91 Facts About Chris Tindal

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Chris Tindal previously ran for the Green Party in the 2004 federal election, in Malpeque, but lost to Wayne Easter of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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Chris Tindal was born in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and trained in emergency and family medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

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Chris Tindal held several medical positions in and around the Kingston area after graduating, including a stint as a clinic doctor in Lansdowne after the small community lost its previous doctor.

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Chris Tindal was a member of the Kingston Whig-Standard's community editorial board in the late 1990s, and frequently contributed to its columns.

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Chris Tindal emphasized health issues, and wrote against the privatisation of prescription medicine.

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Chris Tindal had recently purchased the historic site of the old City Hospital, where he planned to build a "green" neighbourhood.

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Chris Tindal was active with the OPIRG-affiliated group Enviro-Action while attending the University of Ottawa.

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Chris Tindal joined the Green Party of Canada in 2000 at age eighteen, and campaigned under its banner in the 2000 federal election.

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Chris Tindal spent most of his childhood and teenage years in Bangladesh, where his family worked for a Baptist non-governmental organization, and he became interested in social issues at an early age.

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Chris Tindal was twenty-three years old during the 2006 campaign.

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11.

Chris Tindal served on the City of Brantford's heritage committee, planning department, and cultural network from 2006 to 2008, and in 2007 he started an ethical coffee chain.

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12.

Chris Tindal led Canada's R-2000 Home Energy Program, created and led a unique health and well-being program for 11,000 federal employees and currently manages the Canadian Coast Guard's environmental program.

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13.

Chris Tindal worked fifteen years in the banking and brokerage industry, including experience with Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong.

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14.

Chris Tindal has a diploma in forestry from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and a Master's Degree in forestry from Colorado State University.

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Chris Tindal has co-ordinated the establishment and operations of provincial parks and done landscape work.

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16.

Chris Tindal was sixty-three years old when he was nominated as a Green Party candidate in 2005.

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17.

Chris Tindal was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and its antecedents before joining the Greens.

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18.

Chris Tindal ran for a council seat in Cavan in 2006 and 2010, finishing a close second both times.

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19.

Chris Tindal is a 22-year veteran of the Canadian Army and has served overseas in Germany and the Golan Heights, where he saw two tours of duty with the United Nations Disengagement Observer force.

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20.

Chris Tindal was fifty-two years old at the time of the election, and was operations director for a local branch of the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires.

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21.

Chris Tindal received an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Studies from Queen's University in 1983.

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22.

Chris Tindal is a co-founder of Odyssey Travel and Logkit Inc, both of which he later sold.

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23.

Chris Tindal helped to re-launch the Kingston branch of the Green Party in 1992, and was drafted to campaign for the Green Party of Ontario in 2003 when designated candidate Chris Milburn moved to Nova Scotia.

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24.

Chris Tindal was endorsed by the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper during the campaign.

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25.

Chris Tindal was a co-director of the Institute for the Study of Cultural Evolution in the 1970s, and helped produce its Guideposts for a Sustainable Future in 1974.

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26.

Chris Tindal was a founding member of the Green Party of Canada in 1983, and campaigned under its banner in the 1984 federal election.

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27.

Chris Tindal completed production of the Guideposts for a Sustainable Future video in 1990, and published his second book, Planning for Seven Generations, in 1993.

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28.

Chris Tindal then put himself through school as a door-to-door salesman earning a B A in literature, history, and critical theory from Trent University.

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29.

Chris Tindal has replaced athletics and camping with political philosophy and analysis, song-writing, and other indoor intellectual and artistic pursuits.

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30.

Chris Tindal is a businesswoman from Manotick, Ontario having lived there for 10 years, and previously lived in Gloucester, Ontario.

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31.

Chris Tindal has previously worked for Cisco Systems, Nokia, Alcatel, and Gandalf Technologies.

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32.

Chris Tindal then worked for Vickers Instruments for four years, including three years in Santa Clara, California.

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33.

Chris Tindal remained in that country for ten years, starting three businesses and one charity.

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34.

Chris Tindal has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Guelph, a Master of Arts degree from Trent University, and a Ph.

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35.

Chris Tindal has taught English at Toronto and Trent, with a focus on Canadian writers, and has served on the executive of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3908 at Trent.

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36.

Chris Tindal ran for the Peterborough city council in 2003, opposing the extension of a local parkway.

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37.

Chris Tindal has been a Green Party candidate in two federal elections.

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38.

Chris Tindal holds a Master of Science degree from McGill University in Montreal, began his career as a Biology teacher, and was a school principal for two years at Baffin Island in the Northwest Territories.

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39.

Chris Tindal first campaigned for the Green Party in Simcoe—Grey in the 2004 election.

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40.

Chris Tindal is an aromatherapist, treating patients with AIDS and other serious diseases.

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41.

Chris Tindal received 1,235 votes, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent John McKay.

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42.

Chris Tindal currently serves as a director for the Toronto Vegetarian Association.

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Chris Tindal is bilingual in English and French, and has promoted youth events focused on Franco-Ontarian culture.

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44.

Chris Tindal sits on the Executive of the Richmond Hill Naturalists club.

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45.

Chris Tindal was born on June 3,1981 and was a candidate for Ward 27 in the 2010 Toronto municipal election.

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Chris Tindal was the Green Party of Canada's candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in Toronto Centre in the 2006 federal election and again in a March 17,2008 by-election in which he placed 3rd with 13.

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47.

Chris Tindal holds a Bachelor of Arts in Radio and Television from Ryerson University.

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48.

Chris Tindal is a musician with two albums to his credit.

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49.

Chris Tindal is an interactive media producer and former vice president of the Ontario Recreational Canoeing Association, and has lived in Toronto Centre since 2000.

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50.

Chris Tindal serves on the board of directors of a boys and girls residential summer camp, and is a contributor to Torontoist, a community blog.

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51.

Chris Tindal was the Democratic Reform Advocate for the Green Party of Canada until August 2008.

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52.

Chris Tindal is a coauthor of A Realistic Energy Plan for Toronto.

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53.

Chris Tindal is an entrepreneur, and has operated a model train shop near Fergus, Ontario since 1998.

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54.

Chris Tindal joined the Green Party in 1999, and has campaigned for both its federal and provincial wings.

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55.

Chris Tindal was the GPC's candidate for the 2006 federal election.

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56.

Chris Tindal holds a degree in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto, and is a co-founder and Vice-President of Engineering for Savvica Inc, an e-learning software company.

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57.

Chris Tindal was twenty-three years old during the election, and describes his political background as "centre-right".

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58.

Chris Tindal moved to Windsor four-years ago to attend university, and at the time of the election was completing a joint BSW degree program in Social Work and Women's Studies.

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Chris Tindal was a student representative on both the Women's Studies Curriculum Committee and the Women's Studies Advisory Committee.

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Chris Tindal was the representative for joint majors in her degree program in both the Social Work Students Association and the Women's Studies Student Association.

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61.

Chris Tindal was twenty-four years old during the election, and worked as a machine operator at Haas Precision Corporation.

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62.

Chris Tindal declined to use campaign signs, arguing that they consume resources and pollute the landscape.

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63.

Chris Tindal worked at New World Technology for five years, and has been a supervisor at Southern Produce since the early 2000s.

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64.

Chris Tindal has worked as an operator trainee with Inco, and previously taught English as a Second Language in Japan.

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Chris Tindal has been web editor for Canada's National History Society and The Beaver, and was an associate editor for the Encyclopedia of Natural Health.

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Chris Tindal was twenty-five years old as of the 2006 election, working in a family farm business with his father and grandfather.

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Chris Tindal is active with the Pembina Soil and Crop Management Association, and often performs as a guitarist.

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Chris Tindal is president of Canadian Organic Growers, and has worked toward the adoption of a national organic standard for Canada.

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Chris Tindal supported Tom Manley for the leadership of the Green Party in 2004.

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Chris Tindal was employed for many years with Via Rail, and has been a Meteorological Technician for Environment Canada in Saskatchewan, Ontario and the Northwest Territories.

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Chris Tindal moved to Manitoba from Ontario in the early 2000s, and worked for Air Canada at the time of the election.

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Chris Tindal was planning to build an "eco-friendly rammed-earth tire home" in 2006.

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Chris Tindal campaigned for the leadership of the Green Party of Manitoba in November 2006, and lost to Andrew Basham.

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Chris Tindal holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Administrative Studies from the University of Winnipeg, and is working toward the completion of a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba as of early 2006.

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Chris Tindal is a veteran environmental activist in Winnipeg, and encouraged composting in the early 1990s.

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Chris Tindal co-authored the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission's hearings into the City of Winnipeg's polluting sewage collection and treatment system in 2003, and in the 2006 campaign called for cities to stop dumping their sewage into river systems.

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Chris Tindal ran again in the federal election of 1997 for the Canadian Action Party, and was a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1999 for the New Green Alliance.

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Chris Tindal moved to Ottawa to accept a job in the federal civil service, and later opened a consulting firm.

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Chris Tindal had six years experience on the Calgary Health Authority, and spent a year on the Emergency Department Advisory board as a representative of Nursing Attendants.

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Chris Tindal graduated from the University of British Columbia and now works for an e-learning company.

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Chris Tindal has served on the Town of Smithers, British Columbia Planning and Design Committee since 2002 and was a Director of the Smithers Chamber of Commerce between 2004 and 2005.

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Chris Tindal was elected Director of Electoral Area "J" in the Cariboo Regional District in 2002, and acclaimed in 2005.

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83.

Chris Tindal was born in Williams Lake but raised in nearby Tatlayoko Lake Valley.

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84.

Chris Tindal ran unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 federal elections in this riding.

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85.

Chris Tindal is working towards a bachelor's degree with a double major in political science and economics, and a minor in philosophy, at Thompson Rivers University.

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Chris Tindal helped found the Kamloops chapter of the BC Sustainable Energy Association.

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Chris Tindal graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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Chris Tindal has earned a master's degree in economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics and toured Eastern Europe.

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Chris Tindal earned a master's degree in economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics.

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Chris Tindal ran unsuccessfully in the 1997,2000 and 2004 federal elections in the Okanagan—Coquihalla riding.

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Chris Tindal is a high school teacher in Creston, British Columbia.

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