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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Sharon Labchuk<br />
|image =<br />
|caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{b-da|November 25, 1952}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Trenton, Ontario]]<br />
| residence = Millvale, Prince Edward Island<br />
| office1 = [[Green Party of Prince Edward Island|Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2005<br />
| term_end1 = 2012<br />
| predecessor1 = Office created<br />
| successor1 = Darcie Lanthier <small>(interim)</small><br />
| party = [[Green Party of Prince Edward Island|Green]]<br />
| occupation = political organizer, environmental activist, politician<br />
}}<br />
'''Sharon Labchuk''' (born November 25, 1952<ref>{{cite news |title=Green Party Leader Sharon Labchuk |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/green-party-leader-sharon-labchuk-1.1063641 |access-date=December 16, 2020 |work=CBC News |date=August 16, 2011}}</ref> in [[Trenton, Ontario]]) is an environmental activist and political organizer for the [[Green Party of Canada]] (GPC). She was also the first leader of the [[Green Party of Prince Edward Island]].<ref name="CBC pesticide">{{cite news|title=Publicize pesticide sales: Green Party|work=CBC News: Prince Edward Island|date=September 1, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/publicize-pesticide-sales-green-party-1.1031868|access-date=May 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-12-05/article-2826108/Ethanol-plant-draws-criticism/1|title=Ethanol plant draws criticism|author=Armstrong, Nigel|date=December 5, 2011|publisher=The Guardian (Charlottetown, Canada)|access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Ross, R. | date = September 21, 2011 | url = http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Decision-11/Decision-11/2011-09-21/article-2754971/Labchuk-vows-to-protect-provincial-park/1 | title = Labchuk vows to protect provincial park | newspaper = [[The Guardian (Charlottetown)|The Guardian]] | access-date = May 13, 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Labchuk founded the [[Green Party of Prince Edward Island]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUuqDwAAQBAJ&q=Sharon+Labchuk&pg=PA159|title=What Does Green Mean?: The History, People, and Ideas of the Green Party in Canada and Abroad|last=Marshall|first=James GS|date=August 20, 2019 |publisher=FriesenPress|isbn=978-1-5255-5287-8|language=en}}</ref> Labchuk is national director of organizing for the GPC.<ref name="Guardian July 2011">{{cite news|last=Thibodeau|first=Wayne|title=Green Party leader faces Environment minister in October election|work=The Guardian (Charlottetown)|date=July 28, 2011|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-07-28/article-2680947/Green-Party-leader-faces-Environment-minister-in-October-election/1|access-date=May 6, 2012}}</ref> She resigned the leadership of the Green Party of PEI on July 12, 2012.<ref name="TGC">{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-07-12/article-3029384/Labchuk-steps-down-as-Green-Party-leader/1|title=Labchuk steps down as Green Party leader|last=Wright|first=Teresa|date=July 12, 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian (Charlottetown)|The Guardian]] |location=[[Charlottetown]]|archive-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204022208/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-07-12/article-3029384/Labchuk-steps-down-as-Green-Party-leader/1|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Election results==<br />
In the 2006 federal election Labchuk was the GPC candidate in [[Malpeque (electoral district)|Malpeque]], placing 4th with 901 votes or 4.65%.<br />
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She was defeated in the district of [[Rustico-Emerald]] during the [[2007 Prince Edward Island general election]] running for the Green Party. Labchuk took 6% of the vote, finishing in third place.<ref name="CBC 2011 election">{{cite news|title=Green Party Leader Sharon Labchuk|work=CBC News: Prince Edward Island|date=August 16, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/green-party-leader-sharon-labchuk-1.1063641|access-date=May 6, 2012}}</ref><br />
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In [[2011 Prince Edward Island general election|2011]], Labchuk stood against the provincial Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry, in the [[Charlottetown-Victoria Park]] riding.<ref name="CBC 2011 election" /><br />
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===2011 general election===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Prince Edward Island general election]]}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|Liberal|[[Richard Brown (Canadian politician)|Richard Brown]]|1105|51.13%|-2.19%}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|PC| Miles MacKinnon|582|26.93%|-6.48%}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|Green|'''Sharon Labchuk'''|278|12.86%|+7.07%}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|NDP|Rita Jackson|177|8.19%|+0.97%}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|Island|Phillip Stewart|19|0.88%|}}<br />
|}<br />
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===2007 general election===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Prince Edward Island general election]]}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Carolyn Bertram|1,970|60.28%|}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|PC|David Blacquiere|1,101|33.69%|}}<br />
{{CANelec|PE|Green|'''Sharon Labchuk'''|197|6.03%|}}<br />
|}<br />
=== Federal ===<br />
{{2006 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}<br />
{{2004 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Labchuk lives in Millvale, [[Queens County, Prince Edward Island|Queens County]], in a solar-powered house. She grows her own fruit and vegetables.<ref name="Guardian July 2011" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Green party leaders in Canada]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141255/http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/candidates/11004_GRN.html CTV bio]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070118145809/http://www.greenparty.ca/page109.html Green Party works on provincial status]<br />
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