Lorne Edmond Green is a Canadian-born English politician and former diplomat, who was Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk, representing the Conservative Party. Green was

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to the post on 5 May 2016, succeeding the previous incumbent,

Stephen Bett Stephen Bett is an independent politician. He was the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2016. Political career Bett is the former chairman of the Norfolk Police Authority and a former Conservative Party Councillor. In th ...

Biography

Diplomacy

Born in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

, Green is a graduate of

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus ...

in Halifax. He joined the Canadian Department of External Affairs after graduation, and held diplomatic posts in

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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and

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, as well as serving at the Canadian High Commission in London under

Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006. Th ...

, where he was promoted to become the mission's press officer. In the 1980s, he served on

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's Nuclear Planning Group in

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dealing with the controversy surrounding

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s. He was also Director of Nuclear and Arms Control Policy in the

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, Ontario. In 1998, he left External Affairs to help form the World Nuclear Transport Institute in London, and later retired from the diplomatic world in 2011, opening a coffee shop in

Snettisham Snettisham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located near the west coast of Norfolk, some south of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, north of the town of King's Lynn and northwest of the city of Norwich ...

Police and Crime Commissioner

In 2015, Green was approached by the local Conservative Party association to stand in the 2016 election for

Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner The Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Norfolk Police in the English County of Norfolk. The post was created in November 2012, follow ...

, which he won in May 2016. Green chose not to stand for re-election, citing the long drive between his home in

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is north-east of Peterborough, north-north-east of Cambridg ...

and the office in

Wymondham Wymondham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It lies on the River Tiffey, south-west of Norwich and just off the A11 road (England), A11 road to London. The pari ...

. After the election was postponed by a year due to the

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, he was eventually succeeded by

Giles Orpen-Smellie Giles Orpen-Smellie is a British Conservative Party politician, and the former Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner The Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out th ...

in May 2021.

Electoral record

References

1946 births Canadian emigrants to England Conservative Party police and crime commissioners Living people Police and crime commissioners in England People from Nova Scotia {{UK-politician-stub