Aerospace engineer elected as new leader of Nova Scotia Green Party – Halifax

An aerospace engineer who lives in Halifax has been elected as the brand new chief of the Nova Scotia Inexperienced Social gathering.

In a vote held on Saturday, 86 of the 93 celebration members who forged ballots selected Anthony Edmonds as chief, with Jo-Ann Roberts elected as deputy chief.

The duo have been the one crew on the poll after Richard Zurawski and Nick Hendren withdrew from the race final month.

Voters additionally had the choice of selecting “not one of the above” within the digital voting system.

Edmonds has run as a Inexperienced candidate in provincial and federal elections, whereas Roberts, a retired CBC journalist, served as interim chief of the Inexperienced Social gathering of Canada for nearly one 12 months after Elizabeth Could stepped down.

Edmonds issued a information launch on Sunday saying rising the celebration’s membership, enhancing fundraising and re-branding the Inexperienced Social gathering’s id as greater than a “single-issue celebration” are amongst his high priorities.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Oct. 24, 2021.