Conservatives say record number of Canadians signed up to vote for new party leader
Jun 6, 2022 | 11:13 AM
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OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidates say they’ve sold memberships to hundreds of thousands of Canadians ahead of the September vote.
Pierre Poilievre’s campaign claims to have signed up more than 311,000 people before Friday’s deadline, which on its own is more than the total number of members who voted in the last two leadership races.
Patrick Brown’s team says it sold more than 150,000 memberships, while Jean Charest’s campaign says it added “tens of thousands” of members.
The Canadian Press has not been able to verify the numbers released by the campaigns, and party president Rob Batherson said in a statement that Conservative officials will not be commenting on specific numbers from any candidate.
