David Coon | |
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 Coon in 2023 | |
| Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick | |
| Assumed office September 21, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Greta Doucet (interim) |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Fredericton South | |
| Assumed office September 22, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Craig Leonard[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Charles Coon October 28, 1956 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Green |
| Spouse | Janice Harvey |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | McGill University (BSc, 1978) |
David Charles Coon MLA (born October 28, 1956) is a Canadian conservationist and politician who has served as leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick since 2012 and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Fredericton South since 2014.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Coon was raised in Montreal, Quebec, where he graduated from high school. He later graduated from McGill University and received a diploma from Vanier College, and began working with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Having previously done work with the Green Party of Canada, Coon entered provincial politics full-time in 2012 after being elected to lead the Green Party of New Brunswick, which was formed just four years prior.
Coon joined the 58th Legislature after being elected to represent the newly contested provincial electoral district of Fredericton South in 2014, becoming the first ever Green legislative member in New Brunswick and the second provincial Green politician in Canada to win a seat in a provincial legislature. He was re-elected in 2018 and again in 2020. Following an electoral redistribution in 2023, Coon's elected riding was replaced with two new electoral districts; he was elected in the new riding of Fredericton-Lincoln in the 2024 provincial election.