The Green Party of Canada is intending to run a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here.
The candidates are listed by province and riding name.
Alberta
Juliet Burgess (Calgary—Nose Hill)
At 18 years of age, Juliet is one of the youngest candidates running in this election.
Lynn Lau (Edmonton-Sherwood Park)
British Columbia
Karan Bowyer (Okanagan—Coquihalla)
Bowyer is a mother of three who was born and raised in the Kootenays. She graduated from the University of British Columbia and now works for an e-learning company.
Phil Brienesse(Skeena—Bulkley Valley)
Brienesse is a 32 year old retail manager. He has served on the Town of Smithers, British Columbia Planning and Design Committee since 2002 and was the Director of the Smithers Chamber of Commerce between 2004 and 2005.
Alex Bracewell (Cariboo—Prince George)
Bracewell is a politician and eco-tourism businessman in West Chilcotin, near Williams Lake, British Columbia. He was elected Director of Electoral Area "J" in the Cariboo Regional District in 2002, and acclaimed in 2005. He was born in Williams Lake but raised in nearby Tatlayoko Lake Valley.
Hilary Crowley (Prince George—Peace River)
Crowley is a retired physiotherapist from Prince George, British Columbia. She ran unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 federal elections in this riding.
Matt Greenwood (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo)
Greenwood is a 25 year old university student, born in Vancouver and raised in Kamloops. He is working towards a Bachelor's degree with a double-major in Political Science and Economics, and a minor in Philosophy, at Thompson Rivers University. He helped found the Kamloops chapter of the BC Sustainable Energy Association.
Scott Janzen (Burnaby—New Westminster)
Janzen is a Green Party politician in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Ariel Lade (Victoria)
Ariel Lade (b. 1977 in White Rock) is a Green politician and economist in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He has earned a master's degree in economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics and toured Eastern Europe.
Lade majored in economics and political science at University of Victoria. He earned a master's degree in economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics.
- [http://www.ariellade.ca/ Campaign website
- GPC Riding Profile
Scott Leyland (British Columbia Southern Interior)
Leyland is a 55 year old physiotherapist from Trail, British Columbia. He also works as a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia's School of Rehabilitation Sciences.
Harry Naegel (Okanagan—Shuswap)
Naegel is a horticultural consultant/contractor. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1997, 2000 and 2004 federal elecions in the Okanagan—Coquihalla riding. Has run in every federal, provincial and municipal election since 1993.
Clements Verhoeven (Kootenay—Columbia)
Verhoeven is a 52 year old born and raised in London, Ontario. He is a high school teacher in Creston, British Columbia. He is bilingual and a published novelist.
Andrew Basham (Elmwood—Transcona)
Basham is a young politician in Manitoba, and is now campaigning in his second election for the Green Party. He contested Charleswood—St. James in the 2004 election, at the age of twenty.[1]
Basham began his studies at the University of Winnipeg after the 2004 election, was co-ordinator of the sustainable energy SunSet Project in 2004-2005, and serves on the university's Sustainability Taskforce for the 2005-06 year.[2]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 federal | Charleswood—St. James | Green | 880 | 2.09 | 4/6 | Steven Fletcher, Conservative |
| 2006 federal | Elmwood—Transcona | Green |
Janine Gibson (Provencher)
Gibson was educated at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg, and has worked as an independent organic inspector since 1993. She is president of Canadian Organic Growers, and has worked toward the adoption of a national organic standard for Canada (Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February & 8 June 2004, Globe and Mail, 21 April 2005). Gibson teaches other inspectors through the Independent Organic Inspectors Association.[3]
Gibson lives in a solar and wind-powered village known as Northern Sun Farm Cooperative in southeastern Manitoba. She attracted national attention during the 2005-06 campaign when she was forced to live without electricity for twenty-two days, in a period of cloudy skies and mild winds. She cited global warming as being responsible for the weather patterns, though she also claims the lack of electricity did not seriously affect her campaign schedule global warming (Broadcast News, 17 January 2006; [4]).
She supported Tom Manley for the leadership of the Green Party in 2004.[5]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 federal | Provencher | Green | 1,100 | 3.05 | 4/4 | Vic Toews, Conservative |
| 2006 federal | Provencher | Green | 4.77 | 1,830 | 4/4 | Vic Toews, Conservative |
Wesley Owen Whiteside (Winnipeg South)
Whiteside was twenty-six years old at the time of the election (Winnipeg Sun, 15 January 2006 [6]), and according to a Green Party biography has lived in Winnipeg for his entire life. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Administrative Studies from the University of Winnipeg, and is working toward the completion of a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba as of early 2006. He plans to article with the Manitoba government after his graduation.[7]
Whiteside also volunteers with the Royal Canadian Air Cadet Program as an Officer in the Reserves.[8] He received 1,289 votes (3.08%), finishing fourth against Conservative Rod Bruinooge.
Ontario
Jim Harris is the leader of the Green Party of Canada. See his biography page for more information.
Lori Gadzala (Nepean—Carleton)
She is a businesswoman from Manotick, Ontario having lived there for 10 years, and previously lived in Gloucester, Ontario.
A graduate of Algonquin College, Lori runs her own private company South River Partners, a technology marketing writing and communications firm. She has previously worked for Cisco Systems, Nokia, Alcatel, and Gandalf Technologies.
Lori and her husband have received honourable mentions from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, and Lori is a brownie leader in her hometown, in addition to other community activites.
Jim Fannon (St. Catharines)
Fannon is a veteran real estate sales representative with Remax in the St. Catharines area and is a founder of Nature’s Hemp, a local business selling hemp-related products. He is a member of the Preservation of Agricultural Land Society (PALS), the Sierra Club of Canada, Fair Vote Canada and the Council of Canadians. As of late 2005, he is 37 years old.[9]
He has campaigned for both the Green Party of Canada and the Green Party of Ontario. After the 2003 provincial election, he commented that the majority government won by the Liberals would be better for Ontario than a Progressive Conservative majority. He was quoted as saying, "We've been under Tory for eight years and its been painful. The sick, the dying, the elderly and children have felt it the most".[10]
Mark O'Brien Davenport
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 federal | Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold | Green | 295 | 6/7 | Gilbert Parent, Liberal | |
| 2003 provincial | St. Catharines | Green | 1,167 | 2.65 | 4/5 | Jim Bradley, Liberal |
| 2004 federal | St. Catharines | Green | 1,927 | 3.66 | 4/7 | Walt Lastewka, Liberal |
| 2006 federal | St. Catharines | Green |
Peter Ellis (Simcoe—Grey)
Ellis is a businessman and teacher. He holds a Master of Science degree from McGill University in Montreal, began his career as a Biology teacher, and was a school principal for two years at Baffin Island in the Northwest Territories. Ellis has been president of Peachtree Manufacturing Ltd. in 1986, and has served on the CNIB Simcoe/Muskoka District Board and the Halton Regional Conservation Authority.[11] [12]
He first campaigned for the Green Party in Simcoe—Grey in the 2004 election.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 federal | Simcoe—Grey | Green | 2,668 | 4.82 | 4/5 | Helena Guergis, Conservative |
| 2006 federal | Simcoe—Grey | Green |
Chris Tindal (Toronto Centre)
(b. June 3, 1981, Toronto) is a Toronto IT professional and political activist.
Tindal replaced former Toronto Centre nominee Kate Holloway, whose candidacy was blocked by party organizers, comprising part of an internal Green Party of Canada controversy.
Chris is also an avid musician, playing regularly in Canada with two albums to his credit.
Quebec
Ben is one of the youngest federal candidates in Canadian electoral history. On his 18th birthday, Rankin sought candidacy from the Green Party of Canada. Ben Rankin is a student at McGill University, pursuing a joint honours degree in political science and international development studies, with a minor concentration in economics. At McGill Ben Rankin is also the president of the Green Party of McGill and sits on the student's residence council.
Nova Scotia
Chris Milburn (Sydney—Victoria)
He ran in the same riding in the 2004 federal election. He ran in the 2000 federal election in the Kingston and the Islands, Ontario, riding where he finished in last place in a field of five candidates with 2,652 votes. Peter Milliken of the Liberal Party of Canada won the riding.
Prince Edward Island
Sharon Labchuk (Malpeque)
She previously ran for the Green Party in the 2004 federal election, also in Malpeque, but lost to Wayne Easter of the Liberal Party of Canada. Labchuk received 1,037 votes to Easter's 9,782.