Sharon Labchuk | |
Birth Place: | Trenton, Ontario |
Residence: | Millvale, Prince Edward Island |
Office1: | Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island |
Term Start1: | 2005 |
Term End1: | 2012 |
Predecessor1: | Office created |
Successor1: | Darcie Lanthier (interim) |
Party: | Green |
Occupation: | political organizer, environmental activist, politician |
Sharon Labchuk (born November 25, 1952[1] in Trenton, Ontario) is an environmental activist and political organizer for the Green Party of Canada (GPC). She was also the first leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.[2] [3] [4]
Labchuk founded the Green Party of Prince Edward Island in 2004.[5] Labchuk is national director of organizing for the GPC.[6] She resigned the leadership of the Green Party of PEI on July 12, 2012.[7]
In the 2006 federal election Labchuk was the GPC candidate in Malpeque, placing 4th with 901 votes or 4.65%.
She was defeated in the district of Rustico-Emerald during the 2007 Prince Edward Island general election running for the Green Party. Labchuk took 6% of the vote, finishing in third place.[8]
In 2011, Labchuk stood against the provincial Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry, in the Charlottetown-Victoria Park riding.
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Labchuk lives in Millvale, Queens County, in a solar-powered house. She grows her own fruit and vegetables.