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Stuart ParkerStuart Parker was leader of the Green Party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1993 to 2000. Parker managed to take the party from a tiny group of 59 in 1992 to a party that was only four candidates short of a full slate in the 1996 provincial election. He built links to poverty activists and labour groups. During his leadership, the party's standing in public opinion polls rose from 1% to 11%. Ultimately, his focus on building a broadly left-wing green party in BC brought criticism from the some in the environmental movement in the province. These people worked to remove him as leader, succeeding finally at the party's March 2000 convention after previous unsuccessful attempts in 1998 and 1999. Reversing his earlier position, he negotiated agreements with the municipal affiliates of the then-incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia (NDP) provincial government and the labour councils of Vancouver and Victoria in 1998 and 1999, resulting in the first and only Red-Green coalitions in BC's 1999 municipal elections. As part of these coalitions, the Greens won their first-ever municipal seats in Canadian cities. At the time of Parker's defeat, the party was in negotiations with the NDP over a potential provincial electoral alliance. His successor, Adriane Carr, cancelled these negotiations. Parker left the party as it moved to the right. He worked with the NDP in the 2001 provincial election and with the federal New Democratic Party in the 2004 federal election. He has moved from BC to Ontario to pursue a doctorate at the University of Toronto. Parker, Stuart Parker,Stuart
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