Sharon Labchuk
Sharon Labchuk is an environmental activist and political organizer for the Green Party of Canada. She was also the first leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.Career
Labchuk founded the Green Party of Prince Edward Island in 2004. Labchuk is national director of organizing for the GPC. She resigned the leadership of the Green Party of PEI on 12 July 2012.In the 2006 federal election Labchuk was the GPC candidate in Malpeque, placing 4th with 901 votes or 4.65%.
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.
In 2011, Labchuk stood against the provincial Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry, in the Charlottetown-Victoria Park riding.Labchuk lives in Millvale, Queens County, in a solar-powered house. She grows her own fruit and vegetables.