Melanie Ransom

Melanie Ransom is a consultant, research analyst, and former dance instructor. She was a co-founder of the Free Wheel Blue Bike Society, and has served as president of Citizens for Safe Cycling in Ottawa. She is formerly a resident of Victoria, British Columbia, where she served as business outreach manager for the Victoria LETS organization. Ransom subsequently moved to Ottawa, and supported a smoking ban there in 2000. She once made a solo bicycle trip across the Eastern Sierre de Madre in Mexico.

Ransom received 1,402 votes (2.79%) in the 2003 election. The winner was Phil McNeely of the Ontario Liberal Party. She supported Tom Manley's bid for the party leadership in 2004, and David Chernushenko in 2006. As of 2006, Ransom is the Chair of the Green Party of Canada.