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Award-winning Journalist. Anchor @CPAC_TV. Former National Reporter @CBCNews. Co-Creator, CBC’s Black On the Prairies. Journalism Fellow @masseycollege. Nomad.

Aug 24, 2020, 5 tweets

Fascinating, Leslyn Lewis won... Saskatchewan. #cnpoli #CPCLeadership #cpcldr

Lewis’s win in Saskatchewan is interesting. She had solid support from some conservative heavyweights in the prov. She is a social conservative, pro-life. Fascinating to note the impact of groups like Campaign for Life Coalition on the ground/at the ballot box #cpcldr #cdnpoli

It is indeed interesting that a Black woman candidate to the Conservative leadership won in #Saskatchewan. #CPCLeadership #conservativeleadership #cpcldr #cdnpoli

Leslyn Lewis has emerged as one of the fascinating stories of the 2020 Conservative leadership race.

She came first in Saskatchewan, second in Alberta and did well in several other provinces.
She’s a social conservative.

#cdnpoli #cpcldr2020

Although she is not the 1st Black woman to run for the leadership of a major party in the country, she is the first Black woman to seek the leadership for the #Conservative party.

Rosemary Brown made a bid for #NDP leadership in 1975.

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