Right after elections Canada PM as Tory leader wants to resign

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper would step down after losing legislative elections to the Liberals headed by Justin Trudeau, it had been declared on Monday.

Party president John Walsh said in a statement that Harper had instructed him to “reach out to the recently elected parliamentary caucus to make an interim leader” and to begin a process of picking out a new leader. Harper directed three successive authorities before he was conquered in a come-from-behind Liberal landslide on Monday.

An economist seen as at home, awkward and prickly ploughing than glad-handing voters Harper had managed since taking office, to smooth his image. But his popularity sank to an all-time low ahead of the latest vote.