Andrew Basham

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Andrew Basham
Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba
In office
2006–2008
Preceded by Holly Nelson
Succeeded by James Beddome
Personal details
Born18 August 1983 (1983-08-18) (age 34)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political party Green Party of Manitoba

Andrew Basham (born 18 August 1983) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the leader of the Green Party of Manitoba from 2006 to 2008, and ran against premier Gary Doer in the 2007 provincial election. Born in Winnipeg, Basham has also campaigned for the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Green Party of Canada.

Manitoba Province of Canada

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

The Green Party of Manitoba is a provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada, founded on November 11, 1998. The party is legally autonomous from the Green Party of Canada, though for several years many of its members also belonged to the Green Party of Canada in Manitoba, a federal organization established in 1996. The GPM has maintained a position as the fourth largest party in Manitoba since the 2003 election, both in number of votes received and candidates run.

Premier of Manitoba first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba

The Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. The premier is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. In formal terms, the premier receives a commission to form a government from the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, who represents the monarch at the provincial level.

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First campaign and university career

Basham ran for the Green Party in the 2004 federal election, and finished fourth in the riding of Charleswood—St. James. He enrolled as an Environmental Studies student at the University of Winnipeg following the election, and became a coordinator for the group SUNSET (Sustainable University Now, Sustainable Earth Tomorrow). In the latter position, he sought resources to conduct a campus-wide survey on criteria such as land, energy, air and health, but the University refused to provide the funding, and instead offered to develop a "Sustainability Task Force". [1] He served on the university's Sustainability Taskforce for the 2005–06 year. [2]

University of Winnipeg university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg) is a public university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that offers undergraduate faculties of art, business and economics, education, science and kinesiology and applied health as well as graduate programs. UWinnipeg's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in 1938. The University of Winnipeg was established in 1967 when United College received its charter. The governance was modeled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was a link between the bodies to perform institutional leadership.

Green Party leader

Basham was a member of the Green Party of Manitoba executive prior to his election as party leader, and wrote an essay in support of proportional representation for the party's August 2006 newsletter. [3] He was chosen as GPM leader in November 2006, defeating rival candidate David Carey. He has identified Lake Winnipeg, urban sprawl and climate change as his party's key priorities. His mother, Ardythe Basham, was party president prior to the 2006 convention. [4]

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result - not just a plurality, or a bare majority. The most prevalent forms of proportional representation all require the use of multiple-member voting districts, as it is not possible to fill a single seat in a proportional manner. In fact, the implementations of PR that achieve the highest levels of proportionality tend to include districts with large numbers of seats.

Lake Winnipeg lake in central North America

Lake Winnipeg is a very large, but relatively shallow 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the largest lake within southern Canada's borders, and is part of the most undeveloped large watershed of southern Canada.

Urban sprawl expansion of auto-oriented, low-density development in suburbs

Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl mainly refers to the unrestricted growth in many urban areas of housing, commercial development, and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for urban planning. In addition to describing a particular form of urbanization, the term also relates to the social and environmental consequences associated with this development. In Continental Europe the term "peri-urbanisation" is often used to denote similar dynamics and phenomena, although the term urban sprawl is currently being used by the European Environment Agency. There is widespread disagreement about what constitutes sprawl and how to quantify it. For example, some commentators measure sprawl only with the average number of residential units per acre in a given area. But others associate it with decentralization, discontinuity, segregation of uses, and so forth.

Basham led his party into the 2007 provincial election. He called for a provincial ban on cosmetic pesticides, and the introduction of a four-day work week. He also promised 1,500 subsidized housing units, and tax incentives for companies that sell organic foods. [5] The Greens fielded fifteen candidates, none of whom were elected. Basham himself ran against New Democratic Party leader and Premier of Manitoba Gary Doer, and finished fourth.

New Democratic Party of Manitoba political party

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. It is currently the opposition party in Manitoba.

He sought re-election to the party leadership in 2008, and was defeated by James Beddome.

James Beddome Manitoba Green Politician

James Robert Beddome is a Canadian politician, and the leader of the Green Party of Manitoba.

Electoral record

Manitoba general election, 2007 : Concordia
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Gary Doer 3,862 69.05 −7.62 $14,144.95
     Progressive Conservative Ken Waddell1,20921.62+5.51$15,745.09
Liberal Leslie Worthington 336 6.01 −1.21 $340.30
Green Andrew Basham 186 3.33 –$199.88
Total valid votes 5,593 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 28
Turnout 5,621 47.42 +0.92
Electors on the lists 11,853
Canadian federal election, 2004 : Charleswood—St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Conservative Steven Fletcher 18,688 44.29 $70,305.19
Liberal Glen Murray 17,954 42.55 $71,990.15
New Democratic Peter Carney 4,283 10.15 $6,030.25
Green Andrew Basham 880 2.09 $1,061.82
Marijuana Dan Zupansky 337 0.80 $0.00
Communist Beatriz Alas 49 0.12 $654.58
Total valid votes42,191100.00
Total rejected ballots109
Turnout42,30065.45
Electors on the lists64,627
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada.

Elections Canada is an independent, non-partisan agency reporting directly to the Parliament of Canada. Its ongoing responsibility is to ensure that Canadians can exercise their choices in federal elections and referendums through an open and impartial process. Elections Canada is the sole agency responsible for administering Canadian federal elections.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Michael Marshall, "U of W goes greener as it looks to the future", Winnipeg Free Press, 1 December 2004, N4.
  2. ↑ Andrew Basham, "The SunSet project", Alma Mater Society of UBC, Retrieved 21 November 2006.
  3. ↑ Andrew Basham, "Manitoba's Electoral System: An Overview with Options for Change", Greenprint, August 2006, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Kevin Rollason, "U of W student to lead Green Party", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 November 2006, B3.
  5. ↑ David Kuxhaus, "Greens promise ban on cosmetic pesticides", Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 2007, A6.
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