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

The Liberal Party of Canada allows a number of individuals to automatically become delegates to their conventions. The following is a list of such delegates to the 2006 Liberal leadership election. The list includes both ex officio and at-large delegates to the convention.

Who is an ex officio delegate?
Section 16, paragraph 13 of the Liberal Party of Canada constitution lays out who may be delegates to the convention. The following individuals are ex officio (automatic) delegates:


 * all members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada who are members of the Liberal Party (Privy Councillor) (s.13(a))
 * all members of the Senate of Canada who are members of the Liberal Party (Senator) (s.13(a))
 * all members of the House of Commons of Canada who are members of the Liberal Party (MP) (s.13(a))
 * for electoral districts for the House of Commons which are not represented by a Liberal, the nominated candidate or, if there is no nominated candidate, the candidate from the last federal election (candidate) (s.13(a))
 * elected members of the national executive of the Liberal Party of Canada (executive) (s.13(b))
 * seven officers of the Young Liberals of Canada, and the presidents of the Young Liberal organizations in each of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada (Young Liberals) (s.13(c))
 * seven officers of the National Women's Liberal Commission and the presidents of the Women Liberals organizations in each of the 13 provinces and territories (Woman Liberal)(s.13(c))
 * five officers of the Senior Liberals Commission (Senior Liberal) (s.13(c))
 * the president and three members of the executive of each of the provincial and territorial wings of the Liberal Party of Canada (provincial and territorial executives) (s.13(d))
 * two representatives from each provincial or territorial women's Liberal association/commission. (s.13(f))
 * two representatives from each provincial or territorial Seniors Liberals commission or association. (s.13(f1))
 * the president of each federal Liberal electoral district association (Riding President) (s.13(g))
 * 10 delegates, five of whom shall be men and five of whom shall be women, selected by each provincial and territorial executive (PTA Delegates) (s.13(h))
 * the chair and members of the Revenue Committee of the Liberal Party of Canada (Revenue Committee) (s.13(i))
 * past leaders of the Liberal Party of Canada (Past Leader) (s.13(j))
 * the leaders of the Liberal Party in each province and territory; (s.13(k))
 * eight officers of the Liberal Aboriginal Peoples' Commission, and the president or federal representative from each provincial and territorial Liberal Aboriginal organization (Aboriginal Liberal) (s.13(l))

Delegates
All ex officio delegates will be listed below by category. Some individuals may qualify for their ex officio status in more than one category. Subsequent mentions of such individuals will be denoted by † (dagger); for information on a delegate denoted by a dagger please scroll up to his/her original listing.

Senators

 * (1) Hold parliamentary/caucus positions that require neutrality
 * (2) Declared neutrality to seek LPC presidency.

MPs, candidates and riding presidents
Each riding's MP, or in the absence of an MP, nominated candidate or, in the absence of the nominated candidate, past candidate, is an automatic delegate. These are listed here, those who are MPs are denoted by an asterisk (*).

New Brunswick

 * (1) Convention Co-Chair

Ontario

 * (1) Hold parliamentary/caucus positions that require neutrality
 * (2) Staff member of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition
 * (3) Declared neutrality to seek LPC presidency.
 * ** Glen Pearson is an MP-Elect having won the November 27 by election in the riding of London North Centre, Ontario

Alberta

 * (1) Convention Co-Chair

Turner Ministry appointees

 * (1) Acting as chief returning officer of the leadership process

Duplicates
The following privy councillors are listed and tracked in earlier categories:
 * Reg	Alcock
 * Larry	Bagnell
 * Navdeep	Bains
 * George	Baker
 * Eleni	Bakopanos
 * Sue	Barnes
 * Mauril	Bélanger
 * Carolyn	Bennett
 * Maurizio	Bevilacqua
 * Ethel	Blondin-Andrew
 * Scott	Brison
 * Sam	Bulte
 * Gerry	Byrne
 * Aileen	Carroll
 * Sharon	Carstairs
 * Brenda	Chamberlain
 * Raymond	Chan
 * Denis	Coderre
 * Joe	Comuzzi
 * Irwin	Cotler
 * Roy	Cullen
 * Pierre	De Bané
 * Stéphane	Dion
 * Ujjal	Dosanjh
 * Ken	Dryden
 * Wayne	Easter
 * Arthur	Eggleton
 * Mark	Eyking
 * Joyce	Fairbairn
 * Francis	Fox
 * Liza	Frulla
 * Hedy	Fry
 * Roger	Gallaway
 * Jon	Gerrard
 * John	Godfrey
 * Ralph	Goodale
 * William	Graham
 * Albina	Guarnieri
 * André	Harvey
 * Céline	Hervieux-Payette
 * Charles	Hubbard
 * Tony	Ianno
 * Marlene	Jennings
 * Serge	Joyal
 * Jim	Karygiannis
 * Jean	Lapierre
 * Walt	Lastewka
 * Dominic	LeBlanc
 * Judi	Longfield
 * Lawrence	MacAulay
 * Paul	Macklin
 * Gurbax	Malhi
 * Diane	Marleau
 * Paul	Martin
 * Keith	Martin
 * John	McCallum
 * Joe	McGuire
 * John	McKay
 * Anne	McLellan
 * Dan	McTeague
 * Maria	Minna
 * Andrew	Mitchell
 * Shawn	Murphy
 * Stephen	Owen
 * Denis	Paradis
 * James	Peterson
 * Pierre	Pettigrew
 * David	Price
 * Robert	Rae
 * Karen	Redman
 * Geoff	Regan
 * Fernand	Robichaud
 * Lucienne	Robillard
 * William	Rompkey
 * Jacques	Saada
 * Hélène	Scherrer
 * Andy	Scott
 * Judy	Sgro
 * Raymond	Simard
 * David	Smith
 * Bob	Speller
 * Belinda	Stronach
 * Andrew	Telegdi
 * Robert	Thibault
 * Paddy	Torsney
 * Tony	Valeri
 * Joe	Volpe
 * Susan	Whelan
 * Bryon	Wilfert

National Executive
Table officers of the four commissions and various caucus chairs, who are voting members of the national executive, are listed under other categories.


 * (1) Members of Leadership Expense Committee must undertake to be neutral
 * (2) Interim Campaign Chairs have undertaken to remain neutral

Provincial and territorial executive delegates
Three members of the executive of each of the provincial and territorial wings of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Provincial and territorial delegates
10 delegates, five of whom shall be men and five of whom shall be women, selected by each provincial and territorial executive;


 * 1 : Remaining neutral to seek a position on the National Executive

Young Liberals of Canada

 * (1) Neutral: Running for National Executive Position Vice President (Francophone)
 * The Northwest Territories and Nunavut positions are listed as vacant but under the constitution could be filled up until the time of registration at the convention

The National Women's Liberal Commission Executive

 * The Northwest Territories and Nunuvat positions are listed as vacant .  However, under the constitution these positions could be filled up until the time of registration at the convention.
 * (2) Members of Leadership Expense Committee must undertake to be neutral
 * (3) Jennifer Pereira - served as Kennedy SK Campaign Director

The National Women's Liberal Commission delegates
Two representatives from each provincial or territorial women's Liberal association/commission.

The Senior Liberals Commission Executive

 * (1) Members of Leadership Expense Committee must undertake to be neutral

The Senior Liberals Commission PTA delegates
Two representatives from each provincial or territorial Seniors Liberals commission or association.

Aboriginal Peoples' Commission

 * The Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Yukon and Nunavut positions are listed as vacant  but under the constitution could be filled up until the time of registration at the convention.
 * (1) APC returning officer

Revenue Committee members
(This list of membership is probably NOT up to date)


 * (1) Members of Leadership Expense Committee must undertake to be neutral

Past leaders
(All past leaders are already listed as MPs or Privy Councillors)


 * Jean Chrétien†
 * Paul Martin†
 * John Turner†

Provincial party leaders
The leaders of the Liberal Party in each province and territory.


 * The Northwest Territories and Nunavut operate under a non-partisan consensus government, therefore there are no Liberal Party leaders from these territories.

Summary of endorsements by ex officio and PTA selected delegates

 * (*) Asterisk: represents total percentage of undeclared ex officio delegates.

Summary of endorsements by Members of Parliament by province

 * * Glen Pearson is an MP-elect having won the November 27 by election in London North Centre, Ontario. He subsequently endorsed Stéphane Dion.

Undecided Members of Parliament (1 of 102)

 * Belinda Stronach, Newmarket—Aurora, ON

Undecided Senators (9 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
 * 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 will not endorse anyone due to lack of a social conservative

Neutral Senators (4 of 63)
Source: The Hill Times, June 12
 * Catherine Callbeck, PEI
 * Dan Hays, Alberta, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
 * Serge Joyal, Quebec
 * Marie-Paule Poulin, Northern Ontario, candidate for Party Presidency

Endorsement pages in campaign websites

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