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Political Fundraising Dries up Following Spring Election Surge, Data Shows
Conservatives raised $4.2 million in Q3 2025, outpacing Liberals' $2.9 million as overall donations fell after spring election surges, Elections Canada reported.
- On Oct. 31, 2025, Elections Canada reported partisan donors largely stopped giving over the summer, with Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives raising $4.2 million and the Liberal Party of Canada $2.9 million.
- After a heavy spring election and leadership‑race fundraising, the Liberal Party of Canada raised $13 million in Q1 and $7.6 million in Q2, while the Conservative Party of Canada’s haul fell to half last year’s.
- The Bloc Québécois only managed about $100,000 from just under a thousand donors in the third quarter, down from $356,000 in the same period of 2024, Winnipeg Free Press reported.
- The new figures arrive as fall election talk increases in Ottawa and the Liberal government lacks support to pass the upcoming federal budget.
- Quarterly party financial returns suggest donor behaviour shifted after parties filled war chests for the spring election, producing a summer funding drought ahead of a possible fall campaign.
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New data on political fund-raising reveal that partisan donors reduced their contributions during the summer after generously feeding party electoral funds for the spring elections.
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Political fundraising dries up following spring election surge, data shows (Canada)
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Total News Sources30
Leaning Left19Leaning Right0Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution83% Left
Bias Distribution
- 83% of the sources lean Left
83% Left
L 83%
C 17%
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