New Delhi, April 29 -- Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre lost his parliamentary seat in Monday's federal election, marking a dramatic fall from grace for the populist firebrand once seen as a frontrunner to become Canada's next prime minister.

Poilievre, who represented an Ottawa district, was unseated, CBC reported, as voters decisively turned away from his Trump-style "Canada First" campaign rhetoric.

Poilievre's defeat clears the way for Mark Carney, former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, to take over as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party. Carney rose quickly in the Liberal ranks following Justin Trudeau's resignation amid sagging popularity due to rising food and housing costs.

Poilievre had hoped ...