David Coon
| David Coon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office September 21, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Greta Doucet (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 28, 1956 |
| Political party | Green |
David Charles Coon was elected Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswickon September 21, 2012 with 63% of the vote. [1]He joined the Green Party of Canada in May 2006, offering his support to long-time friend and colleague Elizabeth May in her successful run for the leadership of the federal party. He was elected to the party's Federal Council in 2009 and again in 2011.
A biologist by training, David Coon worked as an environmental educator, organizer, activist and manager for 33 years, 28 of those years with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB).
While at the Conservation Council he spearheaded an effort to unite fishermen around the Bay of Fundy, creating the Bay of Fundy Fisheries Council to work for community-based approaches to fisheries management. David Coon collaborated with the National Farmers Union to create the first agricultural conservation club in New Brunswick, and he has worked with communities and woodsworkers to advocate for the establishment of community-based forests on Crown lands.
David Coon helped establish Harvest Share Coop on Keswick Ridge, Canada's first Community Supported Agricultural initiative. He is a founder of the New Brunswick Community Land Trust and was a Director of the Ganong Nature Park in St. Stephen. He has served as Chair of the Official Board of the Oak Bay Pastoral Charge of the United Church of Canada.
Born on October 28, 1956 in Toronto, and raised in Montréal, David Coon graduated in Pure and Applied Sciences from CEGEP Vanier College and with a Bachelor of Science from McGill University in 1978.
He and his wife Janice Harvey have two daughters, Caroline and Laura.
See also
References
- ↑ "Conservationist Coon N.B.'s new Green Party leader" (in English). CBC News. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
