Connie Fogal

Who is Connie Fogal?

Constance Fogal is the former leader of the Canadian Action Party. A lawyer and former teacher, Fogal lives in Vancouver, British Columbia where her late husband Harry Rankin was a long time progressive city councillor. She is an anti-globalization activist and was an opponent of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the North American Free Trade Agreement. She has also been active with the "Canadian Liberty Committee".

In the 1996 Vancouver municipal election she helped form left-right coalition named VOICE and ran as a candidate but the party failed to win a seat on city council.

In the 1997 election, running in Vancouver Centre as a CAP candidate, she received 528 votes, coming in seventh behind Liberal Hedy Fry. In the 2000 election, she ran in Vancouver Kingsway and received 1,200 votes, coming in fifth behind Liberal Sophia Leung. In the 2004 election, Fogal was a candidate in Vancouver Quadra, where she received 165 votes. On May 6, 2008, Fogal announced her intention to resign as party leader but due to the snap call of the 2008 federal election she remained leader until November when she was succeeded by Andrew J. Moulden.