OTTAWA — Paul Martin has reported another $800,000 in donations to his Liberal leadership campaign, bringing the total disclosed since July to a little over $2 million.

That doesn't include additional cash that has been flowing into a blind trust since 1998. That money won't be made public until 30 days before the party leadership convention in November.

The latest report, filed Friday with federal ethics counsellor Howard Wilson, covers fundraising dinners, cocktail parties, receptions and similar events between Nov. 7 and Dec. 31.

Included are cash contributions of $719,647 and another $86,002 listed as in-kind contributions -- time and effort donated to the campaign or salaries for campaign staff paid by outsiders.

Among cash donations was one for $1,000 from Rod Bryden, a longtime Liberal and owner of the Ottawa Senators hockey team which filed this week for bankruptcy protection.

Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, one of Martin's leadership rivals, was embroiled in controversy recently when he made a phone call to the chief executive of CIBC at Bryden's request to inquire about a proposed financing deal for the Senators.

The deal ultimately fell through.

Scott Reid, a spokesman for Martin, said Bryden's contribution stems from a recent cocktail party that was organized in Ottawa to raise money for the campaign.

"He bought a ticket but didn't attend," said Reid.

He added that Bryden has never asked, and Martin has never offered, any help in lining up financing for the Senators.

Other campaign donations included $750 from Donald Macdonald, a Trudeau-era cabinet minister, and $1,000 from Jim Peterson, a Liberal MP and brother of former Ontario premier David Peterson.

Another $1,000 came from Mike Robinson, a senior partner of Earnscliffe Strategy Group, a consulting firm that is home to many of Martin's senior backroom strategists.

Robinson managed Martin's unsuccessful bid for the Liberal leadership in 1990.

The largest in-kind contribution was $42,500 from Onex Corp., the Toronto holding company controlled by millionaire financier Gerry Schwartz. He was a key fundraiser in the 1990 campaign and remains a strong Martin backer.

Schwartz hedged his leadership bets earlier this year with a $25,000 contribution to Industry Minster Allan Rock, widely seen to be running second in the current race.

Rock, Manley and Heritage Minister Sheila Copps were hindered for nearly five months -- from early June to late October -- by a fundraising ban decreed by Prime Minister Jean Chretien in an effort to cool leadership infighting within cabinet.

The three have resumed their efforts since the ban was lifted, but any money raised has gone into blind trusts to guard against conflict of interest in their ministerial portfolios.

Those trust accounts, like Martin's, will be disclosed 30 days before the convention.

Rock reported in June he had raised $1.1 million to that point, including $400,000 given directly to his campaign and $700,000 to his Toronto riding association.

Manley, who was late getting into the race, had raised a modest $171,000 before Chretien imposed the ban. Since it ended his organizers have been trying to line up pledges from heavyweights in the Toronto financial community.

Copps reported raising $54,000 before the ban. Her fundraisers have been mum since they resumed work in October.

Martin, who was ousted as finance minister in June after a spat with Chretien, refused to say how much money he had in the bank when he left cabinet.

Once outside, he was free to keep soliciting donations while his rivals chafed on the sidelines.

Stephen LeDrew, the Liberal party president, has said campaign expenses for the leadership will likely be capped at between $3.5 million and $4 million per candidate.

But that is likely to include only the official campaign period that begins next month and runs to November -- not any money spent until now.