Elizabeth’s Story

My Life in Pictures

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Biography

ELIZABETH MAY is the Leader of the Green Party of Canada and one of our country’s most respected environmentalists. She is a prominent lawyer, an author, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a loving mother and grandmother.

Elizabeth was an active community organizer from a young age, as a teenager in Nova Scotia, she led a campaign to prevent herbicide spraying on the forests of Cape Breton Island.

Elizabeth graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1983. In 1985 she became active with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, as well as representing Pollution Probe and Friends of the Earth. During this time May helped found the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund with the aim of funding groups and individuals in environmental cases

Elizabeth became senior policy advisor to then federal Environmental Minister, Tom McMillan, in 1986, where she was instrumental in the creation of several national parks, including South Moresby on Haida Gwaii. She was also involved in negotiating the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer along with new legislation and pollution control measures.

In 1989, Elizabeth became the Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, and for the next seventeen years she built one of Canada’s leading environmental organizations.

At the Green Party of Canada’s national convention in August 2006, Elizabeth was elected the party’s ninth leader. In September 2009, Elizabeth moved to Sidney-by-the-Sea on Vancouver Island, BC and was nominated as the Green Party’s candidate for the riding of Saanich – Gulf Islands.

In 2009, Elizabeth released her seventh book, Losing Confidence: Power, Politics, and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy. She has led a decorated and distinguished public career, but her work has just begun!

If you would like to meet Elizabeth, and find out more about her; she is accessible. Drop in the office or connect online. Don’t hesitate to ask Elizabeth a question! Make history in Saanich-Gulf Islands by supporting Elizabeth and her campaign.

In the 2011 Election, Elizabeth made history by being the first Green Party candidate to be elected to the House of Commons. She now represents the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.

For a more detailed biography, visit the Green Party of Canada site HERE, or you can visit Elizabeth’s Wikipedia page by clicking HERE.

Finally, CLICK HERE for a supplemental list of Elizabeth’s Activities and Experience.