The new head of the Green party is going to run in one of the two byelections Prime Minister Stephen Harper called on Sunday.

Elizabeth May, who won the Green party leadership in August, will run in London North Centre on Nov. 27, CBC News reported Sunday.

Green party Leader Elizabeth May will run in the riding of London North Centre.
(Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press)

But a Conservative cabinet minister, who did not run in the Jan. 23 general election, but was appointed to the Senate so the government had a representative from Montreal, will not run in the second byelection on the same date.

No Conservative candidates were elected in Montreal ridings, so Harper appointed Michel Fortier to be Minister of Public Works and Government Services.

When he was appointed, Fortier said he would run in the next general election, but he will not contest the Montreal-area riding of Repentigny, a Bloc Québécois stronghold, CBC reported.

The seat in London North Centre became open after Liberal MP Joe Fontana resigned to run for mayor in the southwestern Ontario city.

Repentigny Bloc MP Benoît Sauvageau died in a car accident on Aug. 28.

Shortly after being elected, May said she would run in Cape Breton-Canso in Nova Scotia in the next general election.

She lived on the island for many years before moving to Ontario.