Federal Green party members in Ottawa Centre gathered in December for the 2011 Annual General Meeting. We were privileged to be joined by Elizabeth May for the first hour and those attending had an opportunity to hear about her first year as an MP and to ask questions about the future for the party and the current session of Parliament.

Elections for the 2012 Electoral District Association executive were held. All those who stepped forward were elected.

• Chief Executive Officer, Rob Henri
• Chief Financial Officer, Michael D’Costa
• Secretary, Evan Hughes
• Membership, Warren Smith
• Fundraising, Jen Hunter
• Communications, Kevin O’Donnell
• Members at Large: Stephanie Bolt, Judy Field, Robb Barnes

Happy Holidays to all and see you in the new year!

Looking for your local Green Party candidate? Here are your local Ottawa area Green Party of Ontario candidates!

Ottawa Centre
Kevin O’Donnell
613-454-5306
kevin@kevino.ca
http://kevino.ca

Ottawa – Vanier
Dave Bagler
davebagler@gpo.ca
http://www.davebagler.ca

Ottawa South
James Mihaychuk
613-869-0263
jamesmihaychuk@gpo.ca

Ottawa West – Nepean
Alex Hill
613-600-9862
alexhill@gpo.ca
http://www.alexhill.ca

Carleton – Mississippi Mills
Scott Simser
613-599-2223
scottsimser@gpo.ca

Nepean – Carleton
Gordon Kubanek
613-692-5438
gordonkubanek@gpo.ca
http://gordonkubanek.blogspot.com

Ottawa – Orléans
Tanya Gutmanis
613-986-8700
tanyagutmanis@gpo.ca
http://gutmanis.ca

Camille Labchuk has written up an excellent post on Renee Hetherington who is running against Green Party leader Elizabeth May in Saanich–Gulf Islands:

The hotly-contested race in Saanich–Gulf Islands turned toxic this week, with newly-nominated Liberal candidate Renee Hetherington failing her first character test as a candidate — the civility test. Hetherington issued a news release on Saturday for the express purpose of trashing Green Party leader and fellow SGI candidate Elizabeth May. Hetherington referred to May as a “sad little sprout” in the title of the release, with the remainder devoted to bad Liberal spin on why Hetherington is so much awesomer than May and only Hetherington can save the day.

Read more on Camille’s website: http://www.camillelabchuk.ca/2009/10/01/renee-hetherington-flunks-the-civility-test/