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Markus Buchart
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'''Markus Buchart''' is a
Manitoba politician. He was the leader of the
Green Party of Manitoba from its formation in
1998 to February
2005.
Buchart campaigned against
Premier Gary Filmon in the riding of
Tuxedo (Manitoba riding) Tuxedo in the
1999 provincial election, receiving 126 votes. In
2003, he campaigned in the
Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg riding of
Wolseley (Manitoba riding) Wolseley and received an impressive 1193 votes (19.5%), placing second against New Democrat
Rob Altemeyer. No other GPM candidate received more than 7% of their riding vote in that election.
Buchart resigned as party leader in February
2005, claiming that Green Party meetings and committees were being disrupted by a small group of unruly and ungovernable members. Six of the party's executive members resigned at the same time.
Buchart has been involved in a variety of environmental, peace and social justice groups, and wrote for the environmental quarterly ''
Links Magazine'' between
1989 and
1998. Buchart spoke out against the use of nocturnal insectide sweeps in Wolseley in
2002, describing them as "indiscriminate and useless". In
2004, he supported
James R. M. Harris Jim Harris's successful bid for re-election as leader of the
Green Party of Canada. He was himself challenged by
Nelson Morrison in November of the same year, but retained his position (''Canadian Press'', 13 March 2005).
Buchart has a master's degree in economics from McGill University. Between
1986 and
1992, he worked under both
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba Progressive Conservative and
New Democratic Party of Manitoba New Democratic governments in
Manitoba on tax policy, federal-provincial relations and environmental policy. Unable to reconcile the government's environmental policies with his conscience, he left the civil service in 1992.
Buchart received a law degree from the
University of Manitoba in
1995, and maintained an independent law practice in
Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg until 2004, when he joined the downtown Winnipeg law firm of Tupper & Adams. His practice consists mainly of civil litigation, corporate and commercial work, and environmental law.
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