Poilievre raised $4,042,717, which is nearly three times that of Jean Charest, who raised $1,376,492 in the second quarter, said the data released on Aug. 2.
Leslyn Lewis was third-highest with $709,061, followed by the $541,707 raised by Patrick Brown, mayor of Brampton, Ontario, who is now disqualified from the leadership race.
Roman Baber, a former Progressive Conservative member of the Ontario legislature, raised $504,650, and Ontario MP Scott Aitchison raised $363,922.
The numbers of individual donors further reflect the amount of support each candidate has garnered.
Poilievre received donations from 36,804 individuals, followed by Lewis with 5,523, Charest with 4,191, Barber with 4,171, Brown with 1,358, and Aitchison with 1,081.
“To me this is the most important data of all this Q2 fundraising information. This is always what means the most to political strategists and organizers. You want lots of donors with small donations,” said Yan Plante, a former Conservative strategist and vice president of the Quebec-based consulting firm TACT.
“If you’re an opponent of the Conservatives, you’ve got to be looking at how people in these tough fiscal times are opening their wallets for the Conservative party,” Powers told the Toronto Star.
“Right now, Canadians seem to be very dissatisfied with the current government … There’s an anger and Conservatives seem to be the beneficiary of that anger.”
The Elections Canada data shows that the Conservatives raked in more than $4.4 million from about 36,000 donors in April, May, and June.