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Place of Birth: Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Date of Birth: April 19, 1990
Ethnicity: * father – African-Cuban * mother – French-Canadian
Jonathan Pedneault is a Canadian politician, journalist, documentarian, and activist. He was Co-leader of the Green Party, from February 4, 2025 to April 30, 2025, with Elizabeth May . He has also been Deputy leader of the Green Party, from November 19, 2022 to July 9, 2024. He is the first openly gay federal party leader to lead a party to an election, and the first to have Hispanic ancestry.
His father is Cuban-American. His mother is French-Canadian, from Lac Saint-Jean. He was raised by his single mother in Greenfield Park, by the south shore, in Montréal. His family were practising Catholics. At fifteen, Jonathan co-founded student organization Soprégé/Société de Prévention du Génocide.
Sources: https://www.cbc.ca https://www.thestar.com https://xtramagazine.com