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The contenders: A backroom boy [Joe Volpe] steps into the light
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Sep 22, 2006 04:55pm |
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| Category | Profile |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | TORONTO – When people talk about Joe Volpe, the conversation frequently turns to 1988 and his hardball fight to wrest the Liberal nomination from a Toronto MP.
Roland de Corneille, an Anglican clergyman popular with the big Jewish community in Eglinton-Lawrence, had survived the 1984 election that devastated the Liberals. But he was facing a challenge from Mr. Volpe, who was then a 40-year-old high-school vice-principal and party organizer.
More than 4,000 people packed a hall in a Toronto airport hotel to settle one of the year's biggest local Liberal disputes.
Mr. Volpe addressed the meeting first. His supporters went to the voting booth en masse as Mr. de Corneille headed to the podium. |
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