Feb. 27 is the deadline to become an ‘approved applicant,’ meaning you’ve got the party’s green light to enter the race
OTTAWA — With three weeks to go until the hard deadline for getting into the Conservative leadership race, only two candidates so far — Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole — have officially passed the first milestone to get in. But there are a half dozen other candidates who are either close to filing their application or have already started the process.
Candidates will still need to meet much higher thresholds — a total of $300,000 and 3,000 signatures — to get access to the party’s membership list and get on the final ballot. But they can’t start formal fundraising activities until they become an approved applicant.Gladu, a two-term MP from southwestern Ontario, has done frequent media interviews and met with Conservative groups around the country to gather signatures.
Former Conservative MP Stella Ambler has been helping Williamson organize and is a potential campaign manager. Sources say Williamson is already collecting signatures and has caucus endorsements lined up in the event he jumps into the race.A Toronto lawyer with strong backing from religious social conservatives, Lewis has been meeting with Conservative riding associations over the past few weeks to gather support.
Peterson has a potential advantage as the only declared candidate so far from Western Canada, but he finished a distant 12th in the 2017 Conservative leadership race, so he’ll need to prove he has a better organization this time around.Décarie is by far the most controversial candidate in the race after he went on national TV and claimed that being gay is a choice.
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