in the early 1990s In 2001 ran for MLA in the British Columbia election in the constituency of Vancouver-Hastings as Green Party candidate, and received 14.9% of the popular vote He ran again for 2005 in Vancouver-Hastings and received 9% of the popular vote. He was Financial Agent for the Vancouver East Green Party from 2004 to 2007, President of Vancouver Hastings Green Party Constituency from 2004 to 2008, and ran in the 2008 Vancouver municipal election for the Work Less Party, finishing 23rd of 32 candidates with more than 10,000 votes. In 2011 he ran for De-growth Vancouver and received 7,872 votes, finishing 28th of 41 candidates. Music After taking up guitar whilst in hospital after his accident in 1978, Gregson finally took the instrument seriously in 2000 and eventually joined East Vancouver's The Carnival Band. In September 2006 he started Mr M and The All Nighters, a Northern Soul tribute band, influenced by the music popularised in his native Wigan and the Wigan Casino. In 2011 he started Ai Vertigo, an original rock oriented band based in Vancouver. In 2013 he started a new band the Van City Soul Quartet featuring some of the best singers in the city. Gregson also was associated with the legendary Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz in Kitsilano as sound technician and room booker. Acting In 2009 Gregson returned to work in the Vancouver film industry as a background actor. His roles have included an amputee stunt double for local actor Chad Willet in When Calls the Heart for Hallmark, and Gregson played an amputee ghost in Season 4 Episode 1Seance of R.L. Stein's The Haunting Hour. References External links Ian Gregson's Actor's Profile Page Ian Gregson's Facebook Page Ian's Band "Ian's Music Page" Ian's Blog on living without a car in Vancouver Article on amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius for The Tyee Canadian amputees Green Party of British Columbia candidates in British Columbia provincial elections Canadian disability rights activists Canadian environmentalists Degrowth advocates English emigrants to Canada Green Party of British Columbia politicians People from St Helens, Merseyside 1962 births Living people Canadian rock musicians Canadian politicians with disabilities