NDP 2025 Leadership Donation Breakdowns

Last month the federal NDP leadership race concluded - if you didn’t already know, Avi Lewis won on the first ballot quite handily, with the filmmaker beating Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson 56% to 29.5%, or 39,734 votes to 20,899. Pretty solid win if nothing else, though unfortunately we don’t have a breakdown even by province as the NDP doesn’t want to be transparent.

In lieu of that however, we can at least check up on the donor data. Last time, Avi Lewis was handily beating his opponents in fundraising. By the end, he was still doing the same - in fact Lewis had 56% of all individual donors* (little under 11,000), vs 21% for McPherson, 11% for Rob Ashton, 8% for Tanille Johnston and 4% for Tony McQuail, surprisingly coming close to the actual end result save for Ashton’s lacklustre results.

You can see all this and more in the below links:

→ Google Sheets of Donor Data by Riding
→ Interactive Map of Donor Data

But here’s some choice highlights for me:

Avi Lewis: Ottawa Centre, ON - 322 donors (2.9% of total)
McPherson: Edmonton Strathcona, AB - 637 donors (15.3%)
Ashton: Victoria, BC - 61 donors (2.9%)
Johnston: North Island—Powell River, BC - 115 donors (7.0%)
McQuail: Huron—Bruce, ON: 49 donors (6.0%)

Avi Lewis: Ottawa Centre, ON - $61,905 raised (4.3% of total)
McPherson: Edmonton Strathcona, AB - $178,461 raised (25.5%)
Ashton: Ottawa Centre, ON - $13,751 raised (3.5%)
Johnston: North Island—Powell River, BC - $28,426 (13.6%)
McQuail: Huron—Bruce, ON: $23,332 raised (18.9%)

Most Total Donors: Edmonton Strathcona - 787 donors
Most Money Raised: Edmonton Strathcona - $194,847 raised
The Cheapest Donor: Beauport—Limoilou, $1 given to Tanille Johnston

Elmwood—Transcona: Held 1979-2011, 2015-2025 - 36 donors, $3,248 raised
Windsor West: Held 2002-2025 - 32 donors, $3,104 raised
Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk: Held 2004-2025 - 12 donors, $1,425 raised
London—Fanshawe: Held 2006-2025 - 33 donors, $2,859 raised
Hamilton Mountain: Held 2006-2021 - 29 donors, $4,150 raised

Enjoy the data!