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MP Bruce Hyer, elected as a New Democrat, becomes Green party deputy leader
OTTAWA – Green party Leader Elizabeth May has named former New Democrat Bruce Hyer as her deputy chief.
Hyer announced in December that he was joining the Greens — doubling the federal party’s elected caucus from one member to two.
The new title gives him a say in the party’s internal operations, including fundraising efforts.
The MP for the northern Ontario riding of Thunder Bay-Superior North was first elected in 2008 under the NDP banner, and again in 2011.
But Hyer left the New Democrats in April 2012 in a dispute over NDP policy on the gun registry and what Hyer described as the “mindless solidarity” of party discipline.
Hyer and May are maintaining there will be no lock-step voting in Parliament for the Green party caucus, May says she actually looks forward to the first time she and Hyer vote on opposite sides of an issue.
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