Joe Volpe, Wajid Khan, Massimo Pacetti, Scott Brison Supporters picked up after second ballot MPs: 7 Ken Boshcoff, Ken Dryden, Tina Keeper, Gurbax Malhi, Judy Sgro, Brent St. Denis, Anita Neville Date campaign launched: April 24, 2006 Date officially registered: May 11, 2006 Number of Ballots: 3 Result: (Eliminated on the third ballot) Joe Volpe Joe Volpe, 59, was Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development (2003–2005) and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2005–2006) under Martin. He announced his candidacy on April 21, 2006. A former schoolteacher, he was elected to the House of Commons in 1988 for the Toronto riding of Eglinton—Lawrence. His top priorities were reinvigorating the party to get it back "on a professional keel." He promised to "make it a good corporate institution that it's been and the nation-building institution that it has always proved to be." Volpe ran into trouble on June 2 when it was revealed that his campaign had received $5,400 in donations from each of three children under the age of 15 (all were children of executives of the pharmaceutical company Apotex). The donations were later returned but the situation was spoofed by the satirical Web site Youth for Volpe. Sukh Dhaliwal and Yasmin Ratansi subsequently left the Volpe campaign to support Michael Ignatieff. The Liberal Party of Canada announced a $20,000 fine against Mr. Volpe because his campaign allowed membership forms to be distributed to cultural associations in Quebec without ensuring that new members would pay their own membership fee. Volpe was subsequently exonerated, and the fine was withdrawn. Supporters in caucus: 5 MPs: 5 Joe Comuzzi, Wajid Khan, Massimo Pacetti, Lui Temelkovski, Joe Volpe Senators: 0 Date campaign launched: April 21, 2006 Date officially registered: May 12, 2006 Number of Ballots: 1 Result: Following candidate speeches announced that he would withdraw after the first ballot to support Rae. He supported Dion on the final ballot. Endorsements See Endorsements for the Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2006. Ex officio delegate endorsements See List of ex officio delegates to the Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2006 Newspaper endorsements Withdrawn candidates Carolyn Bennett Carolyn Bennett announced her entry into the race on April 24, 2006 and withdrew from the race on September 15 to endorse Bob Rae. Maurizio Bevilacqua Maurizio Bevilacqua formally declared his candidacy on April 19 and withdrew from the race on August 14 to endorse Bob Rae. Hedy