1. Jo-Ann Roberts was born on September 8,1956 and is a Canadian politician and former journalist who served as the interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from November 4,2019, to October 3,2020, having been appointed upon Elizabeth May stepping down from the party's leadership role.
Jo-Ann Roberts has been a federal Green Party candidate trice in the past, running in Victoria in 2015 and in Halifax in 2019 and 2021.
Jo-Ann Roberts was appointed to be deputy leader of the party in 2018, serving alongside Daniel Green.
In October 2021, Jo-Ann Roberts was elected to be the deputy leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia, with Anthony Edmonds being elected leader of the party.
Jo-Ann Roberts stepped down as Deputy Leader of GPNS in April 2024.
Jo-Ann Roberts received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University and a journalism degree from Carleton University.
Jo-Ann Roberts received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Non-Fiction from University of Kings College.
Jo-Ann Roberts is married to Ken Kelly, with whom she has four adult children.
Jo-Ann Roberts has four grandchildren and cites the birth of her first grandchild as one of the forces which compelled her to move into politics in 2014.
Jo-Ann Roberts has claimed that she wanted to have an adequate answer if her granddaughter asked her what she had done to fight climate change.
Jo-Ann Roberts left her job at the CBC in 2014 to pursue a career in advocacy for public communication and the environment.
Jo-Ann Roberts decided to run as a Green Party candidate in Victoria for the 2015 federal election campaign.
Jo-Ann Roberts came second in 2015 with almost 24,000 votes, which is more votes than was received by 131 MPs who were elected.
Jo-Ann Roberts then named Roberts as the new interim leader.
Jo-Ann Roberts served until the election of Annamie Paul in October 2020.
Jo-Ann Roberts ran in Halifax in the 2021 federal election, placing fourth.
Jo-Ann Roberts serves as host and producer for the Green Party podcast, People, Politics, and Planet.