Tracy Parsons

Tracy Parsons is the former leader of the Progressive Canadian Party. Parsons became leader by unanimous vote at National Council in 2005, replacing founding interim leader Ernie Schreiber. In the 2004 election, Parsons was one of the fledgling party's sixteen candidates, contesting the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. In 2006 she ran, and lost, in Carleton—Mississippi Mills. She was involved in the former Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and in the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, in which she was a member of the provincial executive. On November 17, 2007 it was announced that Parsons, along with several other high level members of the party, were joining the Liberal Party of Canada.[1]