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.

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[]

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2000[]

• 2000 Ottawa (University of Ottawa), Joan Russow re-elected (resigned in January 2001, Chris Bradshaw elected by national council meeting in February 2001 as interim leader).

2002[]

• 2002 Montreal (Francophone institute for the blind), no member nominated for leader; Chris Bradshaw chosen to continue on an interim basis.

2003[]

• February 14, 2003, Jim Harris elected.^[1]

Candidate	Votes
	#	%
Jim Harris	437	81.38
John Grogan	76	14.15
Jason Crummey	24	4.47
Spoiled Ballots	0	0.00
Total	537	100.0%

2004[]

• 2004 Calgary (Kiwanis camp in foothills), Jim Harris re-elected (first elected by mail ballot 6 months after the Montreal convention).^[1]

Candidate	Votes
	#	%
Jim Harris	524	55.16
Tom Manley	352	37.05
John Grogan	74	7.79
Spoiled Ballots	0	0.00
Total	950	100.0%

2006[]

Held August 24–27, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario using a One Member One Vote system.

Candidate	Votes
	#	%
Elizabeth May	2,145	65.34
David Chernushenko	1,096	33.38
Jim Fannon	29	0.88
None of the above	13	0.40
Total	3,283	100.0%

2020[]

Held October 3, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option.^[2]

Results by round^[3]

Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		5th round		6th round		7th round		8th round
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Annamie Paul	6,242	26.14%	6,242	26.16%	6,305	26.24%	6,478	27.23%	6,952	29.44%	7,614	32.52%	8,862	38.52%	12,090	54.53%
	Dimitri Lascaris	5,768	24.15%	5,773	24.20%	5,813	24.40%	6,586	27.69%	7,050	29.86%	7,551	32.25%	8,340	36.22%	10,081	45.47%
	Courtney Howard	3,285	13.76%	3,285	13.77%	3,348	14.05%	3,404	14.31%	3,762	15.93%	4,523	19.32%	5,824	25.29%	Eliminated
	Glen Murray	2,745	11.50%	2,746	11.51%	2,821	11.84%	2,846	11.96%	2,992	12.67%	3,725	15.91%	Eliminated
	David Merner	2,636	11.04%	2,636	11.05%	2,697	11.32%	2,727	11.46%	2,856	12.10%	Eliminated
	Amita Kuttner	1,468	6.15%	1,470	6.16%	1,486	6.24%	1,748	7.35%	Eliminated
	Meryam Haddad	1,345	5.63%	1,346	5.64%	1,358	5.70%	Eliminated
	Andrew West	352	1.47%	356	1.49%	Eliminated
	None Of The Above	36	0.15%	Eliminated
Total		23,877	100%	23,854	100%	23,828	100%	23,788	100%	23,612	100%	23,413	100%	23,026	100%	22,171	100%

Next[]

Annamie Paul resigned on November 14, 2021, several weeks after the 2021 Canadian federal election.

Leaders of the Green Party of Canada[]

• Trevor Hancock (1983–1984)
• Seymour Trieger (1984–1988)
• Kathryn Cholette (1988–1990)
• Chris Lea (1990–1996)
• Wendy Priesnitz (1996–1997)
• Harry Garfinkle (interim) (1997)
• Joan Russow (1997–2001)
• Chris Bradshaw (interim) (2001–2003)
• Jim Harris (2003–2006)
• Elizabeth May (2006–2019)
• Jo-Ann Roberts (interim) (2019–2020)
• Annamie Paul (2020–2021)
• Amita Kuttner (interim) (2021-current)

References[]

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