Trevor Hancock

Trevor Hancock
Leader of The Green Party of Canada
In office
1983–1984
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded bySeymour Trieger
Personal details
PartyGreen Party of Canada
EducationUniversity of London (MD)
University of Toronto (MHSc)
OccupationProfessor, Doctor, Activist

Trevor Hancock is a family physician. He was the first leader of both the Green Party of Ontario and the Green Party of Canada.[1][2] Under his leadership, the latter party ran 60 candidates in the 1984 federal election.[3] He is a public health physician, and a retired professor and senior scholar at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria.[4] He obtained his degree in medicine at the University of London and his degree in health science at the University of Toronto.[5] He also consults with the World Health Organization.[2] Together with Dr. Leonard Duhl, he created the Healthy Cities project that looks at environmental aspects of sustainable urban development as a determinant of health. In 2005, Hancock was also instrumental in initiating BC Healthy Communities – a provincial initiative focused on building capacity for healthy municipal governance.

Electoral Record

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Neil Young 14,914 40.6
Progressive Conservative Jack Jones 12,443 33.9
Liberal Terry Kelly 8,155 22.2
Green Trevor Hancock 581 1.6
Libertarian Dennis Corrigan 353 1.0
Independent Terrence Kennedy 132 0.4
Independent John Turmel 112 0.3
Commonwealth of Canada Ron Thorsen 27 0.1
Turnout 36,177 100.0
Parliament of Canada:[6]

Select Bibliography

  • Tesh, Sylvia Noble, Carolyn Tuohy, Tom Christoffel, Trevor Hancock, Judy Norsigian, Elena Nightingale, and Leon Robertson. "The meaning of healthy public policy." Health Promotion International 2, no. 3 (1987): 257–262. volume 2, issue 3 (1987). 1987. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/2.3.257.

See also

References

  1. ^ Stephens, Robert (6 July 1984). "Green Party now officially registered in Ontario". The Globe and Mail. p. 9.
  2. ^ a b Hancock, Trevor (27 February 2016). "About Trevor Hancock". Dr. Trevor Hancock - Healthy people, healthy communities, a healthy planet. Retrieved 16 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ The Green Party of Canada - Our History
  4. ^ University of Victoria Core Public Functions Health Research Initiative - Academics
  5. ^ Profile - Trevor Hancock
  6. ^ "History of Federal Ridings since 1867:Beaches, Ontario (1976-1987)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-24.


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