Elizabeth May Joins Green Leadership Race

Elizabeth May wants to return to lead the federal Green Party.

Elizabeth May wants to, once again, lead the federal Green Party.

In 2006, after building the Sierra Club into a nationally effective organization, May resigned to run for leadership of the Green Party of Canada, winning on the first ballot with 66% of the vote.

On May 2, 2011, May became the first member of the Green Party of Canada to be elected as a Member of Parliament, defeating Conservative cabinet minister Gary Lunn with 46% of the vote in the Saanich–Gulf Islands riding.

In the 2019 federal election, she was re-elected with 54% of the vote. May resigned as Green Party leader on November 4, 2019 .

May stepped down as party leader in 2019, but remained as parliamentary leader in the house and says she wants to rebuild the party and turn it into an influential political force.

The 68 year-old is running on a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault, an expert on crisis situations who has investigated abuses in war zones, including Afghanistan.

They say they will each appoint the other as deputy leader if they win the race.