Over Half of Conservative Members Have Voted for New Leader One Week Before Deadline

A man is silhouetted walking past a Conservative Party logo before the opening of the Party's national convention in Halifax on Aug. 23, 2018. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

OTTAWA—More than half of Conservative party members have voted for its next leader, leaving one week for the remaining members to do the same.

As of Tuesday, the party says over 350,000 mail-in ballots have been returned out of the 678,000 they sent to people who can vote in the contest.