The
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada (french: Parti vert du Canada) is a federal political party in Canada, founded in 1983 with a focus on green politics.
The Green Party is currently the fifth largest party in the House of Commons by seat count. It el ...
ran 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.
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
Wayne Easter (born June 22, 1949) is a former Canadian politician who represented the riding of Malpeque, Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 2021.
Before politics
Born in North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, the son of A. Leith Easter and H ...
of the
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada (french: Parti libéral du Canada, region=CA) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' ...
. Labchuk received 1,037 votes to Easter's 9,782.
Nova Scotia
Chris Milburn ( Sydney—Victoria)
Milburn is a physician. He was born in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
,
Cape Breton Island
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The island accounts for 18. ...
,
Nova Scotia, and trained in emergency and family medicine at
Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to:
*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
**Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950)
**Queen's University of Belfast ...
in
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
,
Ontario. He held several medical positions in and around the Kingston area after graduating, including a stint as a clinic doctor in
Lansdowne after the small community lost its previous doctor (''KWS'', 22 November 2000). Milburn is also a skilled athlete, and has participated in several triathlons. He was a member of the ''
Kingston Whig-Standard
''The Kingston Whig-Standard'' is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published five days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is currently owned by Postmedia. It has ...
s community editorial board in the late 1990s, and frequently contributed to its columns (''KWS'', 11 October 2000).
Milburn joined the Green Party shortly before the
2000 federal election, and campaigned in the Ontario riding of
Kingston and the Islands. He emphasized health issues, and wrote against the privatisation of prescription medicine (''KWS'', 1 November 2000). He received 2,652 votes (5.18%), the best showing for a Green candidate outside of
British Columbia. Milburn defeated Fred Perel to win the
Green Party of Ontario nomination for Kingston and the Islands in the
2003 provincial election (''KWS'', 9 October 2002), but left for a job in
New Brunswick shortly before the campaign (''KWS'', 8 September 2003).
At the time of the 2004 election, Milburn was a physician with the emergency unit at Cape Breton Regional Hospital (''Medical Post'', 15 June 2004). He had recently purchased the historic site of the old City Hospital, where he planned to build a "green" neighbourhood. He was 34 years ol
He received 855 votes, finishing fourth.
As of 2005, Milburn is the GPC's Healthcare Advocat
Nick Wright ( Halifax (electoral district), Halifax)
Nick Wright ran in the Halifax riding and received 1948 votes, 3.9% of the popular vote in a riding dominated by long-time NDP candidate Alexa McDonough.
Quebec
Adam Sommerfeld ( Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher)
Sommerfeld is both a young politician and a veteran environmental activist. While in
high school, he started the LEAF (Lisgar Environmental Action Force) organization and affiliated it with the
Sierra Youth Coalition
The Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC) (french: Coalition jeunesse Sierra) is a national Canadian organization run by youth for youth, founded in 1996, and serving as the youth arm of the Sierra Club of Canada Foundation. Its stated mission is "to empo ...
. He was also active with the
OPIRG
Ontario Public Interest Research Group is a decentralized network of local Public Interest Research Groups located in the province of Ontario, Canada.
OPIRG was founded in 1972 after a speech by Ralph Nader at the University of Waterloo.
Unlik ...
-affiliated group Enviro-Action while attending the
University of Ottawabr>
He holds a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases.
Background
The Bachelor ...
degree from
Concordia University
Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...
in
Montrealbr>
He joined the Green Party of Canada in 2000 at age eighteen, and campaigned under its banner in the
2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 federal electionbr>
The 2006 campaign was his third for the party.
Ontario
Beaches—East York: Jim Harris
Jim Harris was the leader of the Green Party of Canada.
Brampton—Springdale
Brampton—Springdale was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until 2015, when it was abolished after the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
History
It was crea ...
: Ian Raymond Chiocchio
Chiocchio holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree from
Brock University, and completed a two-year management training program with a
Fortune 500
The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along ...
compan
He was assistant manager of the Brock University pub, and as of 2006 is the co-owner of a landscaping busines
He received 1,853 votes (3.93%), finishing fourth against
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal incumbent
Ruby Dhalla
Ruby Dhalla (born February 18, 1974) is a Canadian chiropractor and former politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Brampton—Springdale in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhall ...
.
Brant: Adam King
Adam King was born in
London, Ontario. He spent most of his childhood and teenage years in
Bangladesh, where his family worked for a
Baptist non-governmental organization, and he became interested in social issues at an early age. King's family returned to Canada in 1999, and he later took a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from
York University (2007). He was twenty-three years old during the 2006 campaign.
King has also run for the Brantford city council. He served on the City of Brantford's heritage committee, planning department, and cultural network from 2006 to 2008, and in 2007 he started an ethical
coffee chain.
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (formerly known as Bruce, Bruce—Grey and Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935.
The riding has had a reputation of being a ...
: Shane Jolley
Shane Jolley ran the most successful Green Party campaign in the 2006 election.
Carleton—Mississippi Mills
Carleton—Mississippi Mills (formerly known as Lanark—Carleton and Carleton—Lanark) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015.
This riding was created in 19 ...
: Jake Cole
Jake Cole has lived in Kanata with his wife and two children for over 28 years. He is an active member of the local community, volunteering with the Scouts Canada Kanata branch, the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Earl of March Secondary School Parent's Council, and coaching community baseball, soccer and hockey.
Educated as a civil engineer in Ottawa, Jake has spent more than thirty years working as a public servant for the federal government. In that time, he has led the Canadian contingent on the International Energy Agency's projects in solar, wind, and renewable energy. He also led Canada's
R-2000 Home Energy Program, created and led a unique health and well-being program for 11,000 federal employees and currently manages the Canadian Coast Guard's environmental program.
As a long-standing community member, Jake has been very active in a variety of campaigns and grass roots political movements. In 1990, Jake Cole helped form the first Green Party of Canada chapter in Kanata. Jake has been an active campaigner against cosmetic pesticides use on lawns and playing fields. Jake is the communication advisor for the Canadian Organic Growers. Jake made submissions to the Kirby and Romanow Health Commissions. Jake actively campaigns for health promotion programs.
Eglinton—Lawrence: Patrick Metzger
Metzger holds an Honours
Bachelor of Arts degree in French and English literature from
the University of Western Ontario, and a
Master of Business Administration from the
Richard Ivey School of Business. He worked fifteen years in the banking and brokerage industry, including experience with
Merrill Lynch
Merrill (officially Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment bank ...
in
Hong Kong. After returning to Canada in 2001, he changed careers and became a writer and television producer. He received 2,520 votes (5.12%), finishing fourth against
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal incumbent
Joe Volpe
Giuseppe "Joe" Volpe (born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He represented the Ontario riding of Eglinton-Lawrence as a member of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until 2011, when he lost his seat t ...
.
Etobicoke–Lakeshore: Philip Ridge
Philip Ridge ran against Michael Ignatieff who later became the leader of the Liberal Party.
Philip comes from a diverse background of engineering and marketing and currently owns Ridge Energy Consultants Inc www.ridge.ca and The Energy Store www.theenergystore.ca
Philip successfully increased Green Party votes by a high percentage. His main thrust was educating the voters on the amount of toxins produced in the riding - the highest in Toronto.
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock: Andy Harjula
Andy Harjula was born in
Finland and moved to Ontario as a child. He has a diploma in
forestry from
Lakehead University in
Thunder Bay and a
Master's Degree in forestry from
Colorado State University
Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: ...
. He moved to
Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...
, Ontario, in 1988.
Harjula worked for the
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for twenty-seven years, accepting retirement when
Mike Harris's government made cutbacks to the department. He has co-ordinated the establishment and operations of provincial parks and done landscape work. In 2006, he was a director of the Victoria Lands and Water Stewardship Council and the Otonbee Conservation Foundation. He was sixty-three years old when he was nominated as a Green Party candidate in 2005.
He was a member of the
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada (french: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties, the Progressive Con ...
and its antecedents before joining the Greens. Himself a gun owner, he supported the
Canadian Firearms Registry
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in the 2006 election, saying "If (they) are stolen
..I'd like (them) returned."
After the 2006 federal election, Harjula said that he would not seek federal office again. He ran for a council seat in Cavan in
2006
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and
2010
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, finishing a close second both times.
Hamilton Centre: John Livingstone
Livingstone was born in
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
. He is a 22-year veteran of the
Canadian Army and has served overseas in
Germany and the
Golan Heights, where he saw two tours of duty with the
United Nations Disengagement Observer force. He was fifty-two years old at the time of the election, and was operations director for a local branch of the
Canadian Corps of Commissionairesbr>
Before joining the Green Party, he volunteered for the
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberals (''Hamilton Spectator'', 13 January 2006). He received 2,022 votes (4.23%), finishing fourth against
New Democratic Party
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incumbent
David Christopherson.
Kingston and the Islands: Eric Walton
Walton was born in
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
, and grew up in the
Middle East,
Asia and
Europe (''Kingston Whig-Standard'', 21 January 2006). He received an Honours
Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Studies from
Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to:
*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
**Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950)
**Queen's University of Belfast ...
in 1983. He is a co-founder of Odyssey Travel and Logkit Inc., both of which he later sold. In 1992, he co-produced and directed "Ancient Futures-Learning From Ladakh", filmed on site in northern Indi
Walton was the part-time Agency Director of the Kingston Environmental Action Project from 1986 to 1994 (''KWS'', 7 January 2006), and was active in community affairs. He helped to re-launch the Kingston branch of the Green Party in 1992 (''KWS'', 23 November 1992), and was drafted to campaign for the
Green Party of Ontario in 2003 when designated candidate
Chris Milburn
The Green Party of Canada ran 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 ...
moved to
Nova Scotia.
Walton won the 2006 GPC nomination in late 2004, over George Clark and Queen's Law student Danny Gold (''KWS'', 10 November 2004). He was endorsed by the ''
Kingston Whig-Standard
''The Kingston Whig-Standard'' is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published five days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is currently owned by Postmedia. It has ...
'' newspaper during the campaign (21 January 2006). As of 2007, he is the business manager of a medical clinic and the Green Party of Canada Shadow Cabinet Advocate/Critic for Industry and Entrepreneurship.
Kitchener Centre
Kitchener Centre (french: Kitchener-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Geography
The district includes the north-central and north-eastern parts o ...
: Tony Maas
Tony Maas was the federal
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
candidate for the
Kitchener Centre
Kitchener Centre (french: Kitchener-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Geography
The district includes the north-central and north-eastern parts o ...
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
in
Ontario in the 2006 elections. He received 5.6% of the vote in 2822 of 50194 votes cast.
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 2004 and 2015. It was abolished for the 2015 general election; the Lanark County and F ...
: Mike Nickerson
Nickerson (born 1951) is a longtime environmental activist. He was a co-director of the Institute for the Study of Cultural Evolution in the 1970s, and helped produce its Guideposts for a Sustainable Future in 1974. In 1977, the background studies which led to the Guideposts were published as ''Change the World I Want to Stay On''.
He was a founding member of the Green Party of Canada in 1983, and campaigned under its banner in the
1984 federal election. His mother,
Betty Nickerson
Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the name, names Bethany (given name), Bethany and Elizabeth (given name), Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of ...
, was the first ever GPC candidate in a 1983 by-election (''Ottawa Citizen'', 2 January 2006). In 1988, he spoke out against the proposed Canada-
United States free trade agreement (''Toronto Star'', 19 November 1988).
He completed production of the Guideposts for a Sustainable Future video in 1990, and published his second book, ''Planning for Seven Generations '', in 199
He is near completion of a third book entitled ''Life, Money and Illusion'', and has composed several articles on environmentalism and economic
In 2001, Nickerson collaborated with
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Member of Parliament Joe Jordan
Joseph Jordan (born 15 December 1951) is a Scottish football player, coach and manager. He is currently a first-team coach at AFC Bournemouth.
A former striker, he played for Leeds United, Manchester United, and Milan, among others at club le ...
to create the Canada Well-being Measurement Act (''Kingston Whig-Standard'', 21 February 2001).
In 2002, he wrote an article criticizing the provincial government of
Ernie Eves for imposing a freeze on hydro rates. Nickerson supported the energy policies of the previous government of
Mike Harris, which he argued encouraged conservation by forcing consumers to pay higher rate
Nickerson is a
woodworker in private lif
Leeds—Grenville: David Lee
David Lee was born on February 18, 1968. David was raised in Barrie and Peterborough, Ontario, where he served as an infantry scout, and later, still seventeen, as a squad leader in the Hastings & Prince Edward Mechanized Infantry Regiment. He then put himself through school as a door-to-door salesman earning a B.A. in literature, history, and critical theory from Trent University. After graduation he travelled and then became a tradesman. At the age of twenty-six David spent a year with two friends deep in the woods of the Smoky Mountains of northern Georgia building a log cabin from scratch, living off the land without electricity, and farming its adjacent field.
Upon his return David earned a diploma in script writing from Algonquin College. His first screenplay (the autobiographical story of two young men who embark on an adventure-filled road trip in search of J.D. Salinger) was optioned by CTV. In 1999 David was a government conference reporter, a screenwriter, and a semi-pro lacrosse player. In a pre-season (and pre-contract/insurance) game, David's lower back was permanently damaged. After his surgery he returned to school to earn an M.A. in political science.
David has lived all over North America before settling in Nepean-Carleton on a farm south of Ottawa in the mid-1990s. Since 2001, David has done contract work for several government ministries. Most recently he has worked as a communications officer covering Russia, and the Iraq war for the Department of Foreign Affairs. When David was recovering from his surgeries he taught himself how to sing, play harmonica, and sketch. He has replaced athletics and camping with political philosophy and analysis, song-writing, and other indoor intellectual and artistic pursuits. He also volunteers for moderate environmental groups, disability advocates, and his church, where he sings in the choir. He is currently writing his first novel.
In 2005 David rebuilt the Leeds-Grenville Federal Green Party Association, and won the nomination for the 2006 election. A rookie and parachute candidate, he still managed a top 40 result, increasing his party's 2004 vote by over forty percent.
Nepean—Carleton
Nepean—Carleton was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and again from 1997 to 2015.
It included the southern ...
: Lori Gadzala
She is a businesswoman from
Manotick, Ontario
Manotick ( ) is a community in Rideau-Jock Ward in the rural south part of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a suburb of the city, located on the Rideau River, immediately south of the suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South, about from ...
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
Gandalf Technologies, or simply Gandalf, was a Canadian data communications company based in Ottawa. It was best known for modems and terminal adapters that allowed computer terminals to connect to host computers through a single interface. Gan ...
.
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 activities.
Campaign websiteLori's blog
Newmarket—Aurora: Glenn Hubbers
Glenn Hubbers is a professional engineer and project manager who has been working in the energy industry since 1989 after graduating from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Engineering. Glenn was instrumental in founding the Newmarket—Aurora Federal Green Party Associatio
in 2005. The
2006 Canadian federal election, 39th Canadian General Election was Glenn's first time running for federal office. Glenn earned 4.74% of the popular vote, placing 4th to
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal incumbent
Belinda Stronach. Glenn won the nomination contest in 2007 and earned 8.2% of the popular vote in the
40th Canadian General Election
Glenn maintains a personal blog which can be found at http://www.hubbers.ca.
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Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West—Nepean (french: Ottawa-Ouest—Nepean) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Geography
The district includes the neighbourhoods of Shirleys ...
: Neil Adair
Adair is a businessman, chemist and web designer. Raised in
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
, he attended
Carleton University and worked for eight years at the Canadian Conservation Institute as an analytical chemist. He then worked for Vickers Instruments for four years, including three years in
Santa Clara,
California. Desiring a change in life, he moved to the
Dominican Republic to begin a windsurfing business. He remained in that country for ten years, starting three businesses and one charity. His windsurfing business was operated by solar panels and a wind generato
Adair returned to Ottawa in 2001, and expressed an interest in working with solar and wind powe
Since then, he has undertaken extensive web design work for the Green Part
Adair has campaigned for the federal party twice, and has also been a candidate of the
Green Party of Ontario.
Peterborough (electoral district), Peterborough: Brent Wood
Brent Wood born in
Burlington
Burlington may refer to:
Places Canada Geography
* Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Burlington, Nova Scotia
* Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington"
* Burlington, Prince Edward Island
* Burlington Bay, no ...
, Ontario. He has a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Guelph, a
Master of Arts degree from
Trent University, and a
Ph.D. from the
University of Toronto. He has taught English at Toronto and Trent, with a focus on Canadian writers, and has also served on the executive of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE; french: Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, links=no; french: SCFP, link=, label=none) is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector – although it has in recent years organized workpl ...
Local 3908 at Trent. In 2004, he was a member of Peterborough's parks and recreation board. He ran for the
Peterborough city council
Peterborough City Council is the local authority for Peterborough in the East of England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The City was incorporated as a municipal borough ...
in
2003
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, opposing the extension of a local parkway. He has been a Green Party candidate in two federal elections.
Richmond Hill: Tim Rudkins
Tim Rudkins won 2379 votes (4.57%)
St. Catharines
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...
: Jim Fannon
''See article on Jim Fannon.''
Simcoe—Grey: Peter Ellis
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
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...
in the
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
. 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 Authorit
He first campaigned for the Green Party in Simcoe—Grey in the 2004 Canadian federal election, 2004 election.
Scarborough Southwest: Valery Philip
Philip is a graduate of the Marketing and Business Program at
Seneca College, and worked for a number of years in the corporate world. She is now an
aromatherapist, treating patients with
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
and other serious disease
She received 1,827 votes (4.38%), finishing fourth against
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal incumbent
Tom Wappel.
Scarborough—Guildwood: Mike Flanagan
Flanagan is a graduate of the
University of Waterloo, with a degree in Psychology, and minors both in History and Criminology/Legal Studies. He received 1,235 votes (3%), finishing fourth against
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal incumbent
John McKay (politician)
John Norman McKay (born March 21, 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. McKay was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006 ...
. He currently serves as a director for the
Toronto Vegetarian Association
The Toronto Vegetarian Association (TVA), also known as VegTO, is a volunteer-driven, charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1945, its mission is to inspire people to choose a healthier, greener, more compassionate lifesty ...
.
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
: Joey Methé
Joey Methé was eighteen years old at the time of the election, and was in his first year of public relations studies at
Cambrian College
Cambrian College is a college of applied arts and technology in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1967, and funded by the province of Ontario, Cambrian has campuses in Sudbury, Espanola and Little Current.
Cambrian works in p ...
. He is
bilingual
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all E ...
in
English and
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, and has promoted youth events focused on
Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarians (french: Franco-Ontariens or if female, sometimes known as ''Ontarois'' and ''Ontaroises'') are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2016, the Government of On ...
culture. During the election, he described
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada
The prime mini ...
as his favourite Canadian politician. He received 1,301 votes (2.73%), finishing fourth against
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal incumbent
.
Thornhill: Lloyd Helferty
Lloyd Helferty was born in 1972 in Windsor and grew up in Richmond Hill, where he lived until moving to Thornhill in December 2003. Lloyd graduated from the RCC School of Electronics Technology as an Honours Electronics Technologist in 1995. Lloyd Helferty sits on the Executive of the Green Party of Ontario as Central Representative. He also sits on the Executive of the Richmond Hill Naturalists club. In
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
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, Helferty received 1,622 votes (3.0%). His main opponent was
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal incumbent
Susan Kadis
Susan R. Kadis (born January 11, 1953) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Thornhill in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004-08.
Background
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bache ...
.
Toronto Centre: Chris Tindal
Chris Tindal (born June 3, 1981) was a candidate for Ward 27 in the 2010 Toronto municipal election. He was the Green Party of Canada's candidate for the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
in
Toronto Centre in the
2006 federal election and again in a
March 17, 2008 by-election in which he placed 3rd with 13.6% of the vote, ahead of the Conservative candidate.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Radio and Television from
Ryerson University. He is also a musician with two albums to his credit.
Tindal is an interactive media producer and former vice president of the Ontario Recreational Canoeing Association, and has lived in Toronto Centre since 2000. He serves on the board of directors of a boys and girls residential summer camp, and is a contributor to ''Torontoist'', a community blog. Tindal was the Democratic Reform Advocate for the Green Party of Canada until August 2008.
Tindal is a coauthor of ''A Realistic Energy Plan for Toronto''.
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Wellington—Halton Hills: Brent Bouteiller
Bouteiller received a
Bachelor of Engineering degree from
Carleton University in 1990, and has been involved in a variety of focus groups concerned with transportation issues. He is an entrepreneur, and has operated a
model train
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The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, t ...
shop near
Fergus, Ontario since 1998.
He joined the Green Party in 1999, and has campaigned for both its federal and
provincial
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* Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
* Provincial city (disambiguation)
* Provincial minister (disambiguation)
* Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ...
wings. In 2003, he campaigned for
municipal office. Bouteiller is 37 years old , and lives outside of Fergus. He was the GPC's candidate for the
2006 federal electionbr>
(The 2003 municipal result is taken from the ''Kitchener-Waterloo Record'', 12 November 2003, B8. The final official results were not significantly different.)
Whitby—Oshawa
Whitby—Oshawa was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the bulk of the district became part ...
: Ajay Krishnan
Krishnan was born in
India and raised in
Kuwait, and moved to Canada with his family at the start of the 1991
Gulf War. He holds a degree in Engineering Science from the
University of Toronto, and is a co-founder and Vice-President of Engineering for Savvica Inc., an e-learning software company. He was twenty-three years old during the election, and describes his political background as "centre-right
He received 2,407 votes (3.60%), finishing fourth against
Conservative candidate
Jim Flaherty
James Michael Flaherty (December 30, 1949 – April 10, 2014) was a Canadian politician who served as the federal minister of finance from 2006 to 2014 under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
First elected to the Legislative Assembly ...
.
Windsor Tecumseh
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*Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
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: Catherine Pluard
Catherine was born in Sarnia Ontario, in 1972, and graduated from Lambton College with a diploma in Early Childhood Education in 2000. She moved to Windsor four-years ago to attend university, and at the time of the election was completing a joint BSW degree program in Social Work and Women's Studies. Catherine also served as a substitute educator at a community day nursery, and was a single mother of an eight-year-old daughter.
Catherine is a community activist who is often involved in women's and environmental issues. In previous years Catherine had contributed to the organizing of the December 6 memorial vigil, assisted with organizing "Take Back the Night" marches and other consciousness-raising activities. She was a student representative on both the Women's Studies Curriculum Committee and the Women's Studies Advisory Committee. She was also the representative for joint majors in her degree program in both the Social Work Students Association (SWSA) and the Women's Studies Student Association (WSSA).
Windsor West
Windsor West (french: Windsor-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Geography
The district consists of the part of the city of Windsor lying west an ...
: Jillana Bishop
Bishop was born in
Windsor, and graduated with Honours from Massey Secondary School (''Windsor Star'', 19 December 2005). She was twenty-four years old during the election, and worked as a machine operator at Haas Precision Corporation (''Windsor Star'', 10 January 2006). She declined to use campaign signs, arguing that they consume resources and pollute the landscape (''Star'', 9 December 2005). She received 1,444 votes (3.03%), finishing fourth against
New Democratic Party
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incumbent
Brian Masse
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...
.
Manitoba
Mike Johannson ( Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia)
Johannson (born in
St. James,
Manitoba) is the son of Joan Johannson, an anti-poverty activist and former
Green Party of Manitoba
The Green Party of Manitoba (french: Parti vert du Manitoba) ('GPM') is a green provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada, founded on November 11, 1998. The party is legally autonomous from the Green Party of Canada, though for several yea ...
candidate, and Robert Johannson, a former
Winnipeg city councillor. He worked at New World Technology for five years, and has been a supervisor at Southern Produce since the early 2000s (decade).
According to a ''
Winnipeg Free Press
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'' article, he chose to campaign in the 2006 election out of concern for the health of
Lake Winnipeg and the
Red Riverbr>
He received 1,700 votes (3.84%), finishing fourth against
Conservative incumbent
Steven Fletcher (politician), Steven Fletcher.
Jeff Fountain (
Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...
)
Fountain holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Environmental Science from the
University of Winnipeg. He has worked as an operator trainee with
Inco, and previously taught
English as a Second Language in
Japan
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(''Winnipeg Free Press'', 3 January 2006). Fountain has reached nidan rank in
Judo and
Kendo
is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and has spread ...
, is a brown belt in
Jujutsu, and teaches wrestling in
Thompson
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* Thompson (surname)
* Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician
Places Australia
*Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality
Bulgaria
* Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province
Canada
* ...
br>
He received 401 votes (1.61%), finishing fifth against
Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal candidate
Tina Keeper
Tina Keeper, OM (born March 20, 1962) is a Cree actress, film producer and former politician from Canada. .
Tanja Hutter (
Elmwood—Transcona
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Tanja Hutter has a
Bachelor of Arts degree in
International Relations,
Political Science and
German
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**Ger ...
from the
University of Manitoba, and works as a researcher, writer, editor and web designer. She has been web editor for
Canada's National History Society
Canada's National History Society is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Society was founded in 1994 by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) for the purpose of promoting greater popular interest in Canadian history princip ...
and ''
The Beaver'', and was an associate editor for the Encyclopedia of Natural Health. She received 1,211 votes (3.63%), finishing fourth against
New Democratic Party
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incumbent
Bill Blaikie.
Charlie Howatt ( Portage—Lisgar)
Howatt holds an Agriculture degree from the
University of Manitoba. He was twenty-five years old as of the 2006 election, working in a family farm business with his father and grandfather. The family enterprise grows grain and forages, and raises hogs. Howatt has argued that farmers can reverse a recent trend toward rural decline by adopting environmentally sound policies. He is active with the Pembina Soil and Crop Management Association, and often performs as a guitaris
Howatt defended the
Canadian Wheat Board in the 2006 campaign, and criticized the packing industry for profiteering during western Canada's
BSE crisi
He received 1,880 votes (5.10%) in 2006, finishing fourth against
Conservative incumbent
Brian Pallister.
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
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
, 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
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br>
She lives in a solar and wind-powered village known as
Northern Sun Farm Cooperative
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* North, a point in direction
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in southeastern Manitoba, and 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. Gibson 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
.
She supported Tom Manley for the leadership of the Green Party in 200
Marc Payette ( Saint Boniface (electoral district), St. Boniface)
Payette has a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Manitoba, and is a graduate of Red River College's Communication Engineering Technology Program. He was employed for many years with
Via Rail, and has been a Meteorological Technician for
Environment Canada
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in
Saskatchewan,
Ontario and the
Northwest Territories
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. Since 1997, he has worked as a programmer analyst at
St. Boniface College in
Winnipeg. Payette became president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees Union Local 147 in January 2003, and has volunteered for
Festival du Voyageur, the
Winnipeg Folk Festival and
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipe
The 2006 election was his second as a candidate.
In 2002, Payette wrote a Letter to the Editor in the ''Winnipeg Free Press
The ''Winnipeg Free Press'' (or WFP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, and international news, as well as ...
'' endorsing wind power and solar power as energy sources (''WFP'', 4 July 2002).
David Michael Carey ( Winnipeg North)
Carey has served in the
Canadian military, and holds diploma certification as a welder/fitter and an aircraft maintenance engineer. He moved to Manitoba from Ontario in the early 2000s (decade), and worked for
Air Canada at the time of the election (''Winnipeg Free Press'', 2 January 2006). He was planning to build an "eco-friendly rammed-earth tire home" in 200
He received 779 votes (2.86%), finishing fourth against
New Democratic Party
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incumbent
Judy Wasylycia-Leis. He campaigned for the leadership of the
Green Party of Manitoba
The Green Party of Manitoba (french: Parti vert du Manitoba) ('GPM') is a green provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada, founded on November 11, 1998. The party is legally autonomous from the Green Party of Canada, though for several yea ...
in November 2006, and lost to Andrew Basham.
Wesley Owen Whiteside ( Winnipeg South)
Whiteside was twenty-six years old at the time of the election (''Winnipeg Sun'', 15 January 200
, 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 graduatio
Whiteside also volunteers with the Royal Canadian Air Cadet Program as an Officer in the Reserve
He received 1,289 votes (3.08%), finishing fourth against
Conservative Rod Bruinooge
Rod E. Bruinooge (born May 6, 1973) is a Canadian politician, businessman, and filmmaker. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winnipeg South in the 2006 federal election, and was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of ...
.
Vere H. Scott ( Winnipeg South Centre)
Scott has studied agriculture at the
University of Manitoba, and is a retired wildlife biologist. During the 1980s, he served on the provincial
Minister of the Environment's advisory committee concerning
mosquito control and other matters. He is a veteran environmental activist in
Winnipeg, and encouraged
composting in the early 1990s. Scott was a founding member of the
Green Party of Manitoba
The Green Party of Manitoba (french: Parti vert du Manitoba) ('GPM') is a green provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada, founded on November 11, 1998. The party is legally autonomous from the Green Party of Canada, though for several yea ...
, and has served as the party's policy expert. He co-authored the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission's hearings into the City of Winnipeg's polluting sewage collection and treatment system in 2003, and in the 2006 campaign called for cities to stop dumping their sewage (treated or not) into river systems.
["Greens dump on sewage system", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 14 June 2004, A5]
Vere Scott, 2006 campaign webpage
accessed 26 October 2006.
Saskatchewan
Rick Barsky (
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar (formerly known as Saskatoon—Rosetown) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.
Geography
The district consisted of the sou ...
)
Barsky ran in the
federal election of 1993 in
Canada for election to the
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Common ...
as a candidate for
Mel Hurtig's
National Party of Canada
The National Party of Canada was a short-lived Canadian political party that contested the 1993 federal election. The party is not related to the earlier National Party that was founded in 1979.
Formation
Founded and led by Edmonton, Albert ...
. He ran again in the
federal election of 1997 for the
Canadian Action Party
The Canadian Action Party (CAP) (french: Parti action canadienne, PAC) was a Canadian Canadian confederation, federal political party founded in 1997 and deregistered on 31 March 2017.
The party stood for Canadian nationalism, monetary reform, mo ...
, and was a candidate for the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1999 for the
New Green Alliance
The Saskatchewan Green Party is a political party in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Green Party was founded in 1998 as the "New Green Alliance" ''(NGA)'' by environmental and social justice activists dismayed with the premiership of the Saskatchewan ...
.
More recently, Rick was the candidate in Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar for the
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada (french: Parti vert du Canada) is a federal political party in Canada, founded in 1983 with a focus on green politics.
The Green Party is currently the fifth largest party in the House of Commons by seat count. It el ...
in the federal elections of
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
and
2006
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.
External links
Rick Barsky's biography
Don Cameron (
Saskatoon—Wanuskewin
Saskatoon—Wanuskewin was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. (In the Cree language: ᐋᐧᓇᐢᑫᐃᐧᐣ / wânaskêwin means, "being at peace with o ...
)
Cameron was born in northeastern Saskatchewan, and attended the
University of Saskatchewan. He moved to
Ottawa
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to accept a job in the federal civil service, and later opened a consulting fir
His campaign emphasized a tax on
junk food
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to combat the rising health care expenditures (''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 9 January 2006). He received 1,292 votes (3.59%), finishing fourth against
Conservative incumbent
Maurice Vellacott.
Alberta
Juliet Burgess (
Calgary—Nose Hill
Calgary Nose Hill (formerly Calgary—Nose Hill) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Geography
It consists of the part of the City of Calgary clockwise wi ...
)
At 18 years of age, Juliet was the youngest candidate running in this election. Burgess is a born and raised Calgarian, an activist and arts worker. She worked with the Rock The Vote youth action committee, spoke for the decriminalization of marijuana and sex work, advocated for more public transit investments in Calgary. Burgess ran the following year in the Alberta Provincial election for the Alberta Greens and has continued to be a social advocate, presently working as a Social Worker with survivors of domestic violence and LGBTQ2S+ populations.
Kim Warnke ( Calgary Southwest)
Warnke is a lifelong resident of
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
, and was listed as twenty-four years old at the time of the election. She had six years experience on the Calgary Health Authority, and spent a year on the Emergency Department Advisory board as a representative of Nursing Attendant
Warnke has criticized Canada's
First Past The Post electoral system, and rejects the accusation that the Green Party was responsible for vote-splitting on the left in the
2004 federal electionbr>
Warnke argued for expanded mass transit services in the
2004 Alberta general election, 2004 provincial electionbr>
In the 2006 campaign, she argued that Alberta needs to use its oil revenues wisely to benefit future generations, and was quoted as saying, "We don't want Alberta to be without oil like Atlantic Canada without cod" (''Calgary Herald'', 21 December 2005).
On September 30, 2006, Warnke was elected as Deputy Leader South for the
Alberta Greensbr>
Lynn Lau (
Edmonton—Sherwood Park
Edmonton–Sherwood Park was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a suburban riding in Edmonton.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003 from ...
)
Lynn Lau campaign webpage
British Columbia
Karan Bowyer (
Okanagan—Coquihalla
Okanagan—Coquihalla was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.
Geography
The electoral district included the towns of Penticton, ...
)
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.
GPC Riding Profile
Phil Brienesse(
Skeena—Bulkley Valley
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Geography
This is a mostly wilderness area comprising alm ...
)
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 a Director of the Smithers Chamber of Commerce between 2004 and 2005.
GPC Riding Profile
Alex Bracewell (
Cariboo—Prince George
Cariboo—Prince George is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
Geography
The riding of Cariboo—Prince George extends from near Will ...
)
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
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in 2002, and acclaimed in 2005. He was born in Williams Lake but raised in nearby Tatlayoko Lake Valley.
GPC Riding Profile
Hilary Crowley (
Prince George—Peace River
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)
Crowley is a retired physiotherapist from
Prince George, British Columbia. She ran unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 federal elections in this riding.
GPC Riding Profile
Matt Greenwood (
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
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)
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
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* Before Christ, a calendar era based on the traditionally reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth
* British Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada
* Baja California, a state of Mexico
BC may also refer to: ...
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GPC Riding Profile
Scott Janzen (
Burnaby—New Westminster
Burnaby—New Westminster was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.
Demographics
''(According to the Canada 2001 Census)''
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Janzen is a
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
politician in
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Campaign website
Ariel Lade ( Victoria)
Ariel Lade (b. 1975 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.
GPC Riding Profile
Scott Leyland (
British Columbia Southern Interior
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)
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.
GPC Riding Profile
Harry Naegel ( Okanagan—Shuswap)
Naegel is a horticultural consultant/contractor. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1997, 2000 and 2004 federal elections in the
Okanagan—Coquihalla
Okanagan—Coquihalla was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.
Geography
The electoral district included the towns of Penticton, ...
riding. Has run in every federal, provincial and municipal election since 1993.
GPC Riding Profile
Clements Verhoeven (
Kootenay—Columbia
Kootenay—Columbia is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Geography
Consisting of:
*(a) the Regional District of East Kootenay;
*(b) that part of ...
)
Verhoeven is a 52-year-old born and raised in London, Ontario. He is a high school teacher in
Creston, British Columbia
Creston is a town in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. By road, Creston is roughly equidistant between Cranbrook ( to the east) and Castlegar ( to the west) along the Crowsnest Highway. The town is approximately nort ...
. He is bilingual and a published novelist.
GPC Riding Profile
Footnotes
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