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Elizabeth May among 6 candidates to run for Green Party leadership, sources say

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Elizabeth May is running on a joint ticket to reclaim the leadership of the Green Party, sources say.

The former party leader is expected to launch a joint bid for the leadership Wednesday in Sidney, B.C., with her running mate, Jonathan Pedneault.

They are two of six candidates cleared by the party to run, according to two Green Party sources with direct knowledge of the situation who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it.

Sarah Gabrielle Baron, who ran as an Independent against former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole in Durham, Ont., in last year’s election, and Simon Gnocchini-Messier, a federal public servant who ran for the Greens in Hull-Aylmer, Que., will also run.

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Anna Keenan and Chad Walcott are also expected to join the race on another joint ticket.

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The winner, to be announced in November, will take over from interim leader Amita Kuttner, who stepped in after the resignation of Annamie Paul last year.

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