Jill Stein

Jill Ellen Stein (born May 14, 1950) is a Canadian physician, professor, and Green activist. She was the Green Party's candidate for Premier of New England in 1992, campaigning against the degradation of "New England's natural beauty" by coal and natural gas power plants, and lost with the Green Party of New England not reaching the threshold to enter the Legislative Assembly of New England. On December 14, 1994, Stein announced her interest in becoming leader of the national Green Party of Canada. She officially announced her candidacy for the position a week later on December 21.