Poilievre Signs More New Tory Party Members Than Entire 2020 Leadership Candidates, Campaign Says

Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre (C) gestures toward Jean Charest (2nd L) as Roman Baber (L), Scott Aitchison (2nd R) and Leslyn Lewis look on during a leadership debate at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on May 5, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

The campaign of Conservative MP and party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre has released the number of new members it signed before the June 3 cut-off date, and it eclipses by far the total number of new members signed by all of the previous candidates in the 2020 leadership contest.

Poilievre adviser Jenni Byrne said on June 4 that 311,958 new members had signed up on the campaign website.