Endorsements for the 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election

The candidates for the 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election received the following endorsements. Ex officio delegates have an automatic vote at the convention and are denoted with an asterisk (*).

Undecided Members of Parliament (1 of 102)

 * Belinda Stronach, Newmarket—Aurora, ON

Undecided Senators (10 of 63)

 * Willie Adams, Nunavut
 * George Baker, Newfoundland and Labrador


 * Ione Jean Christensen, Yukon
 * Eymard Georges Corbin, New Brunswick
 * Ross Fitzpatrick, British Columbia
 * Yoine Goldstein, Quebec


 * Céline Hervieux-Payette, Quebec
 * Paul J. Massicotte, Quebec
 * Lorna Milne, Ontario
 * Lucie Pépin, Quebec

Neutral Members of Parliament (9 of 102)

 * Raymond Bonin (Nickel Belt, ON), chairman of the Liberal Caucus
 * Bill Graham (Toronto Centre, ON), Interim Leader of the Liberal Party
 * Jean Lapierre (Outremont, QC), former cabinet minister
 * Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, NB), co-chairman of the Leadership Convention
 * Paul Martin (LaSalle—Émard, QC), former prime minister
 * Peter Milliken (Kingston and the Islands, ON), Speaker of the House of Commons
 * Karen Redman (Kitchener Centre, ON), Liberal Caucus Whip
 * Lucienne Robillard (Westmount—Ville-Marie, QC), interim deputy leader of the Liberal Party
 * Tom Wappel (Scarborough Southwest, ON), backbench MP did not endorse anyone due to lack of a social conservative  He said that he would personally vote for Joe Volpe, if Volpe was still on the ballot by the time of the convention.

Neutral Senators (6 of 63)
Source: The Hill Times, June 12
 * Catherine Callbeck, PEI
 * Percy Downe, PEI
 * Joan Fraser, Quebec, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
 * Dan Hays, Alberta, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
 * Serge Joyal, Quebec
 * Marie-Paule Poulin, Northern Ontario, Chair of the Senate Liberal Caucus and candidate for party president

Ex officio delegates
List of ex officio delegates to the Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2006

Endorsement pages in campaign websites

 * Stéphane Dion
 * Martha Hall Findlay
 * Michael Ignatieff
 * Gerard Kennedy
 * Bob Rae

Other links

 * Liberal Party of Canada leadership webpage
 * List of endorsements of Liberal bloggers