Betty Paschen

Paschen became leader of the Alberta Greens after founder Norman Conrad moved out of the province.^[2] She first ran for provincial office in a by-election held in the Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district on October 18, 1990. Paschen received 4.54% of the vote and finished fifth out of sixth place, losing to Barrie Chivers a candidate for the New Democrats. She finished ahead of Social Credit leader Robert Alford.^[3]

Paschen lead the party into the 1993 Alberta general election. The party did not make much of an impact as it only fielded a slate of 11 candidates winning 0.20% of the popular vote and finishing second last over all. Paschen ran for a second time in Edmonton-Strathcona. Her popular vote was cut in half from the by-election and she only took 1.5% of the popular vote.^[4]

After retiring from provincial politics, Paschen moved to Ontario and became a wind farm operator.^[2]

Paschen died on March 14, 2019.^[1]