Green Party makes history, winning first seat as May unseats B.C. Tory minister
The Canadian Press
May 02, 2011 23:47:16 PM
SIDNEY, B.C. - Green Party leader Elizabeth May has made history, becoming Canada's first-ever Green MP.
May has defeated Conservative cabinet minister Gary Lunn in the Vancouver Island riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.
In an election where history was made on a number of fronts across the country, May's win seals the 2011 campaign as one like no other.
Lunn had represented the riding since he was elected as a Reform MP in 1997.
May's win was the result of an all-or-nothing strategy by the party to get her elected.
The party's campaign revolved around the leader, a long-time environmental activist with national name recognition who moved from one coast to the other to increase her chances of winning.