Sharon Labchuk
{{use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sharon Labchuk
|image =
|caption =
| birth_date = {{b-da|November 25, 1952}}
| 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{{cite news |title=Green Party Leader Sharon Labchuk |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/green-party-leader-sharon-labchuk-1.1063641 |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=CBC News |date=August 16, 2011}} 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.{{cite news|title=Publicize pesticide sales: Green Party|work=CBC News: Prince Edward Island|date=September 1, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/publicize-pesticide-sales-green-party-1.1031868|access-date=May 6, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-12-05/article-2826108/Ethanol-plant-draws-criticism/1|title=Ethanol plant draws criticism|author=Armstrong, Nigel|date=December 5, 2011|publisher=The Guardian (Charlottetown, Canada)|access-date=April 30, 2012}}{{cite news | author = Ross, R. | date = September 21, 2011 | url = http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Decision-11/Decision-11/2011-09-21/article-2754971/Labchuk-vows-to-protect-provincial-park/1 | title = Labchuk vows to protect provincial park | newspaper = The Guardian | access-date = May 13, 2012}}
Career
Labchuk founded the Green Party of Prince Edward Island in 2004.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUuqDwAAQBAJ&q=Sharon+Labchuk&pg=PA159|title=What Does Green Mean?: The History, People, and Ideas of the Green Party in Canada and Abroad|last=Marshall|first=James GS|date=August 20, 2019 |publisher=FriesenPress|isbn=978-1-5255-5287-8|language=en}} Labchuk is national director of organizing for the GPC.{{cite news|last=Thibodeau|first=Wayne|title=Green Party leader faces Environment minister in October election|work=The Guardian (Charlottetown)|date=July 28, 2011|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-07-28/article-2680947/Green-Party-leader-faces-Environment-minister-in-October-election/1|access-date=May 6, 2012}} She resigned the leadership of the Green Party of PEI on July 12, 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-07-12/article-3029384/Labchuk-steps-down-as-Green-Party-leader/1|title=Labchuk steps down as Green Party leader|last=Wright|first=Teresa|date=July 12, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian |location=Charlottetown|archive-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204022208/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-07-12/article-3029384/Labchuk-steps-down-as-Green-Party-leader/1|url-status=dead}}
Election results
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.{{cite news|title=Green Party Leader Sharon Labchuk|work=CBC News: Prince Edward Island|date=August 16, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/green-party-leader-sharon-labchuk-1.1063641|access-date=May 6, 2012}}
In 2011, Labchuk stood against the provincial Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry, in the Charlottetown-Victoria Park riding.
=2011 general election=
{{Election box begin | title=2011 Prince Edward Island general election}}
{{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Richard Brown|1105|51.13%|-2.19%}}
{{CANelec|PE|PC| Miles MacKinnon|582|26.93%|-6.48%}}
{{CANelec|PE|Green|Sharon Labchuk|278|12.86%|+7.07%}}
{{CANelec|PE|NDP|Rita Jackson|177|8.19%|+0.97%}}
{{CANelec|PE|Island|Phillip Stewart|19|0.88%|}}
|}
=2007 general election=
{{Election box begin | title=2007 Prince Edward Island general election}}
{{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Carolyn Bertram|1,970|60.28%|}}
{{CANelec|PE|PC|David Blacquiere|1,101|33.69%|}}
{{CANelec|PE|Green|Sharon Labchuk|197|6.03%|}}
|}
= Federal =
{{2006 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
{{2004 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
Personal life
Labchuk lives in Millvale, Queens County, in a solar-powered house. She grows her own fruit and vegetables.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141255/http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/candidates/11004_GRN.html CTV bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070118145809/http://www.greenparty.ca/page109.html Green Party works on provincial status]
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Category:Leaders of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island
Category:Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election
Category:People from Quinte West
Category:Female Canadian political party leaders
Category:Women in Prince Edward Island politics
Category:Prince Edward Island candidates for Member of Parliament