding of Portage\u2013Lisgar for the Conservatives under Stephen Harper. She\u2019s held the riding ever since, and slowly climbed the internal Tory ladder after her initial election. Harper gave her a junior cabinet position in 2013\u2013Minister of State for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Development\u2013and former interim leader Rona Ambrose anointed her Opposition House Leader in 2016.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0The Conservative Party\u2019s identity crisis, post-O\u2019Toole<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-shes-a-strong-speaker-but-candice-bergens-secret-power-is-the-ability\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Globe and Mail<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> profile<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Bergen said she considered running for the Conservative leadership in 2020, but ultimately decided not to because she can\u2019t speak fluent French. Erin O\u2019Toole wound up winning the leadership that year and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed her deputy leader of the party.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shes_a_rural_MP_with_a_distaste_for_big_government\"><\/span>She\u2019s a rural MP with a distaste for big government<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bergen hails from the small community of Morden, Man. Her dad sold car parts and her mom was a cleaner at a hospital. She got involved with the Canadian Alliance party in the early 2000s, and increasingly grew distressed about the growing federal deficits being incurred by the governing Liberals. Her current riding of Portage\u2013Lisgar covers a number of rural Manitoba communities, including Morden.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Most_Tories_seem_to_like_her\"><\/span>Most Tories seem to like her<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bergen\u2019s stepping into the leadership at a time where her party is fiercely divided between social conservatives and moderates\u2014a divide that led to her predecessor\u2019s demise and her ascension to the party\u2019s helm. Bergen seems to be someone who could bridge that divide, at least temporarily. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/portage-candice-bergen-interim-cpc-leader-constituents-conservative-groups-1.6338870\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019s popular in the prairies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a favourite of social conservatives like Andrew Scheer and moderates like Erin O\u2019Toole, and is seen as a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/local\/tories-put-faith-in-peacemaking-portage-mp-576168942.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">peacemaker with a steady hand<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has the backing of her party for now, but she\u2019ll be tasked with holding the party together until her replacement is chosen at the next party convention. Although many moderate Conservatives (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/03\/everyone-has-exhaled-candice-bergen-brings-steady-hand-to-conservative-caucus.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including former interim leader Rona Ambrose<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) view Bergen as a safe choice, Bergen\u2019s consistent history of social conservatism have led to significant backlash outside the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shes_socially_conservative%E2%80%93and_its_already_getting_her_in_trouble\"><\/span>She\u2019s socially conservative\u2013and it\u2019s already getting her in trouble<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much of the coverage around Bergen\u2019s latest appointment has revolved around her apparent approval of the trucker convoy causing mayhem on Parliament Hill. \u201cI don\u2019t think we should be asking them to go home,\u201d wrote Bergen in an internal email acquired by the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Globe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s also come out that she <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/bergen-pushed-o-toole-to-back-convoy-saying-there-are-good-people-on-both-sides-sources-1.5768337\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pushed O\u2019Toole to publicly support the convoy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before his ouster, saying there\u2019s \u201cgood people on both sides.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among her most controversial opinions: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/candicebergenmp\/status\/1478392254909886483\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she wants to defund the CBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/mp-candice-bergen-mulling-conservative-leadership-bid\/article31645935\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she\u2019s anti-abortion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/members\/en\/votes\/43\/2\/175\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she voted against the conversion therapy ban<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"And_the_other_Candice_Bergen\"><\/span>And the other Candice Bergen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She shares a name with a famous actress. But they aren\u2019t politically aligned. The other Candice Bergen is best known for leading 80s sitcom <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murphy Brown<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, scoring an Oscar nomination for the 1979 movie <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting Over<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and hosting a slew of SNL episodes over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Bergen also went on a date with Donald Trump back in the mid-60s, when she was just 18. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/candice-bergen-says-her-date-with-donald-trump-when-she-was-18-was-really-a-dud\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said the date was a \u201cdud.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fittingly, Bergen\u2019s character in the 2018 reboot of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murphy Brown<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> got in <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/murphy-brown-boss-trumps-frightening-stance-press-1164463\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a fictional Twitter fight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the former president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada\u2019s Candice Bergen, on the other hand, got in hot water last year after a photo of her in a camo \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hat <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/candice-bergen-maga-hat-1.5865727\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">showed up online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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