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NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh raised substantially more money than his three rivals combined between April and June, according to political fundraising numbers released Monday from Elections Canada.

Singh raised $353,944 in the second quarter, far outstripping runner-up Charlie Angus, who raised $123,574. Niki Ashton raised $70,124, while Guy Caron pulled together $46,970.

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Singh’s campaign says the Ontario MPP has raised more in his first 47 days than either Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer had at the same point in their leadership campaigns. His team says Trudeau and Scheer had raised $82,105 and $176,112, respectively, in a similar amount of time.

“Our fundraising numbers show how the NDP can take on the Liberals and Conservatives in 2019,” Singh said in a press release.

Singh’s campaign says he had 1,517 donors, with roughly 75 per cent being first-time donors to the party.