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 between April 1 and June 30, while the Liberals raised nearly $2.8 million and the New Democrats received almost $1.2 million in contributions.
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 fundraising results come ahead of the party’s final leadership debate on Wednesday night.
Charest, Roman Baber and Scott Aitchison are scheduled to take part in the 90-minute event starting at 6 pm ET.
The other two candidates in the race, Poilievre and Leslyn Lewis, announced last week that they would sit out the debate.
Conservatives have until September 6th at 5pm ET to mail in the envelope containing their ballots. The winner will be announced on September 10th.
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