The deadline to meet the first threshold to stay in the Conservative leadership has come and gone, with eight contestants ponying up a $25,000 fee and obtaining 1,000 signatures of support from party members across seven provinces and territories.

Six of those candidates — excluding frontrunners Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole — now have until March 25 to get another 1,000 signatures, another $75,000 in fees and a $100,000 compliance deposit. These are the contestants in the race to replace Andrew Scheer.