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Elizabeth Evans May (born June 9, 1954) is an American-Canadian politician. May is leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands. An environmentalist, author, activist, and lawyer, May served as the Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006. While May's family home is in Margaree Harbour, Cape Breton Island she moved her permanent residence to Sidney, British Columbia in 2010.〔''Maclean's'' magazine, 2010-01-18, p. 11〕 On May 2, 2011, she became the first member of the Green Party of Canada to be elected as a Member of Parliament.〔Blair Wilson was the first Green Party member to become a member of parliament when he switched parties following his election in 2006 as a Liberal. He lost his bid for re-election as a Green in 2008 and never actually sat in the House as a Green Party MP.〕 In the Federal election on October 19, 2015 Elizabeth May was re-elected in the riding of Saanich–Gulf Islands, being the only Green Party member to win a seat. Prior to this election, May had been invited to participate in two of the leaders' debates: one hosted by Maclean's magazine on August 6, 2015 and the first French language debate hosted by Radio-Canada on September 24, 2015. However, May was excluded from the other two debates. After being advised of the exclusion from the September 28, 2015 Munk Debate on Canada’s Foreign Policy on September 28, 2015, May took her message to social media where she hammered the Harper government using tweets on Twitter.〔 ==Early life and family== May was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Stephanie (Middleton), a sculptor, pianist, and writer, and John Middleton May, an accountant. Her father was born in New York and raised in England,〔http://www.victoriastandard.ca/uploads/3/9/8/8/3988534/page_14a_22-21.pdf〕 and her mother was also a native New Yorker. She has a younger brother named Geoffrey.〔〔 Her mother was a prominent anti-nuclear activist and her father was Assistant Vice President of Aetna Life and Casualty.〔〔}〕 The family moved to Margaree Harbour, Nova Scotia in 1972, following a summer vacation spent on Cape Breton Island. On moving to the province, the May family purchased a landlocked schooner, the ''Marion Elizabeth'' which had been used as a gift shop and restaurant since the mid 1950s. They operated this establishment from 1974 until 2002.〔 May briefly enrolled at St. Francis Xavier University in 1974, but dropped out.〔E. May, ''Budworm Battles'', Four East books: Tantallon NS, 1981〕 Returning to Margaree, May took correspondence courses in restaurant management.〔 Beginning in 1980, she attended Dalhousie Law School as a mature student, graduating in 1983. Following law school at Dalhousie University, May worked as an associate at small law firm in Halifax. In 1985 she moved to Ottawa to work with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. During this time May helped found the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund with the aim of funding groups and individuals in environmental cases. May studied theology at Saint Paul University, and describes herself as a practising Anglican. She indicated that her life goals include "…in the long term, in becoming ordained as an Anglican priest."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exclusive Interview in Christianity Canada )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth May」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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