Federal Conservative constituency associations in British Columbia took in almost twice the amount of individual monetary contributions as their Liberal counterparts in 2006. According to Elections Canada, the Tories received at least $420,287.43 in such contributions from their supporters - $197,318.51 more than the Grits, who raised $222,968.49. This, despite the fact the financial transactions returns for nine Conservative ridings in this province aren't yet available online. Meanwhile, the 32 New Democrat constituency associations with available returns have declared $288,749.92 in contributions.
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I believe these figures represent "peacetime" fundraising in 2006, that is, after the January election had been concluded. Correct?
This would include any contribution given to an electoral district association during the election period of early January. But that would likely be an amount close to $0 as nearly everyone contributes to campaigns at that time, instead of EDAs.
That's actually a very good total for the Libs considering that most dollars in the party were being sucked up by leadership campaigns last year.
That excuse would only make sense if leadership candidates collectively raised $222k from BC last year. Did they? (I dont know the answer... genuine question).
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