Roger Lagasse
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Roger Lagasse is a high school principal in British Columbia, Canada. He ran for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party in 1989 (see New Democratic Party leadership conventions). His campaign was centred on environmental and children's issues, combining a generally "radical left" outlook with a pro-life position on abortion. To the surprise of many, he received enough votes on the convention's first ballot to recover his deposit despite finishing in last place. He did not run for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the subsequent 1993 election.
Roger Lagasse later joined the Green Party of British Columbia. He opposed Canada's involvement in the Kosovo War (publishing an anti-war poem entitled "O no Canada"), and has signed a petition calling for the release of Slobodan Milosevic.