This is a list of politicians who are Green Party of Canada members and have elected to office in Canada. Or members of the various provincial and territorial green parties who hold office in Canada. With the exception of those who sit in the Parliament of Canada, British Columbia Legislature, New Brunswick Legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Prince Edward Island Legislature most of these politicians have held municipal office in cities where there are no political parties. While these individuals are members of the Green Party in their personal life and may have been supported by Party members, they were not elected as Green party members.
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Tom Adams | Oakville | Oakville Town Councillor | [1] | C | |
Trish Altass | Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | [2] | C | |
Kevin Arseneau | Kent North | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | [3] | C | |
Jenica Atwin | Fredericton | Member of the Canadian Parliament | Cross the floor to the Liberal Party of Canada | [4] [5] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Lisa Barrett | Mayor Bowen Island Municipality - Regional Director GVRD/Metrovan Board 1999-2006 | Mayor | [6] | F | |
Lara Beckett | Regional District of Fraser – Fort George | Regional Director | [7] | C | |
Michele Beaton | Mermaid-Stratford | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | [8] | C | |
Bob Bell | Guelph, Ontario | City Councillor | [9] | C | |
Hannah Bell | Charlottetown-Parkdale | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | Formerly ran the PEI Business Women's Association | [10] | C |
Karla Bernard | Charlottetown-Victoria Park | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | [11] | C | |
Peter Bevan-Baker | Kellys Cross-Cumberland | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island | [12] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Adriane Carr | Vancouver | City Councillor | Former Deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada | [13] | C |
Roslyn Cassells | Vancouver | Park Board Commissioner | [14] | F | |
Sonya Chandler | Victoria | City Councillor | [15] | F | |
David Chernushenko | Ottawa | Ottawa City Councillor | Former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada | [16] [17] | F |
Aislinn Clancy | Kitchener | Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre | Kitchener City Councillor (2022–2023) | Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario [18] | C |
David Coon | Fredericton South | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick | [19] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Dave Demers | Vancouver | Vancouver Park Board | [20] | C | |
Elio Di Iorio | Richmond Hill | Richmond Hill Town Councillor | Former International Secretary of the Green Party of Canada | [21] | F |
Camil Dumont | Vancouver | Vancouver Park Board | [22] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Janet Fraser | Vancouver | Vancouver School Board Trustee | [23] | C | |
Sonia Furstenau | Cowichan Valley | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | [24] | C |
Pete Fry | Vancouver | Vancouver City Council | [25] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Rick Goldring | Burlington, Ontario | Mayor | [26] | F | |
Estrellita Gonzalez | Vancouver | Vancouver School Board Trustee | [23] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Ole Hammarlund | Charlottetown-Brighton | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | [27] | C | |
Dick Hibma | Owen Sound | City Councillor | [28] | F | |
Patty Higgins | Saint John, New Brunswick | City Councillor | [29] | F | |
Steve Howard | Summerside-South Drive | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | [30] | C | |
Bruce Hyer | Thunder Bay-Superior North | Member of Canadian Parliament | Elected as an NDP MP in 2008 and 2011, crossed the floor to the Green Party in 2013 and served as Deputy leader from 2014-2018. Ran for re-election in 2015 and 2019 but lost. | [31] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Rylund Johnson | Yellowknife North | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | As the Legislative Assembly is a nonpartisan consensus government, Johnson sits as an Independent. | [32] [33] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Joe Keithley | Burnaby | Burnaby City Council | [34] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Maggie Laidlaw | Guelph, Ontario | City Councillor | [35] | F | |
Philippe Lucas | Victoria | City Councillor | [36] | F | |
Lynne Lund | Summerside-Wilmot | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | Deputy leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island | [37] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Matt MacFarlane | Borden-Kinkora | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | Winner of the 2024 Borden-Kinkora provincial by-election [38] which made the Greens equal in size with the Liberal Official opposition (3 seats each). [39] | [40] | C |
Stuart Mackinnon | Vancouver | Park Board Commissioner | Served on the park board, was defeated, than elected to the board once more. | [41] | C |
Paul Manly | Nanaimo—Ladysmith | Member of Parliament | The son of the former New Democratic MP Jim Manly; Joined the Green Party in 2015 after he was blocked by his own party, over his stance with the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He ran for the Green Party in that federal election, finishing in fourth place. It took a second time to finally get elected in the May 6, 2019 by-election. | [42] | F |
Elizabeth May | Saanich—Gulf Islands | Member of Parliament | Leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2006 to 2019. Parliamentary Leader of the Green Party since 2019. | [43] | C |
Megan Mitton | Memramcook-Tantramar | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | [44] | C | |
Mike Morrice | Kitchener Centre | Member of Parliament | First Green MP from Ontario. | [45] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Pierre Nantel | Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | Member of Parliament | Nantel was elected as a NDP candidate in 2011, and re-elected in 2015. On August 19, 2019, he announced he was joining the Green party and would be running as its candidate in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert for the 2019 election. | [46] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Josie Osborne | Tofino | Mayor | Later defected to the NDP and was elected as an NDP MLA during the 2020 British Columbia general election. | [47] | F |
Adam Olsen | Saanich North and the Islands | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | [24] | C |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Angela Nagy (nee Reid) | Kelowna | City Councillor | Former deputy leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | [48] [49] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Dianne Saxe | Toronto | City Councillor | Former deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario (2020–2022) and former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario | [50] | C |
Victoria Serda | Saugeen Shores | Councillor | Former deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario | [51] | F |
Mike Schreiner | Guelph | Member of Provincial Parliament | Leader of the Green Party of Ontario | [52] | C |
Andy Shadrack | Regional District of Central Kootenay | Electoral Area "D" Director | [53] | F | |
Erin Shapero | Markham | City Councillor | [54] | F | |
Jane Sterk | Esquimalt | City Councillor | Former BC Green Party leader | [55] | C |
Rob Strang | Orangeville | Town Councillor | Former Deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario | [56] | F |
John Streicker | Whitehorse, Yukon | Whitehorse City Councillor | Former President of the Green Party of Canada. Switched to Yukon Liberal Party. | [57] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Richard Thomas | Armour Township | Reeve | Died while in office. | [58] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Art Vanden Berg | Victoria | City Councillor | [59] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Andrew Weaver | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | Former Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | [60] | F |
Paddy Weston | Kimberley | City Councillor | [61] | F | |
Michael Wiebe | Vancouver | Vancouver City Council | [62] [63] | C | |
Blair Wilson | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country | Member of Parliament | Joined the Green Party in 2008 as a sitting member of parliament. | [64] | F |
Name | Area | Office | Other | Citation | Current/Former |
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Judy Zaichkowsky | Vancouver | Vancouver School Board Trustee | [23] | C |
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