Chris Buors

Chris Buors is a cannabis activist and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He became leader of the Libertarian Party of Manitoba (LPM) in 2003, and oversaw the party's transformation to the Manitoba Marijuana Party (MMP) in 2004. He has also campaigned federally as a candidate of the Marijuana Party of Canada.
He stood down as leader in 2007 when the party was restructured as the Freedom Party of Manitoba, although he continued as party president.
Biography
Buors ran for the then newly formed Marijuana Party of Canada in the 2000 federal election, and received 640 votes in Winnipeg South Centre. He also participated in a 2002 by-election in St. Boniface (435 votes), and ran in the same riding for the 2004 election (317 votes).
Buors was sentenced to six months in prison in November 2004, after pleading guilty to cannabis distribution and marketing charges arising from his operation of the Manitoba Compassion Club. The club served patients suffering from a variety of illnesses including Crohn's disease, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and depression. Several patients, including one in a wheelchair, appeared in court to join in asking for leniency. While the judge agreed that Buors was helping ill people, he cited Buors's tenacity in defying the law in determining his sentence.
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Electoral record
All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada and Elections Manitoba. Provincial election expenditures refer to individual candidate expenses. Italicized expenditures refer to submitted totals, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available.
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