Elizabeth May resigns as Green Party leader
Posted November 4, 2019 9:49 am.
Last Updated November 4, 2019 11:23 am.
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OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Elizabeth May says she is no longer the leader of the federal Green Party.
May told a news conference Monday that she’s stepping down as leader effective immediately, and appointing deputy leader Jo-Ann Roberts as her successor.
The Saanich-Gulf Islands MP says she is resigning as leader because of a promise she made to her daughter, but will stay on as MP.
May won the leadership race for the Green Party in 2006, and won her riding in 2011. She was the first elected MP to represent the Green Party, which now has three representatives in Ottawa.
Roberts will hold the role on an interim basis until a leadership vote is held.
With files from the Canadian Press
