Gerard Kennedy Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2006

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gerard kennedy, 46, minister of education in ontario provincial government of dalton mcguinty 2003 until 2006 when resigned enter federal liberal leadership campaign. kennedy key player in rebuilding ontario liberal party , bringing government in 2003 provincial election. education minister, viewed having restored faith in public education system after years of growing support private schools. resigned cabinet on april 5 in order enter race. runner-up in 1996 ontario liberal leadership election, having finished in first place on first 4 ballots, defeated mcguinty on fifth , final ballot. viewed many journalists being on left wing of party.


high profile supporters

kennedy backed senator terry mercer, former national director of federal liberal party. enjoyed support of former premier of prince edward island keith milligan , former premier of new brunswick ray frenette. while former cabinet minister joe fontana continued support kennedy, resigned seat in house of commons during leadership campaign run mayor of london. on november 25, globe , mail reported justin trudeau (who win 2013 convention , become prime minister in 2015) declared support kennedy s leadership bid.



supporters in caucus prior first ballot: 19
mps: 13 omar alghabra, navdeep bains, brenda chamberlain, raymond chan, mark holland, gurbax malhi, dan mcteague, bernard patry, mario silva, scott simms, brent st. denis, andrew telegdi, borys wrzesnewskyj
senators: 6 sen. larry campbell, sen. aurélien gill, sen. sandra lovelace nicholas, sen. terry mercer, sen. robert peterson, sen. charlie watt


date campaign launched: april 27, 2006
date officially registered: may 17, 2006
number of ballots: 2
result: placed fourth on second ballot. withdrew support dion.




^ [1] archived april 8, 2006, @ wayback machine.
^ ctv news | gerard kennedy joins liberal leadership race . ctv.ca. retrieved 2010-04-16. 
^ [2]
^ http://www.gerardkennedy.ca/news_e.aspx?id=140
^ liberal party of canada » media releases . liberal.ca. 2010-04-12. archived original on may 23, 2006. retrieved 2010-04-16. 






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