Elizabeth May

May was born in Hartford, Connecticut,{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Curry |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/on-the-train-a-qa-with-elizabeth-may/article25581747/ |title=On the Train: A Q&A with Elizabeth May |publisher=globeandmail.com |location=Toronto, Ontario |date=September 8, 2008 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306211404/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/on-the-train-a-qa-with-elizabeth-may/article25581747/ |archive-date=March 6, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Elizabeth May Profile|page=A8|newspaper=London Free Press|location=London, Ontario|date=August 27, 2006}} the daughter of Stephanie (Middleton), a sculptor, pianist, and writer, and John Middleton May, an accountant.{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/2003/08/26/may-stephanie-middleton/|title=May, Stephanie Middleton|work=Hartford Courant|date=August 26, 2003|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207191817/http://articles.courant.com/2003-08-26/news/0308251528_1_nova-scotia-margaree-harbour-professional-pianist|archive-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=live}} Her father was born in New York City and raised in England,{{cite web |url=http://www.victoriastandard.ca/uploads/3/9/8/8/3988534/page_14a_22-21.pdf |title=John Middleton May - obituary - Archived copy |access-date=August 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005105822/http://www.victoriastandard.ca/uploads/3/9/8/8/3988534/page_14a_22-21.pdf |archive-date=October 5, 2015}} and her mother was also a native New Yorker. She has a younger brother named Geoffrey. Her mother was a prominent anti-nuclear activist and her father was Assistant Vice President of Aetna Life and Casualty.{{citation |year=2008 |title=Elizabeth May biography |publisher=Green Party of Canada}}

In 1972, the family relocated to Margaree Harbour, Nova Scotia, after a visit to Cape Breton Island. There, they purchased and operated a converted schooner, the Marion Elizabeth, as a gift shop and restaurant until 2002. May relinquished her U.S. citizenship in 1978, when she became a Canadian citizen, in accordance with American nationality law at the time.{{cite news |author=Robert Fife |date=October 3, 2019 |title=Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, had attacked Michaëlle Jean on same issue |url=http://theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-conservative-leader-andrew-scheer-holds-dual-canadian-us-citizenship |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404102404/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-conservative-leader-andrew-scheer-holds-dual-canadian-us-citizenship/ |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite twitter |number=196014276257923072 |user=ElizabethMay |title=I am only a Canadian citizen since renouncing US citizenship.}}

May attended St. Francis Xavier University in rural Nova Scotia, but dropped out.E. May, Budworm Battles, Four East books: Tantallon NS, 1981 Returning to Margaree Harbour, May took correspondence courses in restaurant management. Beginning in 1980, she attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, graduating in 1983 with a degree in law.{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth May |url=https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/emaychair/about/elizabethmay.html |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Dalhousie University |language=en}} May later studied theology at Saint Paul University, a federated college of the University of Ottawa,{{cite web |title=About SPU - History |url=https://ustpaul.ca/en/about-spu-history_493_360.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107173617/https://ustpaul.ca/en/about-spu-history_493_360.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=November 7, 2019 |website=Université Saint-Paul University |publisher=Saint Paul University}} but withdrew from the program due to conflicting schedule demands.{{cite news |last1=Sison |first1=Marites |date=August 2, 2013 |title=An activist, an Anglican, a political leader |url=https://www.anglicanjournal.com/an-activist-an-anglican-a-political-leader/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107173553/https://www.anglicanjournal.com/an-activist-an-anglican-a-political-leader/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=November 7, 2019 |publisher=Anglican Journal}}

May first became known in the Canadian media in the mid-1970s through her leadership as a volunteer in the grassroots movement against proposed aerial insecticide spraying on forests near her home on Cape Breton Island. The effort prevented aerial insecticide spraying from ever occurring in Nova Scotia. Years later, she and a local group of residents went to court to prevent herbicide spraying. In 1982, they won a temporary injunction, halting the spray programme, but after two years, the case was eventually lost. Legal costs associated with the case resulted in her family sacrificing their home and seventy acres of land due to litigation from Scott Paper.{{Cite web |last=May |first=Elizabeth |date=2022-07-17 |title=Good Sunday Morning - July 17 |url=https://elizabethmaymp.ca/good-sunday-morning-july-17/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Elizabeth May |language=en-US}} However, by the time the judge ruled the chemicals were safe, 2,4,5-T's export from the U.S. had been banned.{{cite web|title = Elizabeth May's Biography {{!}} Green Party of Canada|url = https://greenparty.ca/en/elizabeth/elizabeth-mays-biography|website = www.greenparty.ca|access-date = May 26, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150810082750/http://www.greenparty.ca/en/elizabeth/elizabeth-mays-biography|archive-date = August 10, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}} The forests of Nova Scotia were spared from being the last areas in Canada to be sprayed with Agent Orange.

In 1980, May and others launched a political party to raise environmental and anti-nuclear issues dubbed "the Small Party". The party ran 12 candidates in six provinces in the 1980 federal election. May, at the time a 25-year-old waitress, ran against the former Deputy Prime Minister, Allan J. MacEachen in Cape Breton Highlands—Canso. She placed last out of four candidates receiving 272 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Gres&genElection=32&ridProvince=7&submit1=Search|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101044800/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Gres&genElection=32&ridProvince=7&submit1=Search|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2013|title=Election Results, Parliament of Canada|publisher=parl.gc.ca|date=February 18, 1980|access-date=March 28, 2011}}

Following her graduation from Dalhousie University, May worked as an environmental lawyer in Halifax. In 1985, May moved to Ottawa to work with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. She held the position of Associate General Counsel,{{cite web |title=PIAC » About Us |url=http://www.piac.ca/about-us/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529201108/http://www.piac.ca/about-us/ |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |access-date=May 29, 2015 |work=piac.ca}} representing consumer, poverty and environmental groups from 1985 to 1986.

In 1986, May was named Senior Policy Advisor to Thomas McMillan, then-Minister of the Environment in the Progressive Conservative Mulroney government. As senior policy advisor, May was involved in the negotiation of the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer. She was instrumental in the creation of several national parks, including South Moresby. In 1988, May resigned on principle after permits were granted for the Rafferty-Alameda Dams in Saskatchewan without proper environmental assessment. The permits were later struck down by a Federal Court decision that found that the permits had been granted illegally.{{cite news |title=Dam deals |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/dam-deals-152135005.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526192309/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/dam-deals-152135005.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=May 26, 2015 |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |df=mdy-all}}

May helped found the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund with the aim of funding groups and individuals in environmental cases.{{cite book |last1=Mowat |first1=Farley |title=Rescue the Earth! Conversations with the Green Crusaders |date=1990 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=9780771066849 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YPHaAAAAMAAJ |access-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-date=September 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912130510/https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Rescue_the_Earth/YPHaAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live}} She has worked with Indigenous peoples internationally, particularly in the Amazon rainforest, as well as with First Nations in Canada. She was the first volunteer executive director of Cultural Survival Canada from 1989 to 1992 and worked for the Algonquian of Barriere Lake from 1991 to 1992.

She has taught courses at Queen's University School of Policy Studies, and was the first holder of the Elizabeth May Chair in Women's Health and Environment at Dalhousie University in 1998.{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth |url=https://www.greenparty.ca/en/meet-elizabeth |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912145127/https://www.greenparty.ca/en/meet-elizabeth |archive-date=September 12, 2019 |access-date=September 13, 2019 |website=Green Party of Canada |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Office |first=Contact Information Organization: Media Relations |title=Activist @ McGill |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/activist-mcgill-9974 |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Newsroom |language=en}}

In 1989, May became the founding executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-411-e.html|title=Library of Canada biography|publisher=Collectionscanada.ca|access-date=March 28, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001063156/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-411-e.html|archive-date=October 1, 2007}} During her tenure with the Sierra Club of Canada, May received several awards in recognition of her environmental leadership, including: the International Conservation Award from the Friends of Nature, the United Nations Global 500 Award in 1990, the award for Outstanding Leadership in Environmental Education by the Ontario Society for Environmental Education in 1996, and in November 2005 was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her "decades of leadership in the Canadian environmental movement".{{cite web|url = https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1116-e.html|title = Celebrating Women's Achievements|access-date = May 29, 2015|publisher = Library and Archives Canada|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151005134624/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1116-e.html|archive-date = October 5, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}{{cite web|title = Canada: Uranium deals with India weakens NNPT|work = Pressenza|date = April 20, 2015|url = http://www.pressenza.com/2015/04/canada-uranium-deals-with-india-weakens-nnpt/|access-date = May 28, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150528182659/http://www.pressenza.com/2015/04/canada-uranium-deals-with-india-weakens-nnpt/|archive-date = May 28, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}

In April 2006, May announced her resignation as the Sierra Club's executive director. Upon leaving the Sierra Club, Board President Louise Comeau noted, "Elizabeth has led the Club at the national level from its infancy to the enormously effective entity it is today."{{cite web |title=Elizabeth May steps down as Executive Director of Sierra Club of Canada {{!}} Atlantic Chapter |url=http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/en/node/516 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526194609/http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/en/node/516 |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=May 26, 2015 |website=atlantic.sierraclub.ca}}

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On May 9, 2006, May entered the Green Party of Canada's leadership race.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060414/green_party_060414/20060414?hub=Canada |title=Elizabeth May considers running for Green Party |publisher=CTV.ca |date=April 14, 2006 |access-date=March 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111142212/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060414/green_party_060414/20060414?hub=Canada |archive-date=November 11, 2007}}

On August 26, 2006, May won the leadership election on the first ballot. She tallied 65.3% of the votes, beating her main rival, David Chernushenko (33.3%) and Jim Fannon (0.88%). She said one of the main platforms for the next election would be to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). At the time of her election as leader, May said she intended to run in the riding of Cape Breton—Canso in the next federal election, although she also said she would stand in a federal byelection if one occurred prior to the next general election.{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2297cf57-dfae-4974-ad94-a7edfc9a9fa3&k=12457|title=New Green leader to try for a seat in Cape Breton|publisher=Canada.com|access-date=March 28, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604135959/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2297cf57-dfae-4974-ad94-a7edfc9a9fa3&k=12457|archive-date=June 4, 2011}} In the fall of 2006, May ran for election in London North Centre, finishing second to Glen Pearson of the Liberal Party. While she lost, May's showing in this by-election was the best result, in terms of percentage, achieved by the Green Party of Canada at that time.{{cite news|title=Green party 'has arrived' after finishing 2nd in byelection|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/green-party-has-arrived-after-finishing-2nd-in-byelection-1.598472|access-date=January 12, 2013|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=November 28, 2006|archive-date=September 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912130439/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/green-party-has-arrived-after-finishing-2nd-in-byelection-1.598472|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?ed=1382 |title=Elections Canada – Electoral Districts |publisher=Enr.elections.ca |date=November 29, 2010 |access-date=March 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110014641/http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?ed=1382 |archive-date=January 10, 2007 |url-status=live}}

In April 2007, during a speech by May to a London, Ontario United Church of Canada, she condemned Prime Minister Stephen Harper's stance on climate change, comparing it to "a grievance worse than Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of the Nazis."{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=098b787f-cc1e-4f52-a27c-0cb0b0856faa|title=PM's climate stance worse than appeasing Nazis: Green leader|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=May 1, 2007|access-date=May 29, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819215519/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=098b787f-cc1e-4f52-a27c-0cb0b0856faa|archive-date=August 19, 2015}} The statement drew criticism from the Canadian Jewish Congress and opposition parties. While Opposition leader Stéphane Dion refused to respond to Harper's request for him to distance himself from May and these remarks during Question Period, Dion did state to reporters outside Commons that May should withdraw the remarks, and that the Nazi regime is beyond any comparison.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pm-invites-dion-to-distance-himself-from-may-s-nazi-analogies-1.631901|title=PM invites Dion to distance himself from May's 'Nazi analogies'|publisher=CBC.ca|date=May 1, 2007|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531195158/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pm-invites-dion-to-distance-himself-from-may-s-nazi-analogies-1.631901|archive-date=May 31, 2015|url-status=live}}

May said she was having "a lousy week" because of the federal government's weak action plan on the environment, but stood by her comments. In a Green Party of Canada press release, May stated that she was referencing a Chamberlain Nazi appeasement analogy made by journalist George Monbiot a few days earlier{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070421.GREEN21/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario|title=Toronto Green Living Show|publisher=Theglobeandmail.com|access-date=March 28, 2011}} {{dead link|date=July 2014}} saying "I made reference to Mr. Monbiot's statement to highlight the damage being done to Canada's international reputation, something that should concern all Canadians."{{cite web|url=https://greenparty.ca/en/releases/01.05.2007b|title=Green Party Leader dismayed that comments were distorted|publisher=Greenparty.ca|date=May 1, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204074224/http://greenparty.ca/en/releases/01.05.2007b|archive-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/radio/cjob/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122535/http://www.cjob.com/news/index.aspx?dir=national&src=ext&rem=.%2Fn050193A.xml|url-status=dead|title=680 CJOB - Winnipeg's News & Information Leader|archive-date=September 29, 2007|website=CJOB}}

On March 17, 2007, May announced that she would run in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, in the 2008 federal election.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070317/may_candidacy_070317/20070317?hub=Canada |title=Greens' May to fight MacKay in next election |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=March 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111142247/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070317/may_candidacy_070317/20070317?hub=Canada |archive-date=November 11, 2007}} The riding was held by Conservative National Defence Minister Peter MacKay. May has explained that she chose Central Nova to avoid running against a Liberal or NDP incumbent.{{cite news|author=Susan Delacourt Ottawa Bureau Chief|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/03/19/taking_on_mackay_is_it_may_madness.html|title=Taking on MacKay: Is it May madness?|work=Thestar.com|date=March 19, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2011|location=Toronto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020101843/http://www.thestar.com/News/article/193492|archive-date=October 20, 2012|url-status=live}}

On April 12, 2007, Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion announced that the Liberals would not run a candidate in Central Nova in return for the Greens not running a candidate in Dion's safe Saint-Laurent—Cartierville riding.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-agree-not-to-run-candidate-against-green-leader-1.639778|title=Liberals agree not to run candidate against Green leader|publisher=CBC.ca|date=April 12, 2007|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204103723/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-agree-not-to-run-candidate-against-green-leader-1.639778|archive-date=February 4, 2015|url-status=live}} There was criticism from prominent Green Party members of May's failing to support all Green candidates unequivocally during the 2008 election, as she made favourable comments about Liberal leader Stéphane Dion and said that supporters in close ridings might consider voting strategically to attempt to defeat the Conservatives.{{cite news|author=Bill Curry|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/may-fends-off-calls-for-her-resignation/article1063883/|title=May fends off calls for her resignation|publisher=Theglobeandmail.com|date=October 16, 2008|access-date=May 28, 2015|location=Toronto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202710/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/may-fends-off-calls-for-her-resignation/article1063883/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}

File:Elizabeth May on CBC Radio One - Calgary.jpg broadcast, July 2008]]

May was initially excluded from the televised national leadership debate in the 2008 federal election, based on the lack of any elected Green party MPs. She argued that the TV network consortium's initial exclusion of the Green Party of Canada was "anti-democratic" and blamed it on "the decision-making of a small group of TV network executives".{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/greens-can-t-participate-in-leaders-debates-networks-rule-1.757797|work=CBC News|title=Greens can't participate in leaders debates, networks rule|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131223309/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/greens-can-t-participate-in-leaders-debates-networks-rule-1.757797|archive-date=January 31, 2015|url-status=live}} Eventually May was invited to attend the televised debate.{{cite web|first=Susan|last=Riley|url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4fa049e9-754c-4641-bb2a-0e1b7e238f0d|title=Whack a Tory|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=October 3, 2008|access-date=May 29, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808165425/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4fa049e9-754c-4641-bb2a-0e1b7e238f0d|archive-date=August 8, 2015}}

May received 32 per cent of the vote in Central Nova in 2008 to MacKay's 47 per cent. Nationally, the Greens received 6.8 per cent of the popular vote.

In 2010, following a survey of potentially favourable electoral districts across the country, May announced her intention to run in Saanich—Gulf Islands, in British Columbia against Conservative cabinet minister Gary Lunn.{{cite news|title=May wins Green Party nomination in B.C. riding|newspaper=Globe and Mail|year=2008|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/may-wins-green-party-nomination-in-bc-riding/article1294469|access-date=September 20, 2009|location=Toronto}} {{dead link|date=July 2014}}

File:EMay-NDAER3.jpg National Day of Action in Ottawa, May 2011]]

On March 29, 2011, the broadcast consortium organizing the televised national leaders' debate for the 2011 federal election announced that it would not invite May.{{Cite news|last=Burgmann|first=Tamsyn |title=Green's Elizabeth May will fight broadcasters' decision to ditch her from debate|newspaper=The Canadian Press|date=March 30, 2011|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/greens-elizabeth-may-will-fight-broadcasters-decision-to-ditch-her-from-debate-118927234.html|access-date=March 30, 2011}}{{Cite news|title=Debate over May diverts campaign Harper pushes lower corporate taxes, Layton would raise them, Ignatieff would add to CPP|newspaper=CBC News|date=March 30, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/debate-over-may-diverts-campaign-1.1105297|access-date=March 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402050359/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/03/30/cv-election.html|archive-date=April 2, 2011|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last1=Pynn |first1=Larry |last2=Minsky |first2=Amy |title=Greens' Elizabeth May, determined to enter debate, prepares legal action |newspaper=Vancouver Sun and Postmedia News |date=March 30, 2011 |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Greens+Elizabeth+determined+enter+debate+prepares+legal+action/4529114/story.html |access-date=March 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401124131/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Greens+Elizabeth+determined+enter+debate+prepares+legal+action/4529114/story.html |archive-date=April 1, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Leblanc|first=Daniel|title=Elizabeth May excluded from election debates|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-excluded-from-election-debates/article574671/|access-date=May 29, 2015|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=March 30, 2011|location=Toronto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430053542/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-excluded-from-election-debates/article574671/|archive-date=April 30, 2016|url-status=live}} Despite her exclusion from the national debates, she won her riding, defeating the incumbent Gary Lunn.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-wins-first-seat-for-greens/article2007621/ |title=Elizabeth May wins first seat for Greens |last=Hunter |first=Justine |date=May 3, 2011 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |access-date=May 29, 2015 |location=Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507040335/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-wins-first-seat-for-greens/article2007621/ |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}} Nationally the Greens received 4 per cent of the popular vote.

In 2012, May tabled a Private member's bill, Bill C-442, with the aim of creating a national framework to address Lyme disease. On December 16, 2014, Bill C-442 received royal assent, becoming law.{{cite web|title = LEGISinfo – Private Member's Bill C-442 (41–2)|url = http://www.parl.gc.ca/legisinfo/BillDetails.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&billId=6253923|website = www.parl.gc.ca|access-date = May 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150527201338/http://www.parl.gc.ca/legisinfo/BillDetails.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&billId=6253923|archive-date = May 27, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}} Bill C-442 was the first piece of Green Party legislation enacted in the history of Canada, and was passed with unanimous consent by both houses of Parliament.{{Cite news|title = May's Bill Passes Senate in Historic First For Greens|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/12/elizabeth-may-lyme-disease-bill-green_n_6316692.html|website = The Huffington Post|access-date = May 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150514123422/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/12/elizabeth-may-lyme-disease-bill-green_n_6316692.html|archive-date = May 14, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}

The bill was introduced by May in response to the rise of lyme disease across Canada, and in recognition of the findings by groups including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who have noted that as a result of climate change Lyme disease is beginning to spread more quickly, as the number of ticks— who serve as vectors for Lyme disease– steadily increases.{{Cite news|title = Lyme disease on the rise in Canada, linked to ticks|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/lyme-disease-on-the-rise-in-canada-linked-to-ticks/article18232442/|website = The Globe and Mail|access-date = May 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161228085921/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/lyme-disease-on-the-rise-in-canada-linked-to-ticks/article18232442/|archive-date = December 28, 2016|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}

In December 2014, May presented a petition to the House of Commons by members of 9/11 Truth organizations asking the government to review the September 11 attacks in New York. While she personally did not agree with the petition, May defended presenting it and stated "It is an obligation of an MP to present every petition submitted to them."{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/elizabeth-may-presents-9-11-truther-petition-to-parliament-1.2133362|title=Elizabeth May presents '9/11 truther' petition to Parliament|work=CTV News|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405233741/http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/elizabeth-may-presents-9-11-truther-petition-to-parliament-1.2133362|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2014/12/04/elizabeth-may-presents-911-truther-petition-in-the-house-of-commons|title=Elizabeth May not obligated to present 9/11 'Truther' petition in the House of Commons despite claims otherwise|work=National Post|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=May 29, 2015}} {{dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} While many MPs consider it a responsibility, House of Commons rules do not require MPs to present all petitions they receive to Parliament. In 2012, the NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar declined to present a similar petition by another 9/11 Truth group to parliament.

Annually, Maclean's Magazine organizes an awards ceremony in which MPs recognize the achievements and hard work of their colleagues. In 2012, May was voted by her colleagues in the House of Commons as Parliamentarian of the Year, in 2013 she was voted Hardest Working MP, and in 2014 she was voted Best Orator.{{Cite news|title = And the winner is ... Elizabeth May|work = Macleans|url = http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/elizabeth-may-the-parliamentarian-of-the-year/|access-date = May 26, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150526194555/http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/elizabeth-may-the-parliamentarian-of-the-year/|archive-date = May 26, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2013/11/18/presenting-the-2013-parliamentarians-of-the-year/|title=2013 Parliamentarians of the Year|magazine=Maclean's|date=November 18, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227091210/http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/11/18/presenting-the-2013-parliamentarians-of-the-year/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title = The 2014 Parliamentarians of the Year| date=November 19, 2014 |url = http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/2014-parliamentarians-of-the-year/|access-date = May 26, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150606141204/http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/2014-parliamentarians-of-the-year/|archive-date = June 6, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}

May was the first MP to take a stand against Bill C-51, on February 3, 2015, Toronto Star National Affairs columnist Thomas Walkom noted that, "So far, the only opposition MP with enough guts to critique the content of the Conservative government's new anti-terror bill is Green Party Leader Elizabeth May."{{Cite news|title = The Liberals and NDP are afraid to criticize the substance of Bill C-51. Too bad. There is a lot they could say.|url = https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/03/weak-kneed-opposition-lets-conservative-terror-bill-sail-through-walkom.html|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = February 3, 2015|access-date = May 27, 2015|issn = 0319-0781|first = Thomas|last = Walkom|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170825070317/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/03/weak-kneed-opposition-lets-conservative-terror-bill-sail-through-walkom.html|archive-date = August 25, 2017|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}} May and fellow Green MP Bruce Hyer tabled sixty amendments during clause-by-clause considerations of Bill C-51 – all sixty amendments were rejected by the government.{{cite web|title = Elizabeth May and Bruce Hyer announce 60 amendments to Bill C-51|date = March 30, 2015|url = http://elizabethmaymp.ca/green-party-leaders-announce-60-amendments-to-bill-c-51/|access-date = May 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150527190856/http://elizabethmaymp.ca/green-party-leaders-announce-60-amendments-to-bill-c-51/|archive-date = May 27, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}} May later stated of Bill C-51, "It's not fixable. Stop it. Repeal it."{{cite web|title = Can we stop C-51?|date = April 14, 2015|url = http://elizabethmaymp.ca/can-we-stop-c-51/|access-date = May 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150527190647/http://elizabethmaymp.ca/can-we-stop-c-51/|archive-date = May 27, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}

On April 23, 2015, May had two amendments to Bill C-46, the Pipelines Safety Act, accepted.{{cite news|title = Elizabeth May amends government bill for 1st time|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elizabeth-may-amends-government-bill-for-1st-time-1.3047721|access-date = May 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150531143940/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elizabeth-may-amends-government-bill-for-1st-time-1.3047721|archive-date = May 31, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}} These were the first Green Party amendments to a government bill ever adopted. The first amendment enabled "aboriginal governing bodies to be reimbursed for actions they take in relation to a spill". Prior to the amendment, the bill outlined that those at fault in a spill would only be liable for "costs and expenses reasonably incurred by Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province or any other person". The second amendment was related to the concept of polluter pays. The original line in the bill said that the National Energy Board "may" recover funds to compensate those affected by a spill, the Green Party amendment changed the "may" to "shall".

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In October 2015, Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau invited May to be part of the Canadian delegation to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris, France, in late November 2015; the summit was intended to negotiate post-2020 targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and resulted in the GHGPPA. According to Maclean's, "May, who requested and received a 30-minute meeting with Trudeau this week even as he was immersed in transition plans for swearing in a new Liberal government on Nov. 4, said his willingness to engage with opposition parties is also encouraging, suggesting a less hyper-partisan style of governing."{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/trudeau-invites-premiers-and-elizabeth-may-to-un-climate-summit/|title=Trudeau invites premiers and Elizabeth May to UN climate summit|publisher=The Canadian Press|via=Maclean's|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026184422/http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/trudeau-invites-premiers-and-elizabeth-may-to-un-climate-summit/|archive-date=October 26, 2015|access-date=October 26, 2015}}

On March 23, 2018, May was arrested for civil contempt during a demonstration against the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Other members of the demonstration, including fellow Member of Parliament Kennedy Stewart, were also arrested concerning the same incident. They were accused of violating a court order requiring those demonstrating to stay five meters back from company work sites, when they allegedly blocked the roadway.{{cite news |last=Schmunk |first=Rhianna |title=Pipeline protesters including MPs Elizabeth May, Kennedy Stewart should face criminal charge: judge |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elizabeth-may-kennedy-stewart-kinder-morgan-arrest-court-appearance-1.4611437 |work=CBC News |access-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409191703/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elizabeth-may-kennedy-stewart-kinder-morgan-arrest-court-appearance-1.4611437 |archive-date=April 9, 2018 |url-status=live}} On April 9, 2018, Justice Kenneth Affleck of the British Columbia Supreme Court recommended that May and the others arrested should be charged with criminal contempt in relation to the alleged incident.{{cite news |last=Slepian |first=Katya |title=Elizabeth May, other anti-pipeline protesters should be criminally charged: judge |url=https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/judge-says-anti-pipline-protesters-including-elizabeth-may-should-face-criminal-contempt-charges/ |work=Surrey Now-Leader |access-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410135140/https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/judge-says-anti-pipline-protesters-including-elizabeth-may-should-face-criminal-contempt-charges/ |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |agency=Canadian Press |title=B.C. Supreme Court judge calls for criminal charges against Elizabeth May and Trans Mountain protesters |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/national/b-c-supreme-court-judge-calls-for-criminal-charges-against-elizabeth-may-and-trans-mountain-protesters/wcm/3d8ebe93-91f0-4fb5-b0bd-bd4123503678 |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118020850/https://calgaryherald.com/news/national/b-c-supreme-court-judge-calls-for-criminal-charges-against-elizabeth-may-and-trans-mountain-protesters/wcm/3d8ebe93-91f0-4fb5-b0bd-bd4123503678 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Givetash |first=Linda |title=Pipeline protesters including Green leader should face criminal charges: judge |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/pipeline-protesters-including-green-leader-should-face-criminal-charges-judge-1.3877936 |work=CTV News |access-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410072643/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/pipeline-protesters-including-green-leader-should-face-criminal-charges-judge-1.3877936 |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |url-status=live}} On April 16, 2018, it was reported that special prosecutors would be overseeing the charges against May and Stewart.{{cite news |last=Laanela |first=Mike |title=Special prosecutors to handle federal MPs' cases after anti-pipeline protest arrests |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/special-prosecutors-to-handle-federal-mps-cases-after-anti-pipeline-protest-arrests-1.4621340 |work=CBC News |access-date=April 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416193152/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/special-prosecutors-to-handle-federal-mps-cases-after-anti-pipeline-protest-arrests-1.4621340 |archive-date=April 16, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Slepian |first=Katya |title=Elizabeth May, other anti-pipeline protesters to be criminally charged |url=https://www.terracestandard.com/news/elizabeth-may-other-anti-pipeline-protesters-to-be-criminally-charged/ |work=Terrace Standard |access-date=April 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417023123/https://www.terracestandard.com/news/elizabeth-may-other-anti-pipeline-protesters-to-be-criminally-charged/ |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |url-status=live}} On May 14, 2018, the special prosecutor handling May's case told Justice Affleck that the province was pursuing a criminal contempt of court prosecution against May.{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/kennedy-stewart-enters-guilty-plea-to-charge-of-criminal-contempt|title=MP Kennedy Stewart enters guilty plea to charge of criminal contempt for Kinder Morgan protest|last=Fraser|first=Keith|work=Vancouver Sun|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109224932/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/kennedy-stewart-enters-guilty-plea-to-charge-of-criminal-contempt|archive-date=November 9, 2018|url-status=live}} On May 28, 2018, May pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of court and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,500.{{cite news |last=Brend |first=Yvette |title=Elizabeth May pleads guilty to criminal contempt for pipeline protest |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elizabeth-may-court-kinder-morgan-protest-1.4681097 |work=CBC News |access-date=May 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529150911/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elizabeth-may-court-kinder-morgan-protest-1.4681097 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |agency=The Canadian Press |title=Green party Leader Elizabeth May gets $1,500 fine for pipeline protest arrest |url=https://vancouversun.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/cp-newsalert-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-pleads-guilty-to-contempt/wcm/dad85822-bd77-4423-8bcf-1d9afd6eaf7c |work=Vancouver Sun |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034715/https://vancouversun.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/cp-newsalert-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-pleads-guilty-to-contempt/wcm/dad85822-bd77-4423-8bcf-1d9afd6eaf7c/ |url-status=live}} May has called for a doubling of Canada's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to a 60% reduction from 2005 levels, instead of the current 30%.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-carbon-emissions-climate-change-1.5138676 |title=Greens call for a doubling of Canada's carbon emissions reduction target {{!}} CBC News |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010155506/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-carbon-emissions-climate-change-1.5138676| url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-liberal-and-conservative-governments-have-broken-climate-change-promises-for-31-years-whoever-wins-will-do-it-again|title=GOLDSTEIN: Governments broke climate change promises for 31 years. 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After Annamie Paul, May's successor as Green Party leader, resigned following a period of internal tensions within the party and a poor performance in the 2021 Canadian federal election, May announced she would run in the leadership election to replace her.{{cite news|last1=Thurton|first1=David|date=November 16, 2021|title=Green Party accepts Annamie Paul's resignation as leader|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-annamie-paul-1.6251482|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116232733/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-annamie-paul-1.6251482|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Thurton |first=David |date=August 31, 2022 |title=Green Party leadership candidates launch their campaigns |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-elizabeth-may-1.6567083 |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831012449/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-elizabeth-may-1.6567083 |url-status=live }} Running on a joint ticket with human rights activist Jonathan Pedneault and proposing that the party adopt a co-leadership model, May won the leadership election on November 19, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2022/11/19/elizabeth-may-returns-to-green-party-leadership-with-running-mate-jonathan-pedneault.html|title=Elizabeth May returns to Green Party leadership with running mate Jonathan Pedneault|date=November 19, 2022|website=thestar.com|access-date=November 20, 2022|archive-date=November 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120012302/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2022/11/19/elizabeth-may-returns-to-green-party-leadership-with-running-mate-jonathan-pedneault.html|url-status=live}} As co-leadership is not formally recognized in the party’s constitution, and Pedneault served as May's deputy leader while the two sought to amend the party constitution.{{Cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/news/elizabeth-may-elected-green-leader-again-to-share-burden-with-jonathan-pedneault|title=Elizabeth May elected Green leader again, to share burden with Jonathan Pedneault|date=November 19, 2022|newspaper=Toronto Sun|archive-date=November 20, 2022|access-date=November 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120033304/https://torontosun.com/news/elizabeth-may-elected-green-leader-again-to-share-burden-with-jonathan-pedneault|url-status=live}} The proposed constitutional change was not approved due to internal disagreement and on July 9, 2024, Jonathan Pedneault resigned as deputy leader, citing personal reasons. May said she regretted the decision but confirmed that she planned to continue as leader into the 2025 Canadian federal election, and run for re-election in her Vancouver Island riding.{{cite news |title=Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault steps down for 'personal reasons' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elizabeth-may-green-party-leadership-pedneault-1.7258101 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=July 9, 2024 |archive-date=July 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709150035/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elizabeth-may-green-party-leadership-pedneault-1.7258101 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Jonathan Pedneault resigns from Green Party, leaving Elizabeth May as sole leader |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/jonathan-pedneault-resigns-from-green-party-leaving-elizabeth-may-as-sole-leader/article_30be03c8-9460-52fb-a1c6-bd4c5a1df21e.html |access-date=July 9, 2024 |work=Toronto Star |date=July 9, 2024 |archive-date=July 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709152212/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/jonathan-pedneault-resigns-from-green-party-leaving-elizabeth-may-as-sole-leader/article_30be03c8-9460-52fb-a1c6-bd4c5a1df21e.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Deputy leader stepping down from bid to co-lead federal Green Party after internal debate |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/deputy-leader-stepping-down-from-bid-to-co-lead-federal-green-party-after-internal-debate/article_3b2d099c-3d5a-11ef-8ae1-9be3efbafb4f.html |access-date=July 9, 2024 |work=Toronto Star |date=July 9, 2024 |archive-date=July 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709152217/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/deputy-leader-stepping-down-from-bid-to-co-lead-federal-green-party-after-internal-debate/article_3b2d099c-3d5a-11ef-8ae1-9be3efbafb4f.html |url-status=live }} Pedneault returned in January 2025 to serve as co-leader, pending election by party membership, which was approved on February 4, 2025. In the 2025 election, May won re-election in her riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands, becoming the party's sole representative in Parliament.

During a visit in 2006 to the Mount St. Joseph's Convent in London, Ontario, May responded to a nun's question about her position on abortion, saying "I don't think a woman has a frivolous right to choose. What I don't want is a desperate woman to die in an illegal abortion." Following initial reports of May's statements, which did not include the full quote, prominent Canadian feminist Judy Rebick announced that she was withdrawing her previous support of May and the Green Party because of May's questioning "the most important victory of the women's movement of my generation".{{cite web |last=Rebick |first=Judy |url=http://www.rabble.ca/news/rebick-withdraws-any-support-may |title=Rebick withdraws any support for May |publisher=Rabble.ca |date=December 20, 2006 |access-date=May 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320004049/http://rabble.ca/news/rebick-withdraws-any-support-may |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=live}} May later clarified that she had been trying to explain to the nuns how "their belief in right to life means that they should support abortion". She explained that making abortions illegal would cause more deaths from desperate illegal abortions, as had been the case for hundreds of years previously.

In a 2011 interview with the Georgia Straight, May said her position had been "massively misreported" and explained "If a woman is in a situation where she’d like to keep her child and needs support, we also want to be there to support that choice and also to ensure that as much as possible we, in our society, provide—not just for women, but for male partners—responsibility, birth-control information in order to avoid unwanted pregnancies … So, it’s a mixed and nuanced position, but there’s absolutely no wiggle room on maintaining the right of women in this country to safe and legal abortions." She stressed that there is "no going back" on the issue, and that she is "very militant" about it.{{Cite web |title=Green party leader Elizabeth May says her abortion stance "massively misreported" |work=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly |date=April 14, 2011 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |url=https://www.straight.com/article-387551/vancouver/green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-says-her-abortion-stance-massively-misreported |quote=So, women must have access to legal, safe abortions, whenever a woman needs one. |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722044047/http://www.straight.com/article-387551/vancouver/green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-says-her-abortion-stance-massively-misreported |url-status=live}}

May was interviewed by a CBC videographer that was published two days prior to the start of the 2019 federal election. May stated that the Green Party would not ban elected MPs from reopening the abortion debate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/powerandpolitics/green-party-elizabeth-may-abortion-debate-1.5273722|title=Green Party won't ban members from trying to reopen abortion debate, says May|author1=Brennan McDonald|author2=Vassy Kapelos|date=September 9, 2019|website=CBC News|access-date=September 9, 2019|archive-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706210339/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/powerandpolitics/green-party-elizabeth-may-abortion-debate-1.5273722|url-status=live}} May's reasoning was that despite her own personal pro-choice views, Green Party rules do not give her the power as leader to whip votes in caucus. This position put the Greens in stark contrast to the Liberals and the NDP, both of which require attestations from MPs that they will consistently support the party's stated pro-choice platform. The Green Party released an official statement clarifying May's comments, saying that candidates are prescreened to rule out anti-abortion viewpoints, but that May's initial statement regarding the leader not having the power to whip votes remains official Green Party policy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenparty.ca/en/statement/2019-09-09/statement-green-party-canada|title=Statement from the Green Party of Canada|last=Emery|first=Rosie|date=September 9, 2019|website=Green Party of Canada|access-date=September 9, 2019|archive-date=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910183953/https://www.greenparty.ca/en/statement/2019-09-09/statement-green-party-canada|url-status=live}} May later backed away from the comments, saying that any Green MP who moved to re-open the debate would risk being removed from caucus.{{Cite news |title=Elizabeth May clarifies position on abortion, says Green Party screens out candidates who disagree |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=September 20, 2019 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-elizabeth-may-clarifies-position-on-abortion-says-green-party-screens/ |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706210323/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-elizabeth-may-clarifies-position-on-abortion-says-green-party-screens/ |url-status=live}}

In November 2011, May tweeted concerns about the possible dangers of WiFi. May's comments that WiFi was a "possible human carcinogen" and that the use of WiFi might be related to the "disappearance of pollinating insects" fuelled attacks over the scientific soundness of her views.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-wages-war-against-wifi/article617404/|title=Elizabeth May wages war against WiFi|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320225530/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-wages-war-against-wifi/article617404/|archive-date=March 20, 2017|url-status=live}} "It is very disturbing how quickly Wi-Fi has moved into schools as it is children who are the most vulnerable", she wrote.{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/so-whats-wrong-with-wifi|title=Are Wi-Fi fears junk science?|work=National Post|date=July 30, 2011|access-date=May 29, 2015}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The National Post pointed out that May had ironically made the tweets on her cellphone.{{cite web|date=November 24, 2011|title=National Post editorial board: Getting a whiff of WiFi paranoia|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/national-post-editorial-board-getting-a-whiff-of-wifi-paranoia|access-date=May 29, 2015|work=National Post}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In June 2013, during a Twitter exchange with May, a Green Party critic downloaded the party's platform and found reference to the party's support of government-subsidized homeopathy.{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/elizabeth-mays-so-called-party-of-science-seems-to-support-a-lot-of-unscientific-public-policies|title=Elizabeth May's Party of Science seems to support a lot of unscientific public policies|work=National Post|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150911201316/http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/elizabeth-mays-so-called-party-of-science-seems-to-support-a-lot-of-unscientific-public-policies|archive-date=September 11, 2015|url-status=live}} Homeopathy found its way into the platform "by accident", May later said.

In October 2014, May sent out a series of tweets defending Jian Ghomeshi, who faced allegations from three women that the radio host was physically violent to them without their consent during sexual encounters.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-was-shaken-up-by-ottawa-attack-when-she-sent-ghomeshi-tweets/article21362173/|title=Elizabeth May was 'shaken up' by Ottawa attack when she sent Ghomeshi tweets|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 29, 2014|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827233306/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elizabeth-may-was-shaken-up-by-ottawa-attack-when-she-sent-ghomeshi-tweets/article21362173/|archive-date=August 27, 2016|url-status=live}} "I think Jian is wonderful. Likely TMI for an old fogey like me, but his private life is none of our beeswax", May wrote. May then wrote, "I have known Jian and something at work here doesn't make sense. Innocent until proven guilty." When one user accused her of buying into "rape culture," she replied, "As a feminist, I do not buy into rape culture."{{cite web|url=http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1197576/elizabeth-may-regrets-defending-jian-ghomeshi-on-twitter/|title=Elizabeth May regrets defending Jian Ghomeshi on Twitter|work=Metro|date=October 29, 2014|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409053625/http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1197576/elizabeth-may-regrets-defending-jian-ghomeshi-on-twitter/|archive-date=April 9, 2015|url-status=dead}} May later stated that she regretted defending Ghomeshi, stating that she had not yet read about the allegations of physical violence in the Toronto Star and that she was still "shaken up" by the Parliament Hill shootings when she wrote the tweets.

At the Parliamentary Press Gallery's dinner in Gatineau, Quebec on May 9, 2015, May said "Welcome back, Omar Khadr. It matters to say it. Welcome back, Omar Khadr. You're home", in reference to Omar Khadr, a convicted child soldier.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/elizabeth-may-won-t-resign-after-omar-khadr-remarks-1.2368556|title=Elizabeth May won't resign after Omar Khadr remarks|work=CTV News|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512163348/http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/elizabeth-may-won-t-resign-after-omar-khadr-remarks-1.2368556|archive-date=May 12, 2015|url-status=live}} She added, "Omar Khadr, you've got more class than the whole fucking cabinet", before being escorted off the stage by Transport Minister Lisa Raitt. Early in her speech she also questioned why no one else had mentioned the event was being held on First Nations territory, asking "What the fuck is wrong with the rest of you?"{{cite web|first=John|last=Ivison|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/john-ivison-no-excuse-for-elizabeth-mays-meltdown-at-the-parliamentary-press-gallery-dinner|title=No excuse for Elizabeth May's meltdown at the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner|work=National Post|date=May 12, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151120181554/http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/john-ivison-no-excuse-for-elizabeth-mays-meltdown-at-the-parliamentary-press-gallery-dinner|archive-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.truenorthtimes.ca/2015/05/10/possible-drunk-elizabeth-may-swears-praises-omar-khadr-talks-intercourse/|title=Possibly Drunk Elizabeth May Swears, Praises Omar Khadr, and Talks Intercourse|work=The True North Times|date=May 10, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085506/http://www.truenorthtimes.ca/2015/05/10/possible-drunk-elizabeth-may-swears-praises-omar-khadr-talks-intercourse/|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=live}}

May later blamed her actions on fatigue and denied accusations that she had drunk excessively.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/05/10/elizabeth-may-apologizes-for-bizarre-press-gallery-dinner-speech.html|title=Elizabeth May apologizes for bizarre press gallery dinner speech|work=Toronto Star|date=May 10, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094424/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/05/10/elizabeth-may-apologizes-for-bizarre-press-gallery-dinner-speech.html|archive-date=September 19, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.news1130.com/2015/05/10/federal-green-party-leader-blames-failed-humour-for-controversial-comments/|title=Federal Green Party leader blames failed humour for controversial comments|work=News1130|date=May 10, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511192439/http://www.news1130.com/2015/05/10/federal-green-party-leader-blames-failed-humour-for-controversial-comments/|archive-date=May 11, 2015|url-status=live}} "I didn't have a lot of wine," she said, "but it may have hit me harder than I thought it would". When asked if she should resign, she said that "a lot of people have given bad press gallery speeches and have gone on to be Prime Minister or gone on to lead other aspects of their lives, time will tell." President of the Treasury Board Tony Clement and NDP House Leader Peter Julian said that her apology was sufficient. Laura Peck, senior partner at TransformLeaders.ca, said, "She has apologized. She's done the right thing, she's apologized".{{cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/will-kooky-press-gallery-speech-hurt-elizabeth-175138145.html|title=Elizabeth May's 'kooky' press gallery speech unlikely to hurt politician in long run|work=Yahoo! News|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526025122/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/will-kooky-press-gallery-speech-hurt-elizabeth-175138145.html|archive-date=May 26, 2015|url-status=live}}

Other senior members of the media questioned why the speech had received so much attention from the press.{{cite web|title = What the media missed while it was dumping on Liz May|url = http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/05/13/what-the-media-missed-while-it-was-dumping-on-liz-may/|website = iPolitics|access-date = May 19, 2015|first = Steve|last = Sullivan|date = May 14, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150520103104/http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/05/13/what-the-media-missed-while-it-was-dumping-on-liz-may/|archive-date = May 20, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}} CBC's Michael Enright noted that the Press Gallery Dinner has long been home to rowdy behaviour by both politicians and journalists, usually attracting little coverage.{{cite news|title = The mugging of Elizabeth May – Michael's essay|url = http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/mugging-elizabeth-may-ayaan-hirsi-ali-alan-borovoy-sex-worker-starts-over-crawford-on-digital-distraction-1.3074386/the-mugging-of-elizabeth-may-michael-s-essay-1.3074877|access-date = May 19, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150520012632/http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/mugging-elizabeth-may-ayaan-hirsi-ali-alan-borovoy-sex-worker-starts-over-crawford-on-digital-distraction-1.3074386/the-mugging-of-elizabeth-may-michael-s-essay-1.3074877|archive-date = May 20, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}} In his Sunday Edition segment, Enright even pondered, "Why the mountain of coverage, nearly all of it unsympathetic? Was it because she was appearing before a roomful of journalists? Would the story have disappeared if she had been speaking to environmentalists? Was it because she sometimes has seemed to be holier than thou? Was it because she is a woman? Whatever the reason, May was mugged by the media."

May has one daughter with former partner Ian Burton, Victoria Cate May Burton, who was the Green candidate in Berthier—Maskinongé in 2015, losing to NDP incumbent Ruth Ellen Brosseau.{{cite news|title=Elizabeth May's daughter, Cate May Burton, enters federal election as Green Party nominee in Quebec riding|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/elizabeth-mays-daughter-cate-may-burton-enters-federal-election-as-nominee-in-quebec-riding|work=National Post|date=October 8, 2015|access-date=January 4, 2019}}

On November 27, 2018, May announced her engagement to John Kidder, brother of actress Margot Kidder and one of the founders of the Green Party of British Columbia. Kidder had previously run as the 2011 federal Liberal candidate in Okanagan—Coquihalla and as the 2013 BC Green candidate in Fraser-Nicola.{{cite news|first=Clare|last=Hennig|title=Meet the small town man engaged to Green Party leader Elizabeth May|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meet-man-engaged-to-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-1.4926469|work=CBC News|date=November 30, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224072902/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meet-man-engaged-to-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-1.4926469|archive-date=December 24, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Cindy E.|last=Harnett|title=Elizabeth May to marry, finds love with Ashcroft man … but her political heart still in Gulf Islands|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/elizabeth-may-to-marry-finds-love-with-ashcroft-man-but-her-political-heart-still-in-gulf-islands|work=Victoria Times Colonist|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104232733/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/elizabeth-may-to-marry-finds-love-with-ashcroft-man-but-her-political-heart-still-in-gulf-islands|archive-date=January 4, 2019|url-status=live}} May and Kidder married on April 22, 2019, at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, British Columbia.{{cite news |last=Zussman |first=Richard |date=April 22, 2019 |title=Green Party Leader Elizabeth May celebrates wedding, Jody Wilson-Raybould contemplates Green run |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5191700/elizabeth-may-jody-wilson-raybould-green/ |work=Global News |access-date=April 22, 2019 |archive-date=April 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423011233/https://globalnews.ca/news/5191700/elizabeth-may-jody-wilson-raybould-green/ |url-status=live}}

May is a practicing Anglican, and has said she is "interested, in the long term, in becoming ordained as an Anglican priest."{{cite web|url=http://canadianchristianity.com/elizabeth-exclusive-interview-633/|title=Exclusive Interview in Christianity Canada|date=May 3, 2007|access-date=May 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114001726/http://canadianchristianity.com/elizabeth-exclusive-interview-633/|archive-date=January 14, 2016|url-status=live}} She cites Jesus Christ as her personal hero, because "he led a revolution that was non-violent".

• International Conservation Award from Friends of Nature, 1985
• Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada, 1992
• Elizabeth May Chair in Women's Health and the Environment, Dalhousie University, 1998.
• Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters (DHumL), Mount Saint Vincent University, 2000.
• Harkin Award from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society for her lifetime achievement in promoting the protection of Canada's wilderness, 2002
• Best Activist Award, Coast Magazine, Best of Halifax Readers' Poll, 2002
• Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of New Brunswick, 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=289|title=Renowned Environmental Leader To Speak at UNB's Renaissance College|publisher=UNB.ca|date=May 27, 2003|access-date=March 28, 2011|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607191318/http://www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=289|url-status=live}}
• United Nations Global 500 award.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessvibes.com/worldwide|title=B2B Worldwide Business Directory - BusinessVibes|work=Businessvibes|access-date=January 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211101630/https://www.businessvibes.com/worldwide|archive-date=February 11, 2015|url-status=live}}
• Officer of the Order of Canada, 2005.
• Couchiching Award for Excellence in Public Policy, 2006
• Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Mount Allison University, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://greenparty.ca/en/releases/14.05.2007|title=Mount Allison University honours Elizabeth May|publisher=Greenparty.ca|date=May 14, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805020256/http://greenparty.ca/en/releases/14.05.2007|archive-date=August 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}
• Newsweek magazine: One of World's Most Influential Women, November 28, 2010{{cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Lisa|url=http://www.newsweek.com/tag/women-and-leadership.html#|title=women and leadership|magazine=Newsweek|date=October 19, 1987|access-date=March 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119035234/http://www.newsweek.com/tag/women-and-leadership.html|archive-date=January 19, 2011|url-status=live}}
• Maclean's Parliamentarian of the Year, 2012{{cite magazine|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/drumroll-please-the-2012-parliamentarians-of-the-year/|title=The 2012 Parliamentarians of the Year|magazine=Maclean's|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=March 4, 2013|archive-date=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211014808/http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/drumroll-please-the-2012-parliamentarians-of-the-year/|url-status=live}}
• Awarded the Canadian Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=103898&t=13&ln=May|title=The Governor General of Canada > Find a Recipient|work=gg.ca|access-date=August 22, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043301/http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=103898&t=13&ln=May|url-status=live}}
• Maclean's Hardest Working Parliamentarian of the Year, 2013
• Maclean's Best Orator of the Year, 2014{{Cite web |title=The 2014 Parliamentarians of the Year |author= |work=Macleans.ca |date=November 18, 2014 |access-date=April 22, 2021 |url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/2014-parliamentarians-of-the-year/ |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422163454/https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/2014-parliamentarians-of-the-year/ |url-status=live}}
• Honorary Doctor of Divinity (D.D.), Atlantic School of Theology, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.astheology.ns.ca/news/|title=Colin Dodds and Elizabeth May to Receive Honorary Degrees at AST Convocation|publisher=Atlantic School of Theology|date=April 15, 2015|access-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508034016/http://www.astheology.ns.ca/news/|archive-date=May 8, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://greenparty.ca/en/content/elizabeth-may-speak-atlantic-school-theology-gala-dinner/|title=Elizabeth May Speaks at the Atlantic School of Theology Gala Dinner|publisher=Green Party of Canada|date=May 1, 2015|access-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209192539/https://www.greenparty.ca/en/content/elizabeth-may-speak-atlantic-school-theology-gala-dinner|archive-date=February 9, 2017|url-status=live}}
• Maclean's Most Knoweldgeable Parliamentarian of the Year, 2020{{Cite web |title=The winners of the Maclean's Parliamentarians of the Year Awards - Macleans.ca |author= |work=Macleans.ca |date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=April 22, 2021 |url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-winners-of-the-macleans-parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards/ |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325173522/https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-winners-of-the-macleans-parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards/ |url-status=live}}

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• Budworm battles: the fight to stop the aerial insecticide spraying of the forests of eastern Canada (with Richard E.L. Rogers). 1982. Four East Publications. {{ISBN|0-9690041-5-X}}
• Paradise Won: the struggle for South Moresby. 1990. McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|0-7710-5772-5}}
• Frederick Street: life and death on Canada's Love Canal (with Maude Barlow). 2000. HarperCollins Publishers. {{ISBN|0-00-200036-9}} - focused on the Sydney Tar Ponds, and the health threats to children in the community – the issue that led her to go on a seventeen-day hunger strike in May 2001 in front of Parliament Hill.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/elizabeth-may-stages-hunger-strike-on-parliament-hill-1.290895|title=Elizabeth May stages hunger strike on Parliament Hill|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531070356/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/elizabeth-may-stages-hunger-strike-on-parliament-hill-1.290895|archive-date=May 31, 2015|website=CBC|url-status=live}}
• At the cutting edge: the crisis in Canada's forests. 2005. Key Porter Books. {{ISBN|1-55263-645-3}}
• How to Save the World in Your Spare Time. 2006. Key Porter Books. {{ISBN|1-55263-781-6}}
• Global Warming for Dummies (with Zoe Caron). 2008. Wiley & Sons Publishing. {{ISBN|0-470-84098-6}}
• Losing Confidence: Power, Politics And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy. 2009. McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|0-7710-5760-1}}
• Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada (Greystone, 2014)

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