Hundreds of thousands of new Liberal members from the March 9 leadership race were not counted as ballots, a large discrepancy the Party did not explain. “This year Canadians showed up like never before to support Mark Carney and our Liberal team,” the Party wrote in a statement.
Despite an initial claim of "nearly 400,000" registered Liberal voters on January 30, a subsequent audit for invalid memberships (under threat of $10,000 penalties) revealed significant discrepancies.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, upon winning the leadership on March 9 with 85.9% of the vote, stated the actual number was closer to 300,000. “This Party has more than quadrupled its membership in the past two months.”
Only 151,899 ballots were cast in the leadership contest, leaving hundreds of thousands of members uncounted, according to Blacklock’s.
“This record-breaking support builds on a successful race and national campaign, an unprecedented feat in Canadian history that … elected Mark Carney as leader,” wrote the Party.
However, concerns arose on the legitimacy of Carney's vote, given his consistently uniform totals across all 338 Canadian ridings, and the surprisingly low counts for two cabinet ministers and leadership hopefuls in their own districts.
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