Brian Topp is on top of fundraising in the NDP leadership race.
The former party president and first candidate to enter the race to replace the late Jack Layton raised $156,597 between September and December, according to financial figures released by the NDP.
Montreal MP Thomas Mulcair came in second with $145,863. Toronto MP Peggy Nash collected $108,223.
They were followed by Ottawa MP Paul Dewar ($93,931), B.C. MP Nathan Cullen ($86,109), Nova Scotia businessman Martin Singh ($49,077), Quebec MP Romeo Saganash ($17,552) and Manitoba MP Niki Ashton ($10,215).
The NDP set a $500,000 spending cap for each candidate.
The party will elect its next leader at a Toronto convention on March 24.
In the NDP’s 2003 race, Layton raised the most money and won the party’s top job.
