David Chernushenko

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Chernushenko.jpg

| name = David Chernushenko

| birth_date = {{birth month and age|1963|6}}

| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta

| office = Ottawa City Councillor

| term_start = December 1, 2010

| term_end = December 1, 2018

| predecessor = Clive Doucet

| successor = Shawn Menard

| party = Non-aligned
Green Party of Canada (until 2008){{Cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-votes-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-candidates-in-capital-ward|title = Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Capital ward}}
Green Party of Ontario

| constituency = Capital Ward

| majority =

| spouse =

| office3 = Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada

| term3 = 2006–2008

}}

David Chernushenko (born June 1963) is an author, speaker, sustainability consultant, documentary filmmaker and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the Ottawa City Council in the 2010 municipal election and re-elected for a second term in 2014. He was the former deputy leader and senior deputy to the leader of the Green Party of Canada, and a leadership contestant for that party.

Early life and career

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Chernushenko is a graduate of Queen's University (political science) and alumnus of Cambridge University (international relations), Chernushenko has worked for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and the United Nations Environment Programme.{{cite book | last = Chernushenko | first = David | author-link = David Chernushenko |author2=Anna van der Kamp |author2-link=Anna van der Kamp | year = 2001 | title = Sustainable Sport Management: Running an Environmentally, Socially and Economically Responsible Organization | publisher = United Nations Environment Programme | isbn = 92-807-2072-4}} He has served on committees and boards of local housing and environment groups, schools and health advisory bodies.{{cite web |url = http://www.ottawagreens.ca/new_layout/david/mywalk_e.php |title= My Walk |publisher = Ottawa Greens |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060505233112/http://www.ottawagreens.ca/new_layout/david/mywalk_e.php |archive-date = 2006-05-05 }}

Chernushenko is a "green building" professional accredited by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program. As owner of the consulting firm Green & Gold Inc. since 1998, he has advised public, private, and non-profit organizations on adopting more sustainable and socially responsible practices.

From 1998 to 2004, Chernushenko served on the International Olympic Committee's commission on Sport and the Environment. He has written several books on sustainable management practices, including Sustainable Sport Management (UNEP, 2001) and Greening Our Games: Running Sports Events & Facilities that Won't Cost the Earth (Centurion, 1994), and the electronic publication Greening Campuses and their Communities (IISD/ACCC/UNEP, 1996). In 2001, he co-founded Clean Air Champions, a national charity that engaged athletes in raising awareness about air pollution, climate change, and the benefits of physical activity in Canada.

Federal politics

Chernushenko was the Green Party candidate for Ottawa Centre in the 2004 federal election. He finished fourth with 4,730 votes (8%), receiving more votes than any other Green candidate in Ottawa. He ran again in Ottawa Centre in the 2006 federal election and again came fourth, losing to Paul Dewar from the New Democratic Party (NDP). Chernushenko received 6,766 votes (10.2%), the highest vote count of any Green Party candidate in the 2006 election. He passed the 10% threshold, thus becoming eligible for partial government reimbursement of campaign expenditures. Chernushenko was endorsed by the Ottawa Citizen newspaper in the 2004 and 2006 elections.{{cite web |url = http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=d3229be6-0443-4e90-9189-1a72d70abb6c&k=32825 |title = Chernushenko, again |publisher = Ottawa Citizen |date = 2006-01-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121030/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=d3229be6-0443-4e90-9189-1a72d70abb6c&k=32825 |archive-date = 2007-09-29 }} He also ran as the Green Party candidate in Ottawa South in the 2003 Ontario general election.

= 2006 Green Party leadership bid =

On March 30, 2006, David Chernushenko announced his bid for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada.{{cite news |url = http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-chernushenko20060330.html |title = Chernushenko announces Green Party leadership bid |publisher = CBC Ottawa |date = 2006-03-30 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070312102003/http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-chernushenko20060330.html |archive-date = March 12, 2007 }} He was close to the positions of previous leader Jim Harris, in contrast to Elizabeth May, who was seen as more of a traditional activist. Chernushenko received 33.38% of the votes in the election, losing to May.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/renegotiate-nafta-new-green-party-leader-says-1.609507|title=Renegotiate NAFTA, new Green party leader says|publisher=CBC News|date=2006-08-26}} Since that time, Chernushenko has on occasion been critical of May's leadership of the party, and has publicly spoken out about her mixed messages about strategic voting in the 2008 federal election, an issue that some party insiders blamed for the Greens' poorer-than-expected results in that election.{{cite web

|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081016.wgreens17/BNStory/politics/home?cid=al_gam_mostview|title=May fends off calls for her resignation|publisher=The Glode and Mail|date=2008-10-17}}

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

On November 10, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Chernushenko to Canada's National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), a non-partisan panel that advises the federal government on environmental policy, and works to promote environmental, social and economic practices in Canada's public, private and civil society sectors. Chernushenko served as a member on the NRTEE from 2006 to 2009, and served as vice-chair in 2008–2009.

Chernushenko resigned as deputy leader of the Green Party in July 2007 in order to devote more time to his international consulting business and the NRTEE, and to make documentary films."[http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=501f97fe-964b-4b78-a2bc-745ec69fe836 Good Green will be missed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025231058/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=501f97fe-964b-4b78-a2bc-745ec69fe836 |date=2012-10-25 }}", Ottawa Citizen, July 10, 2007 Since then, he has launched the Living Lightly multimedia project and produced three documentaries, titled Be the Change (2008), Powerful: Energy for Everyone (2010){{cite news | url=http://www.earthtimes.org/green-blogs/green-living/film-review-powerful-energy-everyone-27-May-11/ | title=Film Review – Powerful: Energy for Everyone| work=Earth Times | date=27 May 2011 | access-date=30 July 2013 | author=Silven, Kirsten E.}} and Bike City, Great City (2013).{{cite news | url=http://cycle.ottawacitizen.com/news/chernushenko-premiers-film-encouraging-a-more-bike-friendly-ottawa | title=Chernushenko premiers film encouraging a more bike-friendly Ottawa | publisher=Ottawa Citizen | date=9 July 2013 | access-date=16 June 2014 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162310/http://cycle.ottawacitizen.com/news/chernushenko-premiers-film-encouraging-a-more-bike-friendly-ottawa | url-status=dead }}

Ottawa City Council

Chernushenko ran as City Councillor for Capital Ward in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chernushenko-running-for-city-council-seat-1.886485 "Chernushenko running for city council seat"], CBC News, June 18, 2010 He won with 41.34% of the vote.[http://ottawa.ca/city_hall/elections/results_en.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113145456/http://ottawa.ca/city_hall/elections/results_en.html |date=2010-11-13 }} City of Ottawa: Official Results — Election 2010 He was re-elected in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/your-city-government/elections/councillor|access-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185007/https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/your-city-government/elections/councillor|archive-date=14 July 2014|title=Councillor|website=City of Ottawa}} In the 2018 municipal election, Chernushenko was defeated by Shawn Menard.

Works

{{cite book

| last = Chernushenko

| first = David

| author-link = David Chernushenko

| year = 2019

| title = Burning Souls

| publisher = Green & Gold Inc

| location = Ottawa

| isbn = 978-1-234-56789-7

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/guidetolcshinfor00doej

}}

{{cite book

| last = Chernushenko

| first = David

| author-link = David Chernushenko

|author2=Anna Van der Kamp

| year = 2001

| title = Sustainable Sport Management: Running an Environmentally, Socially and Economically Responsible Organization

| publisher = United Nations Environment Programme

| isbn = 92-807-2072-4

}}

{{cite book

| last = Chernushenko

| first = David

| author-link = David Chernushenko

| year = 1994

| title = Greening our games : running sports events and facilities that won't cost the Earth

| publisher = Centurion Publishing & Marketing

| location = Ottawa

| isbn = 0-9697571-5-8

}}

Electoral record

colspan="4" \|2018 Ottawa City Council election – Capital Ward
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="230px" colspan="2" \| Capital Ward (Ward 17){{cite web \|url=https://ottawa.ca/election/2018_en.html \|title=2018 Election Results \|publisher=City of Ottawa \|access-date=2019-05-27}} ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
bgcolor=#FEDC34 width="30px"\| \| Shawn Menard	3,575	28.12
bgcolor=#00BCC8 width="30px"\| \| Christine McAllister	3,198	25.15
bgcolor=#990000 width="30px"\| \| David Chernushenko (X)	2,970	23.36
bgcolor=#582A72 width="30px"\| \| Anthony Carricato	2,451	19.28
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"\| \| Jide Afolabi	520	4.09

class="wikitable" \|+ ! colspan="3" \|2014 Ottawa City Council election – Capital Ward
Candidate !Votes !%
David Chernushenko (X) \|7206 \|77.53
Scott Blurton \|1788 \|19.19
Espoir Manirambona \|322 \|3.46

class="wikitable"

! colspan="3" |2014 Ottawa City Council election – Capital Ward

Candidate

!Votes

David Chernushenko (X)

|7206

|77.53

Scott Blurton

|1788

|19.19

Espoir Manirambona

|322

|3.46

style="width: 170px"\|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"\|Votes ! style="width: 40px"\|%
class="wikitable" ! colspan="3"\| 2010 Ottawa City Council election – Capital Ward
David Chernushenko	5335	41.34
Isabel Metcalfe	2515	19.49
Bob Brocklebank	2207	17.10
Domenic Santaguida	1475	11.43
Eugene Haslam	1084	8.40
Ron Le Blanc	243	1.88
Mano Hadavand	46	0.36

class="wikitable"
colspan="3"\| 2006 Green Party of Canada leadership election
rowspan=2\|Candidate !colspan=2\|Votes
# !%
Elizabeth May \|align=right\|2,145 \|align=right\|65.34
David Chernushenko \|align=right\|1,096 \|align=right\|33.38
Jim Fannon \|align=right\|29 \|align=right\|0.88
None of the above \|align=right\|13 \|align=right\|0.40
Total !align=right\|3,283 !align=right\|100.0%

class="wikitable"

colspan="3"| 2006 Green Party of Canada leadership election

rowspan=2|Candidate

!colspan=2|Votes

Elizabeth May

|align=right|2,145

|align=right|65.34

David Chernushenko

|align=right|1,096

|align=right|33.38

Jim Fannon

|align=right|29