Green Party of Canada candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election

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The Green Party of Canada fielded 68 candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election, none of whom were elected. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

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List of candidates (incomplete)

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RidingCandidate's NameNotesGenderResidenceOccupationVotes%Rank
Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Mario PaulMPhysical education teacher [1] 1,2172.294th
Papineau—Saint-Denis H. Joseph VegaVega later ran for Montreal city council in the 1994 municipal election, contesting the Étienne-Desmarteau division as a candidate of the Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal alliance. He finished in fourth place.MConstruction worker [2] 4691.195th
Richelieu Jacqueline LacosteLacoste was credited with a very strong performance in a local all-candidates debate during the election. Some of her more enthusiastic supporters later speculated that she could finish in second place, which would have been a historic showing for the party. [3] FManager [4] 1,8964.074th
Verdun—Saint-Paul Jan-Marc LavergneA veteran comedian, Lavergne has been active for many years with the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and was inducted into their hall of fame in 2003. [5] MComedian [6] 1,3393.023rd

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References

  1. ANJOU--RIVIÈRE-DES-PRAIRIES (1988/11/21), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 12 October 2011.
  2. PAPINEAU--SAINT-MICHEL (1988/11/21), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2011.
  3. Agnès Gruda, "Une verte qui grimpe [dans Richelieu]", La Presse, 17 November 1988, B5.
  4. RICHELIEU (1993/10/25), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 13 August 2009.
  5. Les membres du Temple de la renommée, Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation, accessed 4 April 2017.
  6. VERDUN--SAINT-PAUL (1988/11/21), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 4 April 2017.