Green Party of Alberta

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Green Party of Alberta
Active provincial party
Leader Vacant
PresidentAshley MacDonald [1]
FoundedDecember 22, 2011 (2011-12-22)
Preceded by Alberta Greens
Headquarters Calgary, Alberta
Youth wing Young Greens Council
Ideology Green politics
International affiliation Global Greens
Colours Green  
Seats in Legislature
0 / 87
Website
greenpartyofalberta.ca

The Green Party of Alberta (GPA, French : Parti vert de l'Alberta) is a registered political party in Alberta, Canada, that is allied with the Green Party of Canada, [2] and the other provincial Green parties. The party was registered by Elections Alberta on December 22, 2011, [3] [4] [5] to replace the deregistered Alberta Greens, and ran its first candidates for office in the 2012 provincial election under the name Evergreen Party of Alberta. The party changed its name to "Green Party of Alberta" on November 1, 2012. [6]

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History

Following a dispute of the leadership of the Alberta Greens in 2008, George Read withdrew as leader and Joe Anglin remained as interim leader. On April 1, 2009, the executive of the party failed to file an annual financial statement with Elections Alberta, as required by law, and was deregistered on July 16, 2009. Some of its members joined the Alberta Party and Wildrose Party, while others formed the Vision 2012 Society. [7]

The independent group, dedicated to green principles, formed the legal entity required by Elections Alberta to register a political party. An annual general meeting was held on June 25, 2011, in Red Deer to elect an executive, and to raise a petition asking Elections Alberta to register a new party. [8] The petition was signed by 8,500 people, more than the required 7,000, [9] and on December 22, 2011, the "Evergreen Party of Alberta" was registered. According to Elections Alberta rules, the party could not use a name used by another party until the name went unused for a general election. [10]

After contesting the 2012 general election under the Evergreen banner, the party voted at its annual general meeting, on September 29, 2012, to change its name to "Green Party of Alberta". [11] Elections Alberta approved the name change and it became effective 1 November 2012. [6]

Platform

The party bases its principles on the Charter of the Global Greens. [12] Those principles are:

Election results

Electoral record

ElectionBannerLeaderCandidatesVotes%Seats+/-PositionGovernment
See Alberta Greens 1993–2009
2012 EvergreenLarry Ashmore
25 / 87
5,0820.39%
0 / 87
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2015 Green Janet Keeping
28 / 87
7,3210.49%
0 / 87
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2019 Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes
32 / 87
7,6870.41%
0 / 87
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2023 Jordan Wilkie
41 / 87
13,4570.8%
0 / 87
Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 3rdExtra-parliamentary
Map of Green Candidates in the 2023 Alberta General Election Map of Green Candidates in the 2023 Alberta General Election.jpg
Map of Green Candidates in the 2023 Alberta General Election

Leaders

Jordan Wilkie, leader from 2020-2023 Jordan Wilkie 1.jpg
Jordan Wilkie, leader from 2020–2023
LeaderTerm of officeNotes
Larry Ashmore20112012Interim
Janet Keeping 20122017
Romy TittelNovember 4, 2017March 24, 2018
Coral Bliss TaylorApril 18, 2018September 2018Interim
Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes September 22, 2018September 30, 2019
William CarnegieOctober 1, 2019March 28, 2020Interim
Jordan Wilkie March 28, 2020 [13] September 18, 2023 [14]

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