Elizabeth May, OC (born June 9, 1954, Hartford, Connecticut) is a Canadian environmentalist, writer, activist lawyer, and the current leader of the Green Party of Canada. She was also the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006.
May's permanent residence is in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia while her family home is in Margaree Harbour on Cape Breton Island.
May was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a British father and American...
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Elizabeth May, OC (born June 9, 1954, Hartford, Connecticut) is a Canadian environmentalist, writer, activist lawyer, and the current leader of the Green Party of Canada. She was also the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006.
May's permanent residence is in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia while her family home is in Margaree Harbour on Cape Breton Island.
May was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a British father and American mother; she has a younger brother named Geoffrey. Her mother was a prominent anti-nuclear activist and one of the original founders of the peace group SANE while her father was Assistant Vice President of Aetna Life and Casualty.
May attended the prestigious Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut. Her family was rooted in the Welsh Congregationalist tradition of free thinking on religious beliefs.
The family moved to Margaree Harbour, Nova Scotia in 1972 following a summer vacation spent on Cape Breton Island. They purchased a...
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