Maggie Braun

Margaret Hope Braun is a Canadian activist who protested COVID-19 vaccine-mandates in 2022, and who was a Canadian Action Party federal candidate in 2011.

Early life and education Braun was born in Bracebridge, Ontario and spent her early years in Papua New Guinea before spending her teenage years in Canada, the United States, and Saint Lucia.

After graduating college with a diploma in ecosystem management from Fleming College, she moved to British Columbia. During the campaign she spoke about the public's rejection of the Enbridge pipeline. She won 164 votes (0.5% of those cast), losing to Nathan Cullen.

In 2013, Braun was the Vice President of the Green Thumb Garden Society of Terrace Inc.

Activism Braun attended the Canada convoy protest in 2022. She was arrested by police as they were shutting down the protest, and was warned by police, but not charged with any offences. She also testified that she understood the Emergencies Act to be not legally enforceable.