Leona Alleslev

Leona Alleslev-Krofchak is a Canadian politician and former military officer who served as the member of Parliament for Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill. She was elected as a Liberal in the 2015 federal election, and crossed the floor to join the Conservative Party in 2018, citing disagreements with the Liberal government over their handling of economic and foreign affairs. On October 21, 2019, she was re-elected as a Conservative. Alleslev was defeated in the 2021 federal election.
Alleslev was a candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election|2022 Conservative leadership election]. On December 15, 2024, Alleslev announced that she would be seeking the nomination for the federal Conservative Party candidate in the riding of Kingston and the Islands, but on January 26, 2025, she announced that she was ending that bid.

Political career

Alleslev was elected as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2015 federal election, in the riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill. She crossed the floor to join the Conservative Party in September 2018.
After being re-elected as a Conservative following the 2019 election, Andrew Scheer appointed Alleslev as the deputy Opposition leader and deputy Conservative leader.
On July 12, 2020, Alleslev announced that she was stepping down as Deputy Leader. Alleslev expressed her interest in engaging in one of the leadership campaigns in the 2020 leadership race. On July 13, 2020, she endorsed Peter MacKay to be the next Conservative leader. Peter MacKay's campaign claims it did not cut a deal with her to get her endorsement and Alleslev stated that "My loyalty can’t be bought, it must be earned." She was succeeded as deputy leader by Candice Bergen.

On March 24, 2022, Alleslev announced that she would be contesting the leadership election of the Conservative Party.
On April 29, she withdrew from the contest after being unable to come up with the $300,000 registration fee.