OTTAWA –
Former Conservative MP Leona Aleslev says she has failed to raise the thousands of dollars needed to become a candidate in the party’s race.
Aleslev has announced that he is no longer applying for Erin O’Toole’s previous job after the deadline expired on Friday for applicants to submit their full $ 300,000 in entrance fees.
“As a deputy leader of the Conservative Party, a member of parliament for six years, a private sector leader, a small business owner and a former Air Force officer, I would give a perspective that none of the proven leadership candidates would offer.” it says in a statement.
“The short time allotted to collect the $ 300,000 registration fee prevented me from achieving this goal.”
Aleslev lost his federal seat in the Greater Toronto region during last year’s federal election and announced earlier this month that he would seek the highest job.
She was the party’s deputy leader after crossing the floor of the ruling Liberals to join the Conservatives in 2018 and was re-elected under the Tory flag in 2019.
Aleslev met with the party’s first test for the first installment of $ 50,000 by mid-April. Her campaign team said earlier that it had also provided the required number of signatures for nominations required by the party’s election organizing committee.
So far, the party says six candidates have met all the requirements to officially participate in the race when the Conservatives elect their new leader on September 10th.
Others trying to meet Friday’s fundraising deadline included British Columbia MP Mark Dalton, who was still begging for donations on Friday afternoon.
Dalton was among the five candidates the party said they met the first deadline to submit their first $ 50,000.
Whatever final nominations the party receives by Friday’s deadline had to be scrutinized before the final list of candidates was published.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on April 29, 2022.
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