Elizabeth May says recent hospitalization caused by a stroke

Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May says the health issue that sidelined her over the last week turned out to be a stroke.

However, in an interview Thursday, she said she has suffered no lingering neurological effects and looks forward to returning to her work as party leader and British Columbia MP after a rest.

“It’s best described as a miraculous near miss,” Ms. May, 69, said from her home in the riding of Saanich–Gulf Islands, where she has been the MP since 2011.

Ms. May said that her doctor has told her she suffered bleeding into the tissues of her brain, otherwise known as a hemorrhagic stroke.

Earlier this week, Ms. May’s husband, John Kidder, said Ms. May was resting at home after she suffered a serious headache while at a high school event last week, and was taken to Saanich Peninsula Hospital on Vancouver Island for observation. She spent two-and-a-half days in hospital.

Ms. May said her doctor has since informed her that she suffered from a hemorrhagic stroke.

“He said it could have been much, much worse,” said Ms. May.

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