Conservatives top Liberals' Q1 fundraising with $8.3M haul

The Conservative Party raised $8,306,535 in the first quarter of 2023 more than double the amountthe Liberals collected.

The Conservatives' first quarterfundscame from45,659 donors. The Liberalsraised $3,614,224 from 30,720 donors over the same time period, according to Elections Canada data.

The Conservative Partysaid in a news release the fundraising is evidence of support for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

"The $8,306,535 raised in Q1 speaks to the growing movement of Canadians who are putting their hard-earned dollars behind a leader who is listening to them and speaking to their concerns," the news release says.

The NDPraised $1,260,952 from 15,594 donors. The Green Partyraised $400,915, theBloc Qubcoiscollected $322,871and the People's Partytook in $296,585.

The Conservative fundraising total is down from the nearly$9.7 million they raised in the last quarter of 2022, which set a record for the most funds raised in a non-election quarter. The Liberals collected nearly $5.8 million in the last three months of 2022.