Anthony Edmonds elected leader of N.S. Green Party
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There's a new leadership team at the helm of the Green Party of Nova Scotia.
In a vote held Saturday afternoon, the party elected Anthony Edmonds as leader and Jo-Ann Roberts as deputy leader.
Party convention dictates that leadership contenders run in pairs. Edmonds and Roberts were the only team on the ballot.
Richard Zurawski and Nick Hendren had previously announced a leadership bid, but the running mates withdrew from the race last month.
Members voted both in person, at a small event in Middle Sackville, N.S., and virtually.
Ninety-three per cent of participating members voted in favor of Edmonds and Roberts. There was also a "none of the above" option on the ballot.
Edmonds is an aerospace engineer and has run as a Green candidate in several provincial and federal elections.
Roberts, also a Green candidate several times over, is a retired CBC journalist and served as interim leader of the Green Party of Canada for nearly a year, between Elizabeth May stepping down and Annamie Paul being elected.
In a joint interview a few hours before Saturday's vote, Edmonds and Roberts said they're hoping to grow Green Party membership and get Nova Scotia's first Green MLA elected in the next general election.
Edmonds said there are fewer than 1,000 Green members across the province now and he hopes to double that within a couple of years.
"I expect by the time we approach the next election, if things are going according to plan, we should have membership numbers that are on the same order of magnitude as some of the larger parties in the province," he said.
As for getting a Green into Province House, Roberts said the party plans to identify and focus on one riding with the "best chance" of winning. Roberts said it may be a couple years before the riding is determined and it will depend on potential candidates, among other factors.
"We will be spending time in that riding doing good old fashioned … knocking on doors, holding events, building the party within that riding and building the brand [of the party] and the brand of the candidate," Roberts said.
While efforts would be concentrated in that one riding, Roberts said the party will still aim to have a full slate of candidates.
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