Federal Conservative leadership campaign in tight race for donor dollars

With the federal Conservative leadership campaign in its final days, new data from Elections Canada shows how tight the race has been for donor dollars.

Between April and June, Erin O'Toole brought in 1.24-million dollars, putting him ahead of rival Peter MacKay, who raised 1.16-million dollars over the same period.

In the first quarter of this year, MacKay had the most in donations with 1.04-million dollars, followed by O'Toole with 785-thousand dollars.

Leslyn Lewis more than doubled her fundraising totals compared to earlier in the year, raising 996-thousand dollars, up from about 448-thousand dollars.