Annamie Paul
Annamie Paul | |
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| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Political party | Green Party of Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Freeman |
| Education | Princeton University (MPA) University of Ottawa (LL.B.) |
| Occupation | Human rights lawyer |
| Website | Campaign website |
Annamie Paul is a Canadian human rights lawyer and politician who stood as a candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election and is running to be the leader of the Green Party of Canada[1][2]. If elected, Paul would be the first Black woman[2] and the first Jewish woman[1][3] to lead a major political party in Canada.
Background[edit]
Paul was raised in Toronto and started her involvement with politics early, working as a Page in the Ontario Legislature at age 12[4], and later as a Page at the Canadian Senate, and as an Ontario Legislature Intern[5]. She attended Ryerson University[6], and has received a Masters of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Laws from Princeton University[3] and the University of Ottawa[7][4], respectively. She was called to the bar in 1998.[8]
She has worked in international affairs positions, including as the political affairs office at Canada's Mission to the European Union and advising the International Criminal Court[1][9]. She founded bipphub[10], a social project accelerator in Barcelona, and was the founder and executive director of the Canadian Center for Political Leadership, an organization with the aim of "training women, visible minorities, and Indigenous people to run for office"[11][12][13][14] . She can speak English, French, Catalan and Spanish.[9]
Paul is the older sister of Canadian actress Ngozi Paul, and is married to human rights attorney Mark Freedman.[8]
Political career[edit]
Paul stood in the 2019 Canadian federal election as a Green nominee[12][15] in Toronto Centre, where she lost to Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance[16]. Soon after her nomination, she was appointed to the Green Party's Shadow Cabinet as International Affairs Critic[17][1].
In March 2020, she was the first[18] candidate nominated to the next leader of the Green Party of Canada. She called the leadership race, the first one since 2006, an "opportunity for renewal" for the party[12]
Awards and Fellowships[edit]
She is an Action Canada Fellow[5][19], Echoing Green Fellow[8], member of the University of Ottawa Common Law Honour Society[20], and an recipient of the Harry Jerome Award.[21]
Electoral record[edit]
| Canadian federal election, 2019: Toronto Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Morneau | 31,271 | 57.37 | -0.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Chang | 12,142 | 22.27 | -4.34 | ||||
| Conservative | Ryan Lester | 6,613 | 12.13 | -0.06 | ||||
| Green | Annamie Paul | 3,852 | 7.07 | +4.47 | ||||
| Animal Protection | Rob Lewin | 182 | 0.33 | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Sean Carson | 147 | 0.27 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jason Tavares | 126 | 0.23 | – | ||||
| Communist | Bronwyn Cragg | 125 | 0.23 | -0.03 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Philip Fernandez | 54 | 0.1 | -0.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,512 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 384 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,896 | 68.55 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,087 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[22][23] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Annamie Paul wants to be the first Black-Jewish leader of a Canadian party". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thurton, David (2020-06-18). "Green leadership hopeful wants to become the first black woman to lead a national party". CBC News. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Annamie Paul, Kanada'da ilk siyahi Yahudi parti lideri olma yolunda". Şalom Gazetesi (in Türkçe). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Transcript: Annamie Paul: Vying to Lead the Federal Greens | May 21, 2020 | TVO.org". www.tvo.org. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "2003/2004 Fellows". Action Canada. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ↑ Barsoum, Justina (2020-01-31). "Toronto Centre's Annamie Paul announces Green party leadership bid". Ryersonian.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ Bakka, Sylvia (March 24, 1994). "Economics crash course puts students to test". The Ottawa Citizen. ProQuest 239801989.
Second-year University of Ottawa law student Annamie Paul ...
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Steed, Judy (June 25, 2002). "Helping minorities gain political clout". Toronto Star. p. E4. ProQuest 438460247,ProQuest 1441576727. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Arnold, Steve (June 10, 2020). "Annamie Paul Seeks to Make History as Green Party Leader". Canadian Jewish Record. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "BIPP HUB Newsletter Issue No.2". February 8, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Paul, Annamie (2005). "Under-Representation in Canadian Public Institutions: Canada's Challenge" (PDF). Canadian Issues: 18–21.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 RYCKEWAERT, LAURA (2020-02-05). "Greens looking to grow as first leadership race in 14 years kicks off". The Hill Times. Retrieved 2020-06-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ VANDEN BUSSCHE, Eric (June 18, 2005). "'I don't think political parties are ready for us'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-06-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Annamie Paul | Profile of Founder | BIPP HUB". BIPP-HUB. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ↑ Ma, Meilin. "Toronto federal election candidates claim green to get university student votes". The Ryersonian. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Canada election results: Toronto Centre". Global News. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ↑ "Greens appoint new International Affairs Critic". Green Party of Canada. 2019-08-21. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Greens likely to hold virtual leadership convention due to pandemic: May". National Post. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ Display ad 73 -- Action Canada Fellows. (2003, Sep 27). The Globe and Mail (1936-2016) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1366182865
- ↑ "Common Law Honour Society - 2005 Inductees". Faculty of Law - Common Law Section. Retrieved 2020-06-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1993 Alumni". Harry Jerome Awards. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ↑ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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