Stuart Parker (born 1972) was leader of the Green Party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1993 to 2000. The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. 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 Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
Prior to winning the party's leadership at the age of 21, he had been the founder and spokesperson of the party's youth wing, the Young Greens from 1988 to 1992 and was best known for coordinating the group's successful national campaign against McDonald's Restaurants' use of ozone-destroying foam packaging. OZONE is an object oriented Operating system written in the C programming language. Parker and the Young Greens received substantial credit from Canada's national media in 1990 when the restaurant giant abandoned the use of chlorofluorocarbon-based foam. The haloalkanes (also known as halogenoalkanes or alkyl halides) are a group of Chemical compounds consisting of Alkanes such as Methane The group's continued campaign against the use of CFCs in foam packaging led to CKF Incorporated, Canada's largest manufacturer of CFC-based foam, abandoning the use of CFCs in manufacturing in 1993.
Parker managed to take the party from a tiny group of 59 in 1992 to a party that was only four candidates short of a full slate in the 1996 provincial election. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The British Columbia general election of 1996 was the thirty sixth provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. He built links to poverty activists and labour groups. During his leadership, the party's standing in public opinion polls rose from 1% to 11%. During his time as party leader, Parker was arrested in anti-clearcutting blockades in Clayoquot Sound in 1993 and the Slocan Valley in 1997. Clayoquot Sound (usually or /ˈklækwɒt/ is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Slocan Valley is a Valley in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.
Reversing his earlier position, he negotiated agreements with the municipal affiliates of the then-incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia (NDP) provincial government and the labour councils of Vancouver and Victoria in 1998 and 1999, resulting in the first and the only Red-Green coalitions in Canadian history in BC's 1999 municipal elections. The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (NDP is a Political party in British Columbia, Canada that has Democratic socialist roots Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Victoria (vɪkˈtɔɹiə is the capital city of British Columbia. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) As part of these coalitions, the Greens won their first-ever municipal seats in Canadian cities.
Ultimately, his focus on building a broadly left-wing green party in BC brought criticism from some members of the environmental movement in the province. Those people played a significant role in the efforts that eventually led to Parker's defeat at the party's March 2000 convention - after previous unsuccessful attempts in 1998 and 1999. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
At the time of Parker's defeat, his supporters in the party were in negotiations with the NDP over a potential provincial electoral alliance. His successor, Adriane Carr, cancelled these negotiations. Adriane Carr (born 1952 is a Canadian academic activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada.
Parker's departure from the party came as the Greens were perceived to be moving to the political right. He subsequently worked with the NDP in the 2001 provincial election and with the federal New Democratic Party in the 2004 federal election. The British Columbia general election of 2001 was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots 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
Since leaving electoral politics, he has remained a strong advocate for electoral reform, specifically proportional representation. A co-founder of the BC Electoral Change Coalition in 1997, he has served on the board of Fair Voting BC (2000-2002, 2006-present) and on the board of Fair Vote Canada (2005-2007). Fair Vote Canada is a Nonprofit, multi-partisan advocacy group for Electoral reform in Canada.
The nephew of Harry Jerome, Parker was the first BC political leader of African descent and gave the keynote speech to the opening ceremony of the province's Black History Month in 1994. Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome ( September 30, 1940 &ndash December 7, 1982) was a Canadian Track and field Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.
He is currently living in Ontario, where he is pursuing a doctorate at the University of Toronto. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus
Election Results
| Election | Type | Total votes | % of popular vote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver-Fraserview 1991 | Provincial General | 141 | 0. 8% | 4th |
| Vancouver City 1992 | Municipal Byelection | ? | 2. 1% | ? |
| Vancouver-Quilchena 1994 | Provincial Byelection | 395 | 3. 6% | 4th |
| Vancouver-Little Mountain 1996 | Provincial General | 714 | 3. 0% | 4th |
| Vancouver Parks Board 1996 | Municipal General | 18120 | 23% (3. 2%)1 | 15th |
| Vancouver East 1997 | Federal General | 1221 | 3. 4% | 4th |
| Surrey-White Rock 1997 | Provincial Byelection | 910 | 4. 5% | 4th |
| Parksville-Qualicum 1998 | Provincial Byelection | 458 | 1. 7% | 5th |
1. Vancouver Parks Board is chosen in a city-wide (at-large) election in which seven candidates are elected. Although Parker received 3. 2% of the total votes, approximately 23% of electors voted for him.
| Preceded by Adriane Carr |
Green Party of BC leaders 1993-2000 |
Succeeded by Tom Hetherington |
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Adriane Carr (born 1952 is a Canadian academic activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada. The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic