DAVID CHERNUSHENKO

'David Chernushenko' (b. June 1963, Calgary, Alberta) is a businessman, politician and environmentalist in Ontario, Canada. He is the former Senior Deputy to the Leader of the Green Party of Canada.
A graduate of Queen's University (political science) and alumnus of Cambridge University (international relations), Chernushenko has worked for CIDA, DFAIT and the United Nations Environment Programme.^[1] He has served on committees and boards of local housing and environment groups, schools and health advisory bodies.
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As of 2006, Chernushenko owns and operates Green & Gold Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in recommending ways to increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of athletic events and facilities. He is co-founder Clean Air Champions, an advocacy group consisting primarily of athletes working to improve air quality in Canada.
He was the Green Party candidate for Ottawa Centre in the 2004 federal election. He finished fourth with 4,730 votes (8%), receiving more votes than any other Green candidate in Ottawa. He also ran in the 2003 provincial election, receiving 1,741 votes in Ottawa South.
Chernushenko ran again in Ottawa Centre in the 2006 federal election and again came fourth, losing to Paul Dewar from the New Democratic Party (NDP). Chernushenko received 6,766 votes (10.2%), the highest vote count of any Green Party candidate in the 2006 election. He passed the 10% threshold, thus becoming eligible for partial government reimbursement of campaign expenditures.
The fourth-place finish came despite Green Party claims they could win Ottawa Centre ^[3]. Chernushenko was endorsed by the ''Ottawa Citizen'' newspaper in 2004 and 2006.
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On November 10, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Chernushenko as a member the National Roundtable on Environment and the Economy, a panel that advises Ottawa on environmental policy.
Chernushenko resigned as deputy leader of the Green Party in July 2007 in order to devote more time to his business and the National Roundtable.^[5]

Contents

Leadership bid

Works

References

Electoral record

External links

Leadership bid

On March 30, 2006, Chernushenko announced his bid for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada.
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He was seen as a party insider, close to the positions of previous leader Jim Harris, in contrast to Elizabeth May, who was seen as more of a traditional activist. He received 33.38% of the votes in the election, losing to May.
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Works

Sustainable Sport Management: Running an Environmentally, Socially and Economically Responsible Organization, , David, Chernushenko, United Nations Environment Programme, 2001, ISBN 92-807-2072-4
Greening our games : running sports events and facilities that won't cost the Earth, , David, Chernushenko, Centurion Publishing & Marketing, 1994, ISBN 0-9697571-5-8

References

1. Sustainable Sport Management: Running an Environmentally, Socially and Economically Responsible Organization, , David, Chernushenko, United Nations Environment Programme, 2001, ISBN 92-807-2072-4
2. My Walk
3. "Greens confident party has a chance at seat", Canadian Press article, January 20, 2006
4. Chernushenko, again
5. "Good Green will be missed", ''Ottawa Citizen'', July 10, 2007
6. Chernushenko announces Green Party leadership bid
7. Renegotiate NAFTA, new Green party leader says

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2006: Ottawa Centre
Candidate	Paul Dewar	Richard Mahoney	Keith Fountain	David Chernushenko	John Akpata	Anwar Syed	Stuart Ryan	Christian Legeais
Party	New Democrat	Liberal	Conservative	Green	Marijuana	Independent	Communist	Marxist- Leninist
Votes	24,611	19,458	15,126	6,766	386	121	102	68
%	36.9	29.2	22.7	10.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.1
+/-	-4.2	-1.9	+3.7	+2.7	-0.1	-	+0.1	0.0
Residence
Expenditures	$77,670	$83,212	$60,610	$31,559	$0	$13	$987	$0

: Ottawa Centre
|-
|Ed Broadbent
|align=right|25,734
|Richard Mahoney
|align=right|19,478
|Mike Murphy
|align=right| 11,933
|David Chernushenko
|align=right|4,730
|Michael Foster
|align=right|455
|Robert Gauthier
|align=right|121
|Stuart Ryan
|align=right|90
|Carla Marie Dancey
|align=right|76
|Louis Lang
|align=right|67
|-
| style="width: 130px" |Liberal
|Dalton McGuinty
|align="right"|24,647
|align="right"|51.7
|align="right"|+2.1
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Richard Raymond
|align="right"|16,413
|align="right"|34.4
|align="right"|-5.8
|-
|New Democratic Party
|James McLaren
|align="right"|4,306
|align="right"|9.0
|align="right"|+3.2
|-
|Green
|David Chernushenko
|align="right"|1,741
|align="right"|3.7
|align="right"|+2.1
|-
|Family Coalition
|John Pacheco
|align="right"|562
|align="right"|1.2
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|47,669
!align="right"|
!align="right"|

External links

★ Leadership bid website

★ Election campaign homepage

★ Green and Gold

★ Clean Air Champions