Lauren Southern
| Lauren Southern | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Commentator, activist, political candidate, writer, media personality |
Lauren Southern is a Canadian libertarian commentator, activist, political candidate, writer and media personality.[1][2][3]
In 2015, the Libertarian Party of Canada suspended Southern as a candidate, with leader Tim Moen claiming she had “broken message discipline”. Mark Burnison, then Vice President for Political Action, allegedly told Southern that in order to remain a candidate, she would have to end her association with The Rebel Media, apologise, and “avoid anti-feminist speech” in the future. [4] After public outcry and internal backlash from libertarians upset someone would be removed for engaging in free speech, Southern was later reinstated as a candidate.[5]
Southern is a contributor for the Canadian online media platform The Rebel Media.
Controversy
In March 2016, in Vancouver, Canada, Southern was assaulted by having a container of urine poured over her head in public while speaking with some protesters. The incident happened after Southern had stated there were only two genders.[6][7][8]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Langley—Aldergrove | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mark Warawa | 27,333 | 45.6 | -20.22 | – | |||
| Liberal | Leon Jensen | 21,894 | 36.6 | +27.62 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Margot Sangster | 7,490 | 12.5 | -6.85 | – | |||
| Green | Simmi Kaur Dhillon | 2644 | 4.4 | -0.86 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Lauren Southern | 535 | 0.9 | +0.41 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 59,896 | 100.0 | $216,042.49 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 204 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 60,100 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,360 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -23.92 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Nolan, Constantine (March 30, 2016). "Lauren Southern and Cathy Young: Is Hate Speech Free Speech?". The Michigan Review.
- ↑ Kabas, Marisa (June 15, 2015). "Meet the Canadian college student who's about to be the next enemy of the feminist movement". The Daily Dot.
- ↑ "Lauren Southern". The Rebel. therebel.media.
- ↑ Bokhari, Allum (July 2, 2015). "Canadian Libertarians in Revolt After Party Leadership Suspends Anti-Feminist Candidate Lauren Southern". Breitbart News Network.
- ↑ Bokhari, Allum (July 9, 2015). "Lauren Southern, ‘Anti-Feminist,’ Reinstated as Libertarian Candidate". Breitbart News Network.
- ↑ Breitbart Tech (March 5, 2016). "Libertarian Commentator Lauren Southern Assaulted by ‘Anti-Fascist’ Protesters". Breitbart News Network.
- ↑ Kraychik, Robert (March 6, 2016). "Depraved Feminists Attack Lauren Southern With Urine". The Daily Wire.
- ↑ Rebel Staff (March 7, 2016). "WATCH: "Triggered" protester pours urine on Lauren Southern because she was winning debate against feminists". The Rebel. therebel.media.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Langley—Aldergrove, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates