$4,251,298.06

Winnipeg businessman W. H. (Bill) Loewen made the largest donation recorded in our database. Loewen was the president of the short-lived National Party of Canada, created in 1992 to promote parliamentary reform and oppose free trade. The party won two per cent of the vote in the 1993 election, but no seats. According to a June report by CTV that year, the party had a budget of $6 million. Largely, this came from Loewen: In addition to his $4-million donation, he gave $27,0500 to the party in 1993.