Poilievre campaign recruits record number to Conservative Party, with 300,000 members
Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre has recruited more members than the party had in total in its last leadership race and more than doubled the membership levels of the only other candidate to release their numbers.
The number dwarfs the more than 150,000 new members that Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said his campaign recruited. In Ontario, with 120 ridings, Mr. Poilievre’s campaign recruited 118,996 new members, the document shows. In Quebec, with 78 ridings, the team signed up 25,453 new Conservatives. And in British Columbia, with 42 ridings, Mr. Poilievre signed up 50,709 members.As long as at least 100 members vote in a riding, the party assigns the riding equal weight in leadership elections, making the geographical spread of support critical to a successful campaign.
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