The federal Conservatives raised more money than the Liberals and NDP combined in the second quarter of this year as the party inched closer to electing a new leader.
The Conservatives raised more than $4.4 million from about 36,000 donors between April 1 and June 30 while in the middle of a leadership race.
The governing Liberals collected nearly $2.8 million from nearly 28,000 donors, and the New Democrats received nearly $1.2 million in donations from nearly 16,000 people.
The federal Greens raised almost $438,000 from about 5,200 Canadians, while more than 1,600 people donated about $248,000 to the Bloc Quebecois.
The People’s Party of Canada, which has no seats in parliament, raised just under $200,000 from about 4,000 donors.
All parties except the Greens received less money from donations in the second quarter than in the first three months of the year.
A year-on-year comparison showed donations were down from the second quarter of 2021, when parties were preparing for rumored snap elections.
In that quarter, the Conservatives raised almost $5.2 million from about 35,000 donors and the Liberals raised $3.3 million from more than 36,000 donors, while more than 18,000 NDP supporters gave just over $1.5 million. The Greens received about $682,000 in donations from more than 8,000 Canadians, and the Bloc Québécois raised about $312,000 from 2,300 donors.
There were no submissions for the People’s Party of Canada for the second quarter of last year.
Financial returns filed with Elections Canada also show contributions to Conservative federal leadership candidates in the second quarter totaling more than $8 million.
Favorite Pierre Poillievre received the most contributions of the candidates vying for the party leadership.
Poilievre raised just over $4 million, while former Quebec premier Jean Charest raised almost $1.4 million for the race.
The Conservatives will announce the winner of the leadership race on September 10.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 2, 2022.
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