Liberal Organizer in British Columbia, and organizer for David Emerson's election campaign in Vancouver Kingsway, as well as the De-Elect Emerson campaign after Emerson's defection to the Tories.
Former Member of Parliament for Acadie—Bathurst, New Brunswick, and former Minister of Transport, National Defence and HRSD under Jean Chrétien
George Young
Former national director of the Liberal Party of Canada and former president of Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario), key Chrétien organizer, Chief of Staff to a number of Ministers
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor—St. Clair and Minister of Energy & Chair of Cabinet. He is also Ignatieff's Ontario Campaign co-chair.
Member of Parliament for Halifax West, former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans & Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Ignatieff campaign co-chair for Nova Scotia
Former Saskatchewan MLA for The Battlefords and Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Municipal Affairs, Culture, and Housing
Nikki Hipkin*
Federal Liberal Riding Association President for Blackstrap
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.[permanent dead link]
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^New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal "Rae brings campaign to N.B.", Page A3, May 11, 2006
^The Hill Times "An Update on Liberal Leadership Campaigns and some of their supporters", Page 17, July 24, 2006
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