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.

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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

2000

2002

2003

CandidateVotes
#%
Jim Harris43781.38
John Grogan7614.15
Jason Crummey244.47
Spoiled Ballots00.00
Total537100.0%

2004

CandidateVotes
#%
Jim Harris52455.16
Tom Manley35237.05
John Grogan747.79
Spoiled Ballots00.00
Total950100.0%

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.

CandidateVotes
#%
Elizabeth May2,14565.34
David Chernushenko1,09633.38
Jim Fannon290.88
None of the above130.40
Total3,283100.0%

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]

Results by round [5]
Candidate1st round2nd round3rd round4th round5th round6th round7th round8th round
ImageNameVotes cast%Votes cast%Votes cast%Votes cast%Votes cast%Votes cast%Votes cast%Votes cast%
Annamie Paul in Toronto Regent Park.jpg Annamie Paul 6,24226.14%6,24226.16%6,30526.24%6,47827.23%6,95229.44%7,61432.52%8,86238.52%12,09054.53%
Dimitri Lascaris cropped.jpg Dimitri Lascaris 5,76824.15%5,77324.20%5,81324.40%6,58627.69%7,05029.86%7,55132.25%8,34036.22%10,08145.47%
Candidate-courtney-howard.jpg Courtney Howard 3,28513.76%3,28513.77%3,34814.05%3,40414.31%3,76215.93%4,52319.32%5,82425.29%Eliminated
GlenMurray2020.jpg Glen Murray 2,74511.50%2,74611.51%2,82111.84%2,84611.96%2,99212.67%3,72515.91%Eliminated
David Merner 2012.jpg David Merner 2,63611.04%2,63611.05%2,69711.32%2,72711.46%2,85612.10%Eliminated
Amita Kuttner media official cropped.jpeg Amita Kuttner 1,4686.15%1,4706.16%1,4866.24%1,7487.35%Eliminated
Meryam-Haddad-Officielle.jpg Meryam Haddad 1,3455.63%1,3465.64%1,3585.70%Eliminated
Andrew West.jpg Andrew West 3521.47%3561.49%Eliminated
NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg None Of The Above 360.15%Eliminated
Total23,877100%23,854100%23,828100%23,788100%23,612100%23,413100%23,026100%22,171100%

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 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Elizabeth May 3,73646.533,74647.243,83048.63,95350.584,00851.414,66660.17
Anna Keenan2,03425.332,04825.832,15827.382,30329.472,81936.163,08939.83
Jonathan Pedneault7759.657809.8481710.3789311.4396912.43Eliminated
Chad Walcott5476.815567.015897.476658.51Eliminated
Simon Gnocchini-Messier3994.974045.094876.18Eliminated
Sarah Gabrielle Baron3784.713964.99Eliminated
None of these options 1612.00Eliminated
Total100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00

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