Christopher John Bradshaw (May 20, 1944 – November 3, 2018) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He served as interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2001 to 2003, and sought public office as a candidate of the Green Party of Canada and the Green Party of Ontario. but sold his share to his partner in late 2006. The company continues to grow.
Advocacy
In 1988, he started Ottawalk,
Politics
In February 2001, Bradshaw was appointed interim leader of the federal Green Party, via election by the board. the highest vote percentage of any Green Party candidate in the province.
Federally, Bradshaw first ran for office in the general election of 2000. but received only 139 votes. Bradshaw ran in Newfoundland in an effort to foster a genuinely national party: there has been a history of division between the Terra Nova Green Party, which is the Newfoundland & Labrador Green Party Association, and the federal Green Party.
In the 2004 federal election, Bradshaw campaigned in the rural St. Lawrence Valley riding of Leeds—Grenville, replacing Jerry Heath who unexpectedly declined to run. Despite the last-minute substitution, Bradshaw received 5.5% of the votes cast (2,722), a significant improvement over the Green Party's previous 1.73%.