- Mike Schreiner
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Mike Schreiner 
Leader of the Green Party of Ontario Incumbent Assumed office
November 15, 2009Preceded by Frank de Jong Personal details Born June 9, 1969
Kansas, MissouriNationality Canadian Political party Green Party of Ontario Occupation Entrepreneur, Politician Mike Schreiner (born June 9, 1969) is the leader of the Green Party of Ontario (GPO).[1] Professionally, he is a small business advocate, entrepreneur and food policy expert.[2] Schreiner was the party's candidate in the Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock by-election on March 5, 2009.[3] He received over 97% approval from the party membership defeating the None of the Above ballot option, in the 2009 Ontario Green Party leadership election held on November 14, 2009.[4] During the 2011 provincial election Schreiner ran in Simcoe—Grey losing to Progressive Conservative incumbent Jim Wilson.
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Background
Born in Kansas, Missouri on June 9, 1969, Schreiner grew up as a farm-kid, helping his parents. This is where his interests in the environment began. He attended Indiana University-Bloomington as a graduate student where he met his future wife, Sandy Welsh, a sociology professor at University of Toronto. They have two children.
Schreiner and his wife became Canadian citizens in 2007.
Education
Schreiner earned bachelor's degrees in business administration and history from the University of Kansas (1992). He earned his master's degree in history from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1994.[5]
Career
Schreiner started his career in Toronto operating his own food distribution business, specialized in delivering local and natural foods to homes in Toronto. He helped establish Local Food Plus, which worked to bring farmers and consumers together to promote financially, socially and environmentally sustainable local food systems.[6]
Schreiner served on the steering committee for Green Enterprise Toronto, an association of over 350 small businesses, and on the Board of Directors of FarmStart, a non-profit that assists new farmers in Ontario, and he is a governor of the Canadian International Peace Project.[7]
Political career
Schreiner has been actively involved in the GPO since 2005. He was the GPO candidate for the 2009 by-election in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. He co-chaired the 2007 election platform committee for the party and served as Policy Coordinator from 2008-2009.
Schreiner was elected leader of the GPO on November 14, 2009 and is the party's first full-time leader. He has acted as critic for the Premier’s Office and for agriculture and rural affairs.
Schreiner unsuccessfully ran in Simcoe-Grey during the 2011 provincial election.
Personal life
Schreiner lives with his wife Sandy and their two daughters in Toronto and in Dunedin, just outside Creemore, in Simcoe-Grey.[8]
Electoral record
Ontario general election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Jim Wilson 25,396 54.49 - Liberal Donna Kenwell 10,386 22.49 - New Democrat David Matthews 6,738 14.46 - Green Mike Schreiner 4,084 8.76 - Total valid votes 100.0 Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock by-election, March 5, 2009
resignation of Laurie ScottParty Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Rick Johnson 15,482 43.73 +14.22 Progressive Conservative John Tory 14,576 41.17 -8.73 Green Mike Schreiner 2,352 6.64 -0.56 New Democrat Lyn Edwards 2,117 5.98 -5.92 Independent Jason Taylor 320 0.90 Family Coalition Jake Pothaar 258 0.73 -0.07 Freedom Bill Denby 140 0.40 -0.4 Independent John Turmel 92 0.26 Libertarian Paolo Fabrizio 71 0.20 References
- ^ "Ontario's Greens pick Mike Schreiner as new leader", The Globe and Mail, 14 November 2009.
- ^ "Fresh thoughts about buying local", Toronto Star, August 22, 2007.
- ^ "Green policy-writer runs for byelection", Minden Times.
- ^ Mike Schreiner chosen to lead Ontario Green Party
- ^ http://www.gpo.ca/about/leader/
- ^ http://www.thespec.com/news/elections/article/590591--party-leader-schreiner-green-in-more-ways-than-one/
- ^ http://www.gpo.ca/about/leader/
- ^ http://www.gpo.ca/about/leader/
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