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 Larry Gordon can be contacted at .

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

Doug Bailie (2011)  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 (2011)

Bronwen Bruch (2012) - President

Gary Dale (2011)

Gary is a long-time labour, social justice and environmental activist who once ran Canada's largest free progressive fax distribution service. A systems analyst by profession, he takes an engineering approach to electoral reform. Gary has been a Fair Vote Canada member since 2003, worked on the Ontario MMP referendum and joined the Toronto Chapter board in 2008. He is currently Chapter President and is active in a number of Fair Vote initiatives in the Toronto area.

Wilf Day (2013) 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) - At-Large Executive

John Deverell (2011) john.deverell at fairvote.ca

John was for 25 years a labour, political and business reporter at the Toronto Star before his retirement in 2004. He is past president of CEP 87M Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild, chair of the FVC Labour for Fair Voting caucus, and co-author of the 1993 book Democracy, Eh? A Guide to Voter Action.

Shoni Field (2013) - Secretary

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)

Mark Greenan (2013) - Vice President

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.

Margaret Hoff (2013)

Gord Hunter (2012) gfh at sasktel.net

Before retiring in 2008, Gord worked for almost 30 years in the labour movement, both as an elected officer and on staff. Although he was born and raised in Quebec, he has lived in six different provinces, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. He and his family have lived in Regina since 1997. Gord is on the board of the Regina Folk Festival and serves as the President of the Saskatchewan Chapter of Fair Vote Canada.

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.

Bob MacKie (2011)

Ignorance is a major hindrance to adopting a fair voting system in Canada. Bob has a BComm, MBA and MA in eLearning. He was a Conservative Riding Association President but is no longer involved. He lives on Salt Spring Island, BC. His main Fair Vote Canada interest is to educate Canadians about proportional representation by conducting a web-based proportional representation election in parallel with our next federal election.