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Former cabinet minister Rona Ambrose is the front-runner in a poll on who Canadians would like to see lead the Conservative Party of Canada, followed by former cabinet colleague Peter McKay.

The Léger survey, conducted for The Canadian Press, also found that the potential candidacy of former Quebec premier Jean Charest, who served as a Conservative cabinet minister before he entered provincial politics, is more popular in Quebec than elsewhere in the country.

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Ambrose, who served as interim leader of the CPC after the departure of Stephen Harper following the Tory defeat in the 2015 federal election, polled 18 per cent among respondents who identified themselves as Conservative supporters, six points ahead of MacKay and 14 points ahead of Charest.

The only potential candidate to match Ambrose’s support among Conservatives was Harper, although his return to politics is perceived as being extremely unlikely.