O'Toole Nominates Campaign Fundraiser to Be Chair of Conservative Fund

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole introduces his Deputy Leader Candice Bergen as they hold a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 2, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA—The Conservative Party’s fundraising arm has a new chair for the first time in two decades.

Leader Erin O’Toole says he is nominating his longtime campaign fundraiser James Dodds to be chair of the Conservative Fund, replacing former senator Irving Gerstein, who is retiring.