Figure 11 – Comparison of Election-Related Expenses by Each Registered Party and Affiliated Candidates, 2003-2014

This bar graph shows the amounts of candidates’ electoral expenses and registered party electoral expenses, broken down by affiliated registered party from 2003 to 2014.

Candidate electoral expenses are their election expenses, personal expenses and other electoral campaign expenses, while party electoral expenses are their election expenses.

The X-axis of this chart demarks the value of expenses in millions of dollars, begins at zero and is divided into two sections. Data for candidate electoral expenses extend to the left and data for registered party electoral expenses extend to the right. The Y-axis demarks the registered parties, which are the Conservative Party, Liberal Party, NDP, Bloc Québécois, Green Party and one data set for all other registered parties, including independent candidates.

The amounts of candidates’ electoral expenses and registered party electoral expenses in millions of dollars by affiliated registered party from 2003 to 2014 are:

Conservative Party:
Party electoral expenses - $86.7
Candidate electoral expenses - $92.3

Liberal Party:
Party electoral expenses - $77.2
Candidate electoral expenses - $83.2

NDP:
Party electoral expenses - $69.8
Candidate electoral expenses - $36.3

Bloc Québécois:
Party electoral expenses - $21.7
Candidate electoral expenses - $20.4

Green Party:
Party electoral expenses - $6.9
Candidate electoral expenses - $7.2

Reform/Alliance:
Party electoral expenses - $0.1
Candidate electoral expenses - $0.1

Progressive Conservative:
Party electoral expenses - $0.0
Candidate electoral expenses - $0.1

Other Parties:
Party electoral expenses - $0.5
Candidate electoral expenses - $4.7

The data shows that, in total, the Conservative Party and its candidates incurred 35% of all electoral expenses. The proportion was 32% for the Liberal Party and its candidates, 21% for the NDP and its candidates, 8% for the Bloc Québécois and its candidates, 3% for the Green Party and its candidates, and 1% for all other parties and their candidates as well as independents.

On the bottom of the graph there are the following notes:

Bill C-24: Amendments to the Canada Elections Act and the Income Tax Act. Introduced publicly-funded quarterly allowances and contribution limits, brought EDAs, nomination and leadership contests into the regulatory system, increased reimbursements of paid regulatory system, increased reimbursements of paid election expenses and political contribution tax credits.

Bill C-2: The Federal Accountability Act. This legislation further reduced contribution limits and restricted eligibility to individuals only.

As well, at the bottom of the graph is the following footnote:

Candidate electoral expenses are their election expenses, personal expenses and other electoral campaign expenses. Party electoral expenses are their election expenses.