Joseph Volpe
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The Honourable Joe Volpe PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Eglinton—Lawrence |
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In office 1988–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Roland de Corneille |
| Succeeded by | Joe Oliver |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts |
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In office September 30, 2010 – June 14, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Shawn Murphy |
| Succeeded by | David Christopherson |
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Giuseppe Joseph Volpe September 21, 1947 Monteleone di Puglia, Italy |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Mirella Volpe |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession | Educator, school principal, teacher, vice-principal |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Giuseppe Joseph "Joe" Volpe, PC, (born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He is a former Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until the 2011, holding two senior positions in Prime Minister Paul Martin's Cabinet from 2003 to 2006, and serving as transportation critic when his party became the Official Opposition. In 2006, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party. In the 2011 federal election, Volpe lost his seat to Joe Oliver.
Volpe was born in Monteleone, Apulia, in southern Italy, and migrated to Canada with his family in 1955. He was raised in a working-class household and earned Bachelor of Arts (1970), Bachelor of Education (1971) and Master of Education (1980) degrees from the University of Toronto. As a teacher, he taught in Stoney Creek from 1971 to 1974, headed the history department of a secondary school in Etobicoke from 1974 to 1979, and was head of multicultural studies in a college in Weston, Ontario between 1979 and 1982. He worked as a mortgage development officer in 1982–83, and was vice-principal of the James Cardinal McGuigan Secondary School (which he helped found) between 1983 and 1988.
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