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: ''This article is about the Canadian politician. For information about the opera manager, see Joseph Volpe (opera manager). 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. ==Background== Volpe was born in Monteleone, Apulia, in southern Italy, and migrated to Canada with his family in 1955.〔"Luciano Volpe aided son's Commons bid", ''Toronto Star'', 13 May 1989, A8; Jane Taber, "Volpe to make an Italian homecoming", ''Globe and Mail'', 6 November 2004, A7; Carol Goar, "The insurrection at Monteleone", ''Toronto Star'', 10 November 2004, A30. Several of his relatives played leading roles in a local citizens' rebellion against Benito Mussolini's fascist government in 1942, the first such rebellion anywhere in Italy. See Jane Taber, "Volpe to make an Italian homecoming", ''Globe and Mail'', 6 November 2004, A7; Carol Goar, "The insurrection at Monteleone", ''Toronto Star'', 10 November 2004, A30.〕 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.〔 In The Eighties (circa 1987) He was on staff at Brother Edmund Rice Catholic Secondary School (The Federal Election: Riding Profiles ), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1997.〕 He is married to Mirella and they have four children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canada Votes 2006:Eglinton-Lawrence )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Volpe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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