Membership processing for Conservative leadership vote two to three weeks behind; Brown campaign calls Poilievre’s latest attack a ‘setup’

Candidates will receive the preliminary party membership list by July 4, says Conservative party president Rob Batherson. Meanwhile, Patrick Brown’s campaign denies it paid membership fees and describes Pierre Poilievre’s latest complaint as ‘over-the-top’.

The Contenders: The Conservative party is two to three weeks behind in processing the party memberships, but all leadership candidates, including Pierre Poilievre, top left, Leslyn Lewis, Jean Charest, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown and Scott Aitchison, will receive the preliminary membership list by July 4 and the final list by July 29.The Hill Times file photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts

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BY ABBAS RANA

June 20, 2022

Amidst accusations that some of the Conservative leadership candidates broke the rules when signing up new members, the party is now two to three weeks behind processing the hundreds of thousands of new memberships. The Conservative Party will still stick to the stated deadlines and provide the pre...

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