Patrick Brown Disqualified From Conservative Leadership Race – National | Globalnews.ca

Patrick Brown, a candidate for the leadership race of the Conservative Party of Canada, has been disqualified, according to a statement released by the party on Tuesday.

In the statement, Ian Brodie, chairman of the Leadership Elections Organizing Committee (LEOC), said Brown was disqualified after the canvassing director investigated allegations of violation of the financial provisions of the Election Act. Canada election by Brown campaign.

The canvassing director asked Brown’s campaign for a written response and withheld his campaign’s list of provisional members.

“Information provided to date by the Patrick Brown campaign has not satisfied concerns about its compliance with our Rules and Procedures and/or the Canadian Elections Act,” Brodie writes.

“Therefore, the Director of Scrutiny has recommended to LEOC that LEOC disqualify Patrick Brown and tonight LEOC agreed to do so.”

Brodie added that the Conservatives will share information about Brown’s violation of the law with Elections Canada.

“Throughout the investigation of these allegations, the Canvassing Director and I have done everything possible to be fair to Patrick Brown’s leadership campaign and give them the time they need to substantively refute these allegations,” Brodie said. .

“We regret having to take these steps, but we have an obligation to ensure that all candidates and campaign teams abide by both our Party Rules and federal law. None of these issues have any impact on the integrity of the vote itself.”

Brodie concluded that the Conservative Party “will not speak further on the matter” as the matter is “subject to further investigation”.

The current Conservative leadership race comes after former leader Erin O’Toole resigned on February 2 after a majority of the caucus voted to remove her from office.

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