Green Party of Canada leadership elections
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The Green Party of Canada holds a national leadership election every 4 years, as stipulated under the party's current constitution.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2020) |
Ballots are always mailed out in advance to all Green Party of Canada "members in good standing" - allowing the option of voting by mail to all party members who do not wish to attend the convention in person.
The party uses an instant-runoff voting (IRV) ballot system for the election of its leader and councillors and a standard yes-or-no ballot for voting on constitutional amendments.
Leadership conventions
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2000
- 2000 Ottawa (University of Ottawa), Joan Russow re-elected (resigned in January 2001, Chris Bradshaw elected by national council meeting in February 2001 as interim leader).
2002
- 2002 Montreal (Francophone institute for the blind), no member nominated for leader; Chris Bradshaw chosen to continue on an interim basis.
2003
- February 14, 2003, Jim Harris elected.[1]
| Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| # | % | |
| Jim Harris | 437 | 81.38 |
| John Grogan | 76 | 14.15 |
| Jason Crummey | 24 | 4.47 |
| Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 537 | 100.0% |
2004
- 2004 Calgary (Kiwanis camp in foothills), Jim Harris re-elected (first elected by mail ballot 6 months after the Montreal convention).[1]
| Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| # | % | |
| Jim Harris | 524 | 55.16 |
| Tom Manley | 352 | 37.05 |
| John Grogan | 74 | 7.79 |
| Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 950 | 100.0% |
2006
Held August 24–27, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario using a One Member One Vote system. On April 24, 2006, incumbent party leader Jim Harris announced he would not be running for re-election.[2] The race was won by Elizabeth May on August 26, 2006.
| Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| # | % | |
| Elizabeth May | 2,145 | 65.34 |
| David Chernushenko | 1,096 | 33.38 |
| Jim Fannon | 29 | 0.88 |
| None of the above | 13 | 0.40 |
| Total | 3,283 | 100.0% |
2020
Held October 3, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option.[3] Annamie Paul, an activist and lawyer from Toronto, won the election on the eighth round of voting. Her win was described as a win for "the more centrist camp".[4]
| Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th round | 8th round | |||||||||
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| Image | Name | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % |
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Annamie Paul | 6,242 | 26.14% | 6,242 | 26.16% | 6,305 | 26.24% | 6,478 | 27.23% | 6,952 | 29.44% | 7,614 | 32.52% | 8,862 | 38.52% | 12,090 | 54.53% |
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Dimitri Lascaris | 5,768 | 24.15% | 5,773 | 24.20% | 5,813 | 24.40% | 6,586 | 27.69% | 7,050 | 29.86% | 7,551 | 32.25% | 8,340 | 36.22% | 10,081 | 45.47% |
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Courtney Howard | 3,285 | 13.76% | 3,285 | 13.77% | 3,348 | 14.05% | 3,404 | 14.31% | 3,762 | 15.93% | 4,523 | 19.32% | 5,824 | 25.29% | Eliminated | |
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Glen Murray | 2,745 | 11.50% | 2,746 | 11.51% | 2,821 | 11.84% | 2,846 | 11.96% | 2,992 | 12.67% | 3,725 | 15.91% | Eliminated | |||
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David Merner | 2,636 | 11.04% | 2,636 | 11.05% | 2,697 | 11.32% | 2,727 | 11.46% | 2,856 | 12.10% | Eliminated | |||||
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Amita Kuttner | 1,468 | 6.15% | 1,470 | 6.16% | 1,486 | 6.24% | 1,748 | 7.35% | Eliminated | |||||||
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Meryam Haddad | 1,345 | 5.63% | 1,346 | 5.64% | 1,358 | 5.70% | Eliminated | |||||||||
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Andrew West | 352 | 1.47% | 356 | 1.49% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
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None Of The Above | 36 | 0.15% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||
| Total | 23,877 | 100% | 23,854 | 100% | 23,828 | 100% | 23,788 | 100% | 23,612 | 100% | 23,413 | 100% | 23,026 | 100% | 22,171 | 100% | |
2022
Annamie Paul resigned on November 14, 2021, several weeks after the 2021 Canadian federal election. Held November 19, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option. Saanich—Gulf Islands MP and former Green Party leader Elizabeth May won the election, after campaigning as part of a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault; as co-leadership is not formally recognized in the party’s constitution, Pedneault will become Deputy Leader while the two seek to amend the party constitution.[6][7][8]
| Candidate[9] | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Elizabeth May | 3,736 | 46.53 | 3,746 | 47.24 | 3,830 | 48.6 | 3,953 | 50.58 | 4,008 | 51.41 | 4,666 | 60.17 |
| Anna Keenan | 2,034 | 25.33 | 2,048 | 25.83 | 2,158 | 27.38 | 2,303 | 29.47 | 2,819 | 36.16 | 3,089 | 39.83 |
| Jonathan Pedneault | 775 | 9.65 | 780 | 9.84 | 817 | 10.37 | 893 | 11.43 | 969 | 12.43 | Eliminated | |
| Chad Walcott | 547 | 6.81 | 556 | 7.01 | 589 | 7.47 | 665 | 8.51 | Eliminated | |||
| Simon Gnocchini-Messier | 399 | 4.97 | 404 | 5.09 | 487 | 6.18 | Eliminated | |||||
| Sarah Gabrielle Baron | 378 | 4.71 | 396 | 4.99 | Eliminated | |||||||
| None of these options | 161 | 2.00 | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||||||
2025
On November 19, 2022, Elizabeth May was elected leader of the party once again, promising to convert the current leadership model into a co-leadership model, with Jonathan Pedneault being her co-leader.[10] May ran with Pedneault in the leadership race, and Pedneault served as the deputy leader of the party.[11] In February 2024, party members were to vote on motions which, if passed, would have amended the party's constitution to implement a co-leadership model.[12] However, Pedneault was unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons through a by-election and the proposed constitutional amendment was not voted upon due to disagreement within the party.[13] On July 9, 2024, Jonathan Pedneault resigned as deputy leader, citing personal reasons.[14][15] He returned in January 2025 to serve as co-leader, pending election by party membership, which was approved on February 4, 2025, in a landslide.[16][17][18][19] However, while the vote was approved by 89.4% of the 2,990 Green Party of Canada members who voted, 71% of the total 10,301 Green Party of Canada members who were eligible to cast a ballot did not vote.[20]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault | 2,674 | 89.4 | |
| Abstention | 316 | 10.6 | |
| Total votes | 2,990 | 100.00 | |
Leaders of the Green Party of Canada
- Trevor Hancock (1983–1984)
- Seymour Trieger (1984–1988)
- Kathryn Cholette (1988–1990)
- Chris Lea (1990–1996)
- Wendy Priesnitz (1996–1997)
- Harry Garfinkle (interim) (1997)
- Joan Russow (1997–2001)
- Chris Bradshaw (interim) (2001–2003)
- Jim Harris (2003–2006)
- Elizabeth May (2006–2019)
- Jo-Ann Roberts (interim) (2019–2020)
- Annamie Paul (2020–2021)
- Amita Kuttner (interim) (2021–2022)
- Elizabeth May (2022–present)
- Jonathan Pedneault (2025–present)
References
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