Shane Jolley

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Shane Jolley is an Ontario politician and the male deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario.[1] Jolley defeated three other candidates to be elected to the position at the party's annual convention in 2008.[1]

In the 2007 provincial election, Jolley was the Green Party's candidate in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound and came in second place with more than 33% of the vote giving Jolley the best finish of any Green Party candidate in a Canadian federal or provincial election.[2]

Controversy erupted in 2008 when Jolley was charged by local police with trespassing. On May 4th a local family filed a suspicious persons report when they found someone starring into their window at 3:30 in the morning. Jolley initially denied involvement, but on May 31st was charged with trespassing. Jolley admitted he had been at the house saying that he was looking for a bicycle stolen earlier in the day.[3] He apologized for earlier misleading police and the media, but argued that he did not want to reveal his covert anti-bicycle theft activities. Police have no reports of bikes stolen in that part of the city that day, and Jolley has refused to state whose bike he was looking for.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Jackson, Jonathon, "Jolley named deputy leader of Ontario Greens|, Owen Sound Sun-Times, June 9, 2008, accessed 2008-06-09
  2. ^ Gorrie, Peter, "Green leader gets 71 per cent support; Endorsed by party, de Jong says his goal is to become premier," Toronto Star, November 26, 2007
  3. ^ Dunn, Scott. "Candidate Charged" Toronto Sun Sat, May 31, 2008
  4. ^ Dunn, Scott. "City police have no recent reports of thefts of expensive bikes." Owen Sound Sun Times
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