The 2009 Green Party of Ontario leadership election took place November 13–15, 2009 in

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. Longtime

Green Party of Ontario The Green Party of Ontario (GPO; french: Parti vert de l'Ontario) is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. In 2018, Schreiner was elected as the party's first member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly. In th ...

leader

Frank de Jong Frank de Jong (born October 16, 1955) is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, and elementary school teacher. He joined the Green Party of Ontario in 1987 and became the party's first official leader in 1993 – a position he held until Novem ...

told the GPO convention on May 16, 2009, that he would be stepping down as leader of the party. De Jong was the founding leader of the party, and although he was never able to win a seat for the party, under his leadership its share of the vote rose from 0.34% in 1995 to 8.1% in 2007. At the close of nominations, Mike Schreiner was the sole candidate who had submitted nomination documents. Per party rules, Schreiner still had to run in the leadership convention, however, his only opponent on the ballot was "

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". Schreiner's election was confirmed on November 14, 2009.

Registered candidates

Mike Schreiner Mike Schreiner ( ; born 9 June 1969) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Green Party of Ontario since 2009. Schreiner sits as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), representing Guelph; his 2018 election made him th ...

, policy director for the GPO, and the candidate for the

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2009 by-election, in which he finished in third.

None of the above

The

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ballot option was available to members.

Potential candidates who did not enter

Shane Jolley Shane Jolley (born 1971/72) is a Canadian politician, small-business owner, and cycling advocate. From 2008 to 2011, Jolley served as the male deputy leader for the Green Party of Ontario.Jackson, Jonathon"Jolley named deputy leader of Ontario Gre ...

, who at the time was the male deputy leader of the GPO. In the 2007 provincial election, Jolley was the Green Party's candidate in

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and came in second place with more than 33 per cent of the vote, giving Jolley the best finish of any Green Party candidate in the election, and at the time, the best finish for a Green Party candidate across Canada. *

David Chernushenko David Chernushenko (born June 1963) is an author, speaker, sustainability consultant, documentary filmmaker and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the Ottawa City Council in the 2010 municipal election and re-elected for a sec ...

, former Senior Deputy to the Leader of the Green Party of Canada, and a former federal Green leadership contestant, member of the National Round Table on Environment and the Economy. Ran for the federal Greens in the riding of

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in 2004 and 2006, getting some of the best results for the party in those elections, and in the riding of

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for the provincial Green Party in 2003. * Mark MacKenzie, former Eastern Male Regional Representative on the Green Party of Ontario's Provincial Executive, 2007 election candidate in

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, 2010 by-election candidate in Ottawa West-Nepean. * Andrew James, author and 2007 election candidate in

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Timeline

*May 16, 2009 - De Jong tells the GPO AGM he will be stepping down as leader. *September 1, 2009 - Nominations close. *November 13–15, 2009 - GPO leadership convention. **November 14, 2009 - Schreiner affirmed as the party's new leader.

References

External links

Green Party of Ontario website
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