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In the six days leading up to the spring provincial election call, the NDP narrowly led the three major parties in fundraising — with the help of union donations.

The latest political donation figures from Elections Alberta show that all three main provincial political parties pulled in more than a quarter of a million dollars each at the beginning of the second quarter of 2015, but the NDP emerged a narrow winner with donations of $269,730.61. The Wildrose collected $269,356, and the PCs earned $259,636.

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The totals included donations from corporations and unions, which have since been banned by legislation introduced by the NDP.

In donations over $250, which require donors to be identified, the NDP raised $17,500 from eight unions and $7,500 from three corporations.

The PCs, however, raised $173,025 — more than half the total amount collected — from 30 corporations and $3,750 from a union, while the Wildrose raised $41,015 from 13 corporations in the last quarter.