Former Conservative MP Leona Alleslev says she failed to raise the thousands of dollars needed to run for party leadership. Alleslev announced that it was no longer a candidate for the former Erin O’Toole post after the deadline closed on Friday for candidates to submit the full $ 300,000 entry fee. “As 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 have offered a prospect that none of the verified leadership candidates would offer,” he said. he said in a statement. “The short time given to raise the $ 300,000 registration fee has prevented me from achieving this goal.” Alleslev lost its federal seat in the greater Toronto area during last year’s federal election and announced earlier this month that it would seek the top spot. He had served as deputy leader of the party after passing the floor to the ruling Liberals to join the Conservatives in 2018 and was re-elected under the Tories banner in 2019. Alleslev had responded to the party’s first test of delivering a first $ 50,000 installment by mid-April. Her campaign team has previously said it has also secured the required number of signatures required by the party’s election organizing committee. So far, the party says, six candidates have met all the requirements to be formally in the race when the Conservatives elect their new leader on September 10th. Others trying to close Friday’s fundraising deadline were British Columbia MP Marc Dalton, who was still asking for donations until Friday afternoon. Dalton was among five candidates the party said had met the first $ 50,000 deadline. Any final applications received by the party by Friday’s deadline had to be verified before the final list of candidates was made public. This Canadian Press report was first published on April 29, 2022.
