Guy Meilleur

Guy Meilleur is the Libertarian Party nominee in North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. A consulting arborist and educator who lives in Durham, he has been a Libertarian candidate for the North Carolina House in 2022 and for this congressional seat in 2024.[1][2][3]

According to his 2022 INDY Week questionnaire, Guy Meilleur grew up in south Chicago.[3] His campaign website says he moved to North Carolina in 1985 to study trees under Dr. J.C. Raulston at North Carolina State University, and that he has lived in Durham since 2015.[2][3] According to that website, he worked as a lecturer and curator at North Carolina State University, an instructor at Duke University, and an arborist at the University of North Carolina, and has taught in 29 countries.[2]

Meilleur works as a consulting arborist (Historic Tree Care, per his 2022 questionnaire).[3] He says he served on the national tree care standards committee and wrote the industry standard for tree inspection, and he co-presents the PuppetTREE educational shows.[2][3]

Meilleur ran as the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina House District 30 in 2022, receiving about 12 percent in a race won by incumbent Marcia Morey, and for the 4th Congressional District in 2024, when incumbent Valerie Foushee won.[1] He advanced to the 2026 general election after the March 3, 2026 Libertarian primary was canceled.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.