Margaret Tusz-King

Margaret Tusz-King, is a retired pharmacist, environmentalist, social activist and local politician. She is currently the Program Director for the Tatamagouche Centre and Sackville, New Brunswick Town Councillor, "Sequential Antibiotic Therapy - The Logical Next Step - (1996)", "Pharmacists and their Senior Patients - Poster Presentation - (1993)", and "Quinine Toxicity - (1991)".
In August of 2000, Margaret served as the media contact and Steering Committee member with the Aboriginal Rights Coalition - Atlantic during the Esgenoopetitj fishing dispute. Aboriginal Rights Coalition - Atlantic Observers were the ones that recorded the violent attack by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans against the fishermen and women of the Esgenoopetitj First Nation.
Margaret was one of the founders, and currently is the Community Representative for the town of Sackville, New Brunswick of EOS Eco-Energy, a non-profit, regional organization promoting energy conservation, renewable energy, and sustainable community planning.
In July of 2010, Margaret brought to light the issue of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and its potential to poison the drinking water in the region if better controls weren't put in place to review the proposed practices of Petroworth Resources Inc.. As a result of Tusz-King's initiation of the scrutiny of hydraulic fracturing practices in town of Sackville, New Brunswick, Petroworth has subsequently eliminated their plans to perform exploration within Sackville, New Brunswick town limits.
Margaret was chosen as the Green Party of New Brunswick candidate for the for the 2010 general election.
Margaret is also part of a record breaking group of 23 female candidates in the New Brunswick Green Party. Never before in North America has a political party put forward a higher percentage of women candidates than the 2010 slate of women candidates for the New Brunswick Green Party.

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