National Council

Fair Vote Canada is governed by a democratically elected 15-person National Council.

Five three-year positions are elected each year through a single transferable voting (STV) system. All FVC members in good standing are eligible to vote and run for office. Each year the National Council members elect a five-person Executive Committee, consisting of a president, vice president, treasurer and two at-large members.

The Executive Director reports to the National Council and is responsible for managing the national campaign and organizational affairs. Executive Director Wayne Smith can be contacted at .

The current members and officers of the FVC National Council, with term expiry dates, are:

Doug Bailie (2014)  doug.bailie at fairvotecanada.org

Doug is a co-founder of FVC and is active in the Edmonton Chapter. He has an MA in History from the University of Alberta and works as a public policy researcher.

Wendy Bergerud (2012) wendy.bergerud at fairvote.ca

Wendy was one of the 160 British Columbians chosen to be in the B.C. Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. She worked with her fellow alumni to let their fellow citizens know about the 2005 referendum and why they chose BC-STV. She was the liaison between the alumni and the Yes to BC-STV campaign. She has been active on the executive of the Victoria Chapter of Fair Vote Canada.

Andy Blair (2014) - Vice President andy.blair at fairvote.ca

A federal policy adviser, Andy Blair is an entrepreneur living in Gatineau, Quebec. Co-founder of Fair Vote Canada's first Quebec chapter and first university club, he has been active for many years in a number of non-profits and campaigns, including the Vote for MMP Campaign in Ontario. He currently serves on the executive of the National Capital Region Chapter (Ottawa-Gatineau).

Bronwen Bruch (2012) - Treasurer

Wilf Day (2013) - Secretary dayphope at on.aibn.com

Wilf has been a lawyer in Port Hope, Ontario since 1971, and was a school trustee for 12 years. He is one of the founders of the multipartisan FVC chapter in Northumberland County, Ontario, and has been active for many years in legal, community, non-profit, and political organizations in Ontario.

Jamie Deith (2013)

Shoni Field (2013) - President

Shoni was randomly selected as a member of the BC Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform in 2004. She then served as co-chair and media spokesperson for the Citizens’ Assembly Alumni, and sat on the board of Fair Voting BC from 2005 to 2009. Shoni actively campaigned for BC-STV in the 2005 and 2009 referendums. She lives in Vancouver where she works as a writer and communications consultant.

Sean Geobey (2012) - Chair

Sean consults in policy, program development, facilitation, research and evaluation for a variety of non-profit, for-profit and public organizations. He holds a BA in Economics and Political Science, an MA in Economics and is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Waterloo focused on social innovation and social finance. He has served on the executive of the Waterloo and Victoria Fair Vote Canada chapters.

Mark Greenan (2013)

Mark Greenan is a writer and activist in Toronto with a long history in the electoral reform movement. He was campaign manager in the 2005 electoral reform campaign in PEI and an organizer in the 2007 Ontario referendum. He has also served in a variety of voluntary capacities with Fair Vote Canada. He holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Ottawa.

Bruce Hallsor (2012)

Bruce Hallsor is a former Chair of the Conservative Party in British Columbia, former Vice-President of FVC, and former President of Fair Voting BC

Margaret Hoff (2013)

Margaret is a retired college teacher, President of the FVC London Chapter, and active in the London Chapter of the Council of Canadians. She chaired the London task force on governance, and was a member of London council's child-care advisory committee when she was a Fanshawe College early childhood education teacher. As a member of the London Women's Council, she became deeply involved in a 1988 project to encourage women to vote and run for city council seats. Hoff chaired a London citizens' committee that held meetings to teach voters about the electoral-reform question included with Ontario's 2007 election.

June Macdonald (2012) june.macdonald at fairvote.ca

June recently completed a doctorate with voting system reform as a focus and has been a college educator for the past 20 years. She was one of the founders of the FVC Toronto Chapter and has been involved in the chapter as co-chair, as a presenter and has participated in many outreach activities.

Anita Nickerson (2014)

Anita Nickerson is a homeschooling mom and former mental health worker. She has been active in the Fair Vote Waterloo Region Chapter as secretary and co-Chair.

Dianne Searle (2014)

Kelsey Wagner (2014) - Executive member-at-large kelseyrwagner at gmail.com

Kelsey is a politically unaffiliated Albertan who currently works in Ottawa as a public servant. He has taught, lived, or travelled in over forty countries and has a master's degree in Globalization Studies. He currently serves on the executive of the National Capital Region Chapter (Ottawa-Gatineau).