Who was the big spender in last fall's federal election?

Elections Canada data on the spending of local candidates in the 2015 federal election shows the winning candidate won his seat in the House of Commons despite spending $50,000 less on his campaign than the incumbent.

Incumbent Conservative candidate Bryan Hayes spent the most on his re-election campaign, shelling out almost as much as the Liberal and NDP candidates combined, with more than $115,000 in expenses claimed.

In comparison, NDP candidate Skip Morrison claimed just over $59,500 in expenses, compared to winning Liberal candidate Terry Sheehan’s almost-$63,000.

Green Party candidate Kara Flannigan spent just $127, the Elections Canada data shows.

Despite spending the most money, Hayes’ campaign relied less on individual donors — just 22 individual contributors provided the campaign with a total of $6,804.

Sheehan’s campaign, in comparison, was supported by 70 contributors for a total of $20,659 in contributions.

Morrison’s campaign — which came in third place during the October 19 election — led when it came to both the number of contributors and the number of contributions, with 108 and $21,840, respectively.

Hayes made up for the shortfall of individual contributions, it seems, by pulling in $125,369.60 from registered associations.

Morrison received $45,489.80 from registered associations, while Sheehan took in just $31,162.38.

Hayes also spent more on advertising than the other two major party candidates combined, at $67,223.20. Sheehan and Morrison spent $32,224.32 and $18,311.86, respectively.

Under salary and wages, Hayes claimed to have spent $7,950, while Morrison claimed $19,661.74.

Sheehan claimed $0 on salary and wages.

All local candidates stayed within the $198,539.65 spending limit for the election.