John Baird - a key ally of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and an experienced campaigner - quit on Tuesday, saying he wanted to do something else after 20 years in politics.
But insiders said Baird had become increasingly frustrated with officials in Harper's office, both on major issues and also over what he saw as excessive micro-management.
Baird, the sources said, unsuccessfully pushed for tougher measures against Moscow last year. He was also upset that Harper's office would not allow him to use government jets more often when on official travel.
Just as significantly, two people familiar with Baird's thinking said he had concluded the low-tax tough-on-crime Conservatives did not have a good chance of winning another majority in the next election.
"It's better to leave now rather than being one of 35 ex-cabinet ministers suddenly seeking a job after the election," said one of the people, who declined to be named citing the sensitivity of the matter.
The signs of dissent are highly unusual, since Harper - seeking to win a rare fourth consecutive election - has kept a very tight grip since coming to power in early 2006.
Baird's loss is a political and strategic setback that comes at a tricky time.
Although the party has risen in the polls in recent months, it is still only neck-and-neck with the opposition Liberals of Justin Trudeau and looks on course to lose its parliamentary majority in the October polls.
Surveys suggest Trudeau's party, which Harper paints as too soft on issues such as fighting terrorism, would only need few more percentage points in support to form a minority government.
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