The federal Conservative party raised a million more dollars than the Liberals last year, but spent twice as much as the governing party in order to raise the cash.
Annual financial reports published today show the Conservatives raised $18.25 million from 82,662 donors in 2016, while the Liberals pulled in $17.18 million from 82,285 donors.
The records also show, however, the Conservatives spent $6.85 million on fundraising activities, compared to the Liberals’ $3.1
million.
The federal New Democrats were a distant third, pulling in $5.39 million from 26,754 people and spending $315,000 to do so.
The Conservative fundraising totals for 2016 don’t account for the money raised by candidates in the leadership race that was
underway for much of last year; in 2016, $3.9 million was raised.
Overall, the Liberals spent $18.58 million in 2016, the Conservatives $21.98 million and the NDP $8.3 million.
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