Elizabeth May

About Elizabeth May

American-born Canadian politician who was the first Green Party member to be elected to Canada's legislature. From 1989 to 2006, she worked as the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada.

Elizabeth Evans May is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2006 to 2019 and Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands since 2011. An environmentalist, author, activist, and lawyer, May founded and served as the Executive Director of the Sierra Club Canada from 1989 to 2006. May was the longest serving female leader of a Canadian federal party. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Elizabeth May immigrated to Canada with her family as a teenager. She attended St. Francis Xavier University, graduated from Dalhousie University with a law degree in 1983, and later studied theology at Saint Paul University for which she told the Anglican Journal in a 2013 interview that she had to withdraw from the program due to conflicting schedule demands. Following her graduation from Dalhousie University, May worked as an environmental lawyer in Halifax before moving to Ottawa in 1985, joining the Public Interest Advocacy Centre as the associate general council.

Residence	Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Deputy	Adriane Carr (2006–14), Claude Genest (2006–09), Jacques Rivard (2009–10), Georges Laraque (2010–13), Bruce Hyer (2014–18), Daniel Green (2014–19), Jo-Ann Roberts (2018–19)
Children	1
Succeeded by	Jo-Ann Roberts (interim)
Occupation	Politician, lawyer, writer
Born	Elizabeth Evans May, June 9, 1954, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Green
Preceded by	Jim Harris
Alma mater	Dalhousie University (1983)

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Trivia

She studied theology at Saint Paul University and claimed that her training to become an ordained minister did not conflict with her role in government.

Elizabeth May before fame

In 1978, she became a Canadian citizen.

Achievement of Elizabeth May

She studied theology at Saint Paul University and claimed that her training to become an ordained minister did not conflict with her role in government.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Elizabeth May family life

She and her daughter Victoria Cate May Burton settled in Sidney, British Columbia.

Associations of Elizabeth May

She and Lui Temelkovski were both members of the Canadian legislature.

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