May says she’ll lead Greens in a snap election, but wants Pedneault centre stage by 2025 via thehilltimes
Elizabeth May, who previously served as Green Party leader from 2006 to 2019, returned to that role with her victory in a Nov. 19 vote of party members. She plans to implement a co-leadership model with running mate Jonathan Pedneault.Two other candidates running as a slate, Anna Keenan and Chad Walcott, placed second and fourth, respectively. Simon Gnocchini-Messier and Sarah Gabrielle Baron, who were each running as individuals, finished fifth and sixth.
For Walcott and Kennan, who have co-chaired the last two Green Party AGMs, part of that means staying involved in discussions about the move to co-leadership. “It is clear that the Elections Act anticipates a single leader for things like signing nomination papers,” said May. “So as we get closer to the writ period … we’d make a decision by consensus between the two of us of which one of us would be the primary spokesperson or writ-period face of the party.”
“If I get my druthers and there’s an election in 2025, and we’ve already got a caucus of 12 MPs from by-elections and floor crossings, I’m kind of have a happy camper, and I’d love to see Jonathan take the lead in the writ period,” said May. Jonathan Pedneault said he plans to seek a seat in his home province of Quebec, but not before the next general election.When the campaign comes, he plans to run in his home province of Quebec, even though—based on results from the last election—there are no obvious seats for him to consider.
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