OTTAWA — The Conservatives have dropped a second candidate in less than 24 hours.

In a publication on X, Stefan Marquis wrote that he was informed by a Conservative party official in Quebec that he would no longer represent them in Laurier—Sainte-Marie — a Montreal riding held since 2019 by former environment minister Steven Guilbeault.

Marquis said he was told, during a call that he said lasted less than a minute, that people within the party had decided to drop him as a candidate because of social media posts.