by Elie Cantin-Nantel

True North News

May 3, 2022

The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) has finalized its list of leadership candidates, and three contenders have not made the cut.

The six verified candidates who made it onto the ballot are Parry Sound—Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison, Ontario MPP Roman Baber, Brampton mayor and former Ontario PC Party leader Patrick Brown, former Quebec Liberal premier Jean Charest, Haldimand—Norfolk MP Leslyn Lewis and Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre.

Meanwhile, B.C. consultant Grant Abraham, Saskatchewan businessman Joseph Bourgault and Toronto lawyer Joel Etienne were all disqualified from the race.

Leadership candidates had to raise $300,000 and obtain 500 signatures from members who live in 30 different ridings by 5:00pm ET on Apr. 29 in order to be a verified candidate and appear on the ballot.

In a statement obtained by CBC News, CPC executive director Wayne Benson said that decisions to disqualify candidates were “based on the requirements set out under the rules, not any prospective candidate’s political beliefs.”

“Any prospective candidate who did not meet the requirements was informed of this fact and the reason or reasons why they did not

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