Beddome joined the Green Party of Manitoba in 2006,and soon became the chair of its economic policy committee.[11] He worked on Kaj Hasselriis's campaign for Mayor of Winnipeg in 2006,and stood as the Green candidate for the rural division of Minnedosa in the 2007 provincial election.[12] He travelled by bicycle in the latter campaign,carrying a trailer and sleeping at campsites. Beddome said that he wanted to raise awareness about clean modes of transportation as well as the problems faced by family farms.[13]
Party leader
Beddome was elected to a two-year term as Manitoba Green Party leader on November 15,2008,defeating incumbent Andrew Basham and third candidate Shane Nestruck. After his victory,he said that he would work toward running a full slate of candidates in the next provincial election. He was the party's candidate for a by-election in the northeast Winnipeg division of Elmwood in early 2009. In 2011,he ran as the party's candidate for Wolseley in the general election that year.[14]
In 2013,Beddome stepped down as leader to focus on completing his articles of law after graduating from the faculty of law at the University of Manitoba.[15][16] Alain Landry was appointed interim party leader for the Manitoba Greens in November 2013.[17][bettersourceneeded]
Beddome ran as a candidate in the party's 2014 leadership race,and was reelected as party leader in November 2014.[3][18] In the 2016 and 2019 provincial elections he ran in Fort Garry-Riverview and then Fort Rouge.[19][20][21] In the 2019 federal election,he ran in Winnipeg South Centre.[2][22] Beddome had been planning on running for federal election in 2019 before Brian Pallister called the provincial elections early. He was prepared to retract his federal campaign and had a replacement candidate in place,should he have won the provincial seat but Beddome did not win in either election.[23]
In May 2022,Beddome announced that he would step down as leader of the Green Party of Manitoba.[24] He was succeeded by Janine Gibson on March 26,2023.[25]
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