Editing Andrew Scheer (section)

====2019 federal election====
{{main|2019 Canadian federal election}}
At the 2019 election, Scheer led the Conservatives to a gain of 26 seats for a total of 121, up from 95 at the time of dissolution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://election.ctvnews.ca/conservatives-win-popular-vote-but-lose-election-1.4649651|title=Conservatives win popular vote but lose election|website=election.ctvnews.ca|date=22 October 2019}}</ref> However, they finished 36 seats behind the Liberals despite winning 34.4 per cent of the popular vote to the Liberals' 33.1 per cent, a margin of just over 240,000 votes. It was the first time since 1979 that a party won the most seats without winning the popular vote.<ref name=toronto>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-election-results-1.5330105|title=Ontario and Quebec keep Liberals in power and Conservatives out|publisher=cbc.ca|date=22 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://election.ctvnews.ca/historic-opportunity-opposition-leaders-take-stock-after-liberal-minority-win-1.4649796|title='Historic opportunity': Opposition leaders take stock after Liberal minority win|first=Rachel|last=Aiello|date=22 October 2019|website=Federal Election 2019}}</ref> It was also the first time since a government took power with less than 35 per cent of the national popular vote since the [[John A. Macdonald]]-led Tories in 1867, who had 34.8 per cent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/canadian-federal-election-2019-liberals-justin-trudeau-win|title=All-time low share of popular vote is enough for Liberals to win power &#124; National Post|newspaper=National Post |date=22 October 2019|last1=Brean |first1=Joseph }}</ref>

Much of the Conservatives' plurality was built on large margins in Alberta and Saskatchewan, where they won 70 per cent and 65 per cent of the popular vote, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-election-results-2019-cbc-leaders-1.5329485|title=Liberals take losses but win enough in Quebec and Ontario to form minority government|publisher=cbc.ca|date=21 October 2019}}</ref> However, they only won five seats in the suburbs of the [[Greater Toronto Area]] and were completely shut out in Toronto itself, in part due to the unpopularity of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|provincial Conservative]] government of Premier [[Doug Ford]].<ref name=toronto/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-vote-compass-results-1.5329652|title=Doug Ford's government hurt Andrew Scheer in Ontario, Vote Compass data suggests|publisher=cbc.ca|date=21 October 2019}}</ref>

On December 12, 2019, Scheer announced that he would resign as leader of the Conservatives and Official Opposition, staying on until a new leader could be selected.<ref name=resign>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-resigns-1.5393803|title=Conservative caucus backs Scheer as interim leader amid private school backlash|publisher=cbc.ca|date=12 December 2019}}</ref> The same day, the Conservative Party confirmed that it had been paying the difference in the cost of private school tuition for Scheer's children in Saskatchewan and the higher cost of tuition in Ottawa—insisting the tuition matter was not the reason for Scheer's resignation.<ref name=resign/>