Christopher John (Chris) Bradshaw (born 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician and business person. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He served as interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2001 to 2003, and has sought public office as a candidate of the Green Party of Canada and the Green Party of Ontario. The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Political party founded in 1983 with around 9000 registered members as of November 2007. The Green Party of Ontario ( GPO) is a political party in Ontario Canada.
Bradshaw has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, and worked for General Motors of Canada following his graduation. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. He subsequently moved to Ottawa, Ontario and became a public servant, retiring in 1995. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec He then co-founded Vrtucar, a car-sharing service in Ottawa, in May 2000 [1], but has since sold his share in the group. Communauto, founded in 1994 is the oldest Car sharing organization in North America with operations in Quebec City, Montreal, Sherbrooke and This article deals with the use of shared cars for Public transport purposes Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
Bradshaw promotes walking as a form of transportation. In 1988, he started Ottawalk, the first pedestrian advocacy group in the continent. He was recognized by America Walks in 2001 as the "father of pedestrian advocacy in North America. "
In 2001, after Joan Russow resigned the leadership of the federal Green Party, Bradshaw was appointed interim leader. Joan Elizabeth Russow (Ottawa November 1, 1938) is a Canadian peace activist and former national leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1997 Bradshaw helped organize the 2003 Green Party Leadership Convention in Ottawa, and was responsible for moving the party's central office to Ottawa from Toronto. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario In 2003, he was succeeded as party leader by Jim Harris. James R M "Jim" Harris (born February 12, 1961) is a Canadian author environmentalist and politician
Bradshaw first ran for public office in the Ontario provincial election of 1999, receiving 1,231 votes in Ottawa Centre. An Ontario general election was held on June 3 1999, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Ottawa Centre is an urban provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario In the 2003 election, he finished fourth with 3,821 votes (7. The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial 75%) in the same riding, the highest vote percentage of any Green Party candidate in the province. An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based
Federally, Bradshaw first ran for office in the general election of 2000. The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of Again campaigning in Ottawa Centre, he received 1529 votes for a fifth-place finish. In 2002, while serving as party leader, he contested a by-election in Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, Newfoundland but received only 139 votes. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Bonavista—Trinity—Conception (electoral district ---> Bonavista—Trinity—Conception Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Bradshaw ran in Newfoundland in an effort to foster a genuinely national party: there has been a history of division between the Terra Nova Green Party, which is the Newfoundland & Labrador Green Party Association, and the federal Green Party.
In the 2004 federal election, Bradshaw campaigned in the rural Ottawa Valley riding of Leeds—Grenville, replacing Jerry Heath who unexpectedly declined to run. The Canadian federal election 2004 (more formally the 38th General Election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of The Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben (also known as the Ottawa Graben) with its branch the Timiskaming Graben, is an ancient Rift valley in the Leeds—Grenville is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons The Green Party of Ontario fielded 102 candidates in the 2003 provincial election in Ontario, Canada, none of whom were elected Despite the last-minute substitution, Bradshaw received 5. 5% of the votes cast (2,722), a significant improvement over the Green Party's previous 1. 73%.
| Preceded by Joan Russow |
Green Party of Canada leaders 2001-2003 |
Succeeded by Jim Harris |