Trudeau’s $1-million campaign machine formidable as Liberals, ‘supporters’ prepare to begin voting this weekend

With roughly 127,000 eligible voters, a mix of about 37,500 card-carrying Liberal Party members who have registered to vote and roughly 89,500 in the new Liberal Party supporter category, the setup means getting out the vote, with the kind of cross-country organization only Justin Trudeau has, will be as crucial as it is in a general election.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Justin Trudeau’s $1-million campaign machine will be a formidable, possibly insurmountable, force through the week of voting in the federal Liberal Party leadership election set to begin April 6, with a round of advance electronic balloting for more than 1,500 party m...

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