Liz White (activist)

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2025 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Danforth

Elizabeth White
White at a debate during the 2008 Toronto Centre by-election
Leader of the Animal Protection Party of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2, 2005
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Julie Dabrusin	38,794	66.56	+18.20
	Conservative	Ashik Hussain	11,060	18.98	+6.42
	New Democratic	Clare Hacksel	7,554	12.96	–20.71
	Green	Silvia Stardust	625	1.07	–0.89
	Animal Protection	Liz White	250	0.43	+0.05
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			58,283	71.16
Eligible voters			81,901
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+5.89
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election : Toronto—Danforth
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Julie Dabrusin	23,038	48.41	+0.58	$77,319.65
	New Democratic	Clare Hacksel	15,881	33.28	+0.08	$94,784.85
	Conservative	Michael Carey	6,105	12.83	+2.29	$25,348.44
	People's	Wayne Simmons	1,238	2.59	+1.49	$766.61
	Green	Maryem Tollar	949	1.99	-4.51	$2,899.08
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	204	0.43	+0.13	$0.00
	Animal Protection	Liz White	179	0.38	-0.02	$3,315.07
	Independent	Habiba Desai	125	0.26		$510.82
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,719	–	–	$110,583.29
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			47,719	59.84
Eligible voters			79,749
Source: Elections Canada [8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election : University—Rosedale
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	29,652	51.7	+1.90	$83,556.09
	New Democratic	Melissa Jean-Baptiste Vajda	12,573	21.9	−6.60	$28,390.50
	Conservative	Helen-Claire Tingling	9,342	16.3	−1.03	$38,588.65
	Green	Tim Grant	4,861	8.5	+5.57	$33,386.65
	People's	Aran Lockwood	510	0.9	–	none listed
	Animal Protection	Liz White	159	0.3	+0.08	none listed
	Communist	Drew Garvie	143	0.2	−0.02	none listed
	Stop Climate Change	Karin Brothers	124	0.2	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutschinski	27	0.0	−0.10	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,391	100.0
Total rejected ballots			281
Turnout			57,672	71.6
Eligible voters			80,567
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.25
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election : Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	James Maloney	34,638	53.70	+18.60	$154,037.25
	Conservative	Bernard Trottier	20,932	32.45	-7.78	$114,083.23
	New Democratic	Phil Trotter	7,030	10.90	-9.40	$27,861.80
	Green	Angela Salewsky	1,507	2.34	-1.68	$2,045.10
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	233	0.36	–	$4,975.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	168	0.26	-0.10	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,508	99.53		$233,887.62
Total rejected ballots			307	0.47
Turnout			64,815	69.04
Eligible voters			93,880
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.19
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]

2011 Canadian federal election : Thornhill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Kent	36,629	61.38	+12.37	$85,817.95
	Liberal	Karen Mock	14,125	23.67	-15.76	$89,258.36
	New Democratic	Simon Strelchik	7,141	11.97	+5.35	$5,397.91
	Green	Norbert Koehl	1,562	2.62	-2.32	$11,470.40
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	215	0.36	–	$7,002.05
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,672	100.00	–	$99,784.20
Total rejected ballots			275	0.46	–
Turnout			59,947	60.98	–
Eligible voters			98,312	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election : Toronto Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Rae	27,462	53.53	-5.94	$ 48,353.21
	Conservative	David Gentili	9,402	18.33	+6.01	39,290.89
	New Democratic	El-Farouk Khaki	7,743	15.09	+1.21	21,305.27
	Green	Ellen Michelson	6,081	11.85	-1.56	23,041.16
	Communist	Johan Boyden	193	0.38		432.31
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	187	0.36	-0.16	685.91
	Independent	Gerald Derome	146	0.28		2,063.60
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	92	0.18		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total Expenditures			51,306	100.00	$ 92,067.97	$ 135,172.35
Total rejected ballots			257	0.50
Turnout			51,563	57.39

By-election on March 17, 2008: Toronto Centre On Bill Graham's resignation, July 2, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Rae	14,187	59.47	+7.24
	New Democratic	El-Farouk Khaki	3,312	13.88	-9.86
	Green	Chris Tindal	3,199	13.41	+8.20
	Conservative	Donald Meredith	2,939	12.32	-5.89
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	123	0.52	+0.40
	Canadian Action	Doug Plumb	97	0.41
Total valid votes			23,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96	0.40
Turnout			23,953	27.86
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.5

2006 Canadian federal election : Toronto Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Graham	30,874	52.23	-4.30
	New Democratic	Michael Shapcott	14,036	23.74	-0.01
	Conservative	Lewis Reford	10,763	18.21	+3.42
	Green	Chris Tindal	3,080	5.21	+1.30
	Communist	Johan Boyden	120	0.2	-0.05
	Independent	Michel Prairie	101	0.2
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	72	0.12
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	66	0.11	-0.01
Total valid votes			59,112	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

See also

• List of animal rights advocates

References

1. Strobel, Mike. "One Party Stands up for the Animals," Toronto Sun, 7 January 2006.
2. Medley, Mark (October 11, 2008). "Who Are You Calling Fringe? Canadians will not wake up to an Animal Alliance Environment Voters government on Wednesday, and Liz White will most assuredly not be our prime minister. That's not stopping the Toronto-Centre candidate from giving this election everything she's got". National Post. p. TO.10.
3. Dupras, George. Values in Conflict: Reflections of an Animal Advocate. iUniverse, 2011, pp. 180–181.
4. Boatright, Robert G. Interest Groups and Campaign Finance Reform in the United States and Canada. University of Michigan Press, 2011, p. 167.
5. Dupras, George. Values in Conflict: Reflections of an Animal Advocate. iUniverse, 2011, pp. 28–30.
   • Also see Bill C-10B, Parliament of Canada, accessed 22 May 2012.
6. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
7. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
8. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved 2 September 2021.
9. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
10. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
11. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 30 September 2015
12. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits