Claude Sabourin
Claude Sabourin (born October 9, 1961) is a politician, educator, and author in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected as leader of the Green Party of Quebec in November 2010.
Sabourin has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Quebec at Montreal.[1] He joined the Green Party in 2002 and has been a party candidate in two federal and three provincial elections.[2] The provincial party's president from 2004 to 2006, he has also written a book entitled, Le Parti Vert: Pour une politique du 21e siecle.[3] Sabourin was a party worker and part-time school teacher when he sought the party's leadership.[4]
Sabourin was elected as leader of the Quebec Green Party on November 20, 2010, defeating rival candidate Paul-André Martineau by 50.5% to 49.5% on the second ballot.[5]
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- ↑ Canada Votes 2006: Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Elections Canada also indicates that a "Claude Sam Sabourin" ran for the Rhinoceros Party of Canada as a student in the 1984 federal election, in the same riding where Claude Sabourin later sought election as a Green Party candidate. It is possible that this was the same person. See History of Federal Ridings since 1867: ARGENTEUIL--PAPINEAU (1984/09/04), Parliament of Canada, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Isabelle Houle, "Claude Sabourin se présente à la chefferie du Parti vert," fr.canoe.ca, 14 September 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Third-place candidate Louise Martineau had been eliminated after the first ballot. See Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
