By James Peters

Federal Green leader May to wed Ashcroft man

Nov 26, 2018 | 2:43 PM

ASHCROFT, B.C. — Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has announced her engagement to an Ashcroft man.

The party made the announcement on its social media feeds this afternoon.

May’s fiance is John Kidder, a former provincial Green Party candidate in Fraser-Nicola.

Kidder is also a hops farmer in the Ashcroft area and lives part-time in Vancouver.

According to the Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal, the pair met when May visited Merritt to support Kidder’s candidacy in 2013.

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Their nuptials are planned for next April 22.

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