About Adriane Carr

Adriane Carr is the deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada and co-chairs the party’s Shadow Cabinet and the Green Women’s Caucus. She is locally active, and is a member of the West End Residents’ Association, Vancouver Farmers’ Market Society, Vancouver Board of Trade, Stand for Housing, Vancouver Pride Society and the Stanley Park Ecological Society. She is also the Honourary Co-Chair of the Canadian Women Voters Congress’ non-partisan Women’s Campaign School.

Carr was born in Vancouver Centre, earned a Master’s degree in urban geography from UBC and taught for 12 years at Vancouver Community College. In 1983 Carr co-founded the B.C. Green Party—North America’s first Green Party. She led the party from 2000 to 2006, and to its best ever electoral results—12.4% of the provincial vote and 27% of the vote in her riding—the highest of any Green to that date. Carr was the first Green leader in Canada to participate in the televised leaders’ debates and to campaign full-time between elections. She became a well-respected voice for electoral reform, renewable energy, sustainable forestry, wild fisheries, farmers’ rights, junk food-free schools and more public transit instead of “Gateway” highways. She was also a high-profile critic of the 2010 Olympics.

From 1982 to 2000, Carr helped grow the Western Canada Wilderness Committee from a kitchen-table operation in her home to a multi-million-dollar organization with 100,000 supporters that helped win park protection for dozens of Canadian wilderness areas. Carr also sat on Canada’s Biodiversity Convention Implementation Committee and advised CIDA’s Environment and Development Support Program. She is renown for her work with First Nations and others to designate Clayoquot Sound as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Born and raised in British Columbia, Carr resides with her husband in Vancouver’s West End. They have raised two socially-conscious children, now in their twenties. She drives a Prius hybrid.

Adriane Carr is the nominated candidate for Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.

Adriane Carr - Biographical Highlights

1952 - Born in Vancouver

1972 - Earned ARCT degree in teaching piano

1980 - Completed Master’s in Urban Geography (UBC), thesis on Kitsilano

1978-1990 - Taught at Langara College, including urban geography and Economic Development of BC. Chaired Interdisciplinary Studies Department: Canadian, Latin American and Womens’ Studies.

1983 - Co-founded North America’s first Green Party

1983 - Began family with husband Paul George, co-founder of Western Canada Wilderness Committee

1990-2000 - Worked for Western Canada Wilderness Committee on executive team, publications, fundraising and campaigns

1992-1996 - Served on Canada’s Biodiversity Convention advisory committee

1992-1997 Served on CIDA Environment and Sustainable Development advisory committee

1993-2000 - Helped resolve Clayoquot Sound conflict by working with forest companies, First Nations, environment groups and governments to get Clayoquot designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

2000-2006 - Served as Leader of the BC Green Party. First Green Leader in North America to be included in televised leaders’ debates

2002 - Led a citizen’s initiative for electoral reform in BC

2006 - Appointed Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada by Leader Elizabeth May. Co-chairs Green Party’s Shadow Cabinet.

2007 - Nominated as the federal Green Party Candidate for Vancouver Centre