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    • Elizabeth May elected Green Party leader again, plans to co-lead with Jonathan Pedneault

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    Elizabeth May has once again been named leader of the Green Party of Canada, after three years away from the job. She ran with Jonathan Pedneault, and the two plan to share the top spot, but it will take a change of the party鈥檚 constitution for co-leadership to be official.

    鈥淚t鈥檚 a little bit of d茅j脿 vu, but it鈥檚 not the same thing,鈥 May said in her victory speech. 鈥淚 am not here alone, I鈥檓 here with my partner, the youngest candidate in the race.鈥

    May won on the sixth and final ballot with 4,666 votes, the party announced Saturday night in Ottawa, with just fewer than 50 people in attendance.

    After a disappointing turnout in the last federal election, followed by months of tension and turmoil within the party, which culminated in former leader Annamie Paul stepping down last summer, the party launched a new leadership campaign, which failed to draw much attention from party members.

    But May says the period of disagreement is over.

    鈥淚鈥檓 grateful this leadership has been such an inspiring and positive experience,鈥 May said.

    鈥淚t has been a bit of a rough patch, but we鈥檙e out of it now, and we can confidently say when tonight is over, we are united,鈥 she also said.

    Less than 40 per cent of the party鈥檚 22,000 members voted in the leadership election.

    鈥淚 have to say I am disappointed by the level of turnout,鈥 May said. 鈥淏ut I have to say given the climate in which this campaign was fought, and I think all of us as candidates felt the headwinds, it鈥檚 a respectable show of support from our membership and their commitment to this party.鈥

    May 鈥 who still holds one of the party鈥檚 two seats in the House of Commons 鈥 led the party for 13 years, before stepping down in 2019, saying at the time she鈥檇 promised her daughter that federal election would be her last as leader.

    May stepped down as leader after it had elected three MPs and received a record 6.5 per cent of the popular vote. After throwing her hat back in the ring for the leadership once again, May had largely on her record as leader. Her running mate, Pedneault, is a human rights investigator, activist, and documentary maker. Together they鈥檙e promising to unite the party.

    May told Joyce Napier on CTV鈥檚 Question Period, in an interview airing Sunday, she had no plans to run for the leadership again, until she read the April 2022 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which 鈥渟hrunk the timeline we have available to hold onto a liveable world.鈥

    Meanwhile, Pedneault says he鈥檚 committed to co-leadership.

    鈥淭his team will continue to work extremely well together,鈥 Pedneault said, also in an interview on CTV鈥檚 Question Period airing Sunday. 鈥淲e are very complimentary.鈥

    He added there is a lot of work to be done to rebuild the party, and he plans to hit the road to meet with members, boost support, and increase engagement. Eventually, he said, he鈥檒l run in the next federal election.

    鈥淲e still have a committed base of members who are excited about the Green Party, who believe in the need for a strong Green Party in Ottawa,鈥 Pedneault said.

    Anna Keenan, the party鈥檚 democratic reform critic, who also ran on a joint ticket with Chad Walcott, came in second. Keenan plans to run for a third time in the riding of Malpeque, P.E.I., in the next federal election, and said she will stay involved with the party.

    鈥淚鈥檓 a big believer that everything happens for a reason, and I鈥檓 pretty proud of getting 40 per cent support 鈥 and that鈥檚 Chad and I together, who got that support 鈥 I think the vision we presented to members was inspiring, and mobilizing and motivating for people,鈥 Keenan said. 鈥淏ut everything happens for a reason, and tonight is not our night.鈥

    Simon Ghocchini-Messier and Sarah Gabrielle Baron came in fifth and sixth, respectively. 

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