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

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.

2004

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

2006

Held August 24–27, 2006 in Ottawa,

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using a One Member One Vote system. On April 24, 2006, incumbent party leader Jim Harris announced he would not be running for re-election. The race was won by

Elizabeth May Elizabeth Evans May (born June 9, 1954) is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, author, activist, and lawyer who is serving as the leader of the Green Party of Canada since 2022, and previously served as the leader from 2006 to 2019. Sh ...

on August 26, 2006.

2020

Held October 3, 2020, in Ottawa,

using a one member, one vote

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with a none of the above option.

Annamie Paul Annamie Paul (born November 3, 1972) is a Canadian activist, lawyer, and former politician who served as the leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2020 to 2021. She was the first Black Canadian and first Jewish woman to be elected leader of ...

, an activist and lawyer from

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, won the election on the eighth round of voting. Her win was described as a win for "the more

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camp".

2022

Annamie Paul resigned on November 14, 2021, several weeks after the 2021 Canadian federal election. Held November 19, 2022, in Ottawa,

using a one member, one vote

with a none of the above option.

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MP and former Green Party leader

won the election, after campaigning as part of a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault; as co-leadership is not formally recognized in the party’s constitution, Pedneault will become Deputy Leader while the two seek to amend the party constitution.

Leaders of the Green Party of Canada

Trevor Hancock Trevor Hancock was the first leader of the Green Party of Canada and a family physician. Under his leadership, the party ran 60 candidates in the 1984 federal election. He is a public health physician, and a retired professor and senior scholar at ...

(1983–1984) * Seymour Trieger (1984–1988) * Kathryn Cholette (1988–1990) *

Chris Lea Chris Lea is a designer, politician and political activist in Canada. He was the leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1990 to 1996. Lea is notable for being the first openly gay political party leader in Canadian history. Biography Lea is a ...

(1990–1996) * Wendy Priesnitz (1996–1997) *Harry Garfinkle (interim) (1997) *

Joan Russow Joan Elizabeth Russow (born Ottawa, November 1, 1938) is a Canadian peace activist and former national leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1997 to 2001. She is also a co-founder of the Ecological Rights Association and the Global C ...

(1997–2001) *

Chris Bradshaw Christopher John Bradshaw (May 20, 1944 – November 3, 2018) was a Canadians, Canadian politician and businessman. He served as interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2001 to 2003, and has sought public office as a candidate of the Gree ...

(interim) (2001–2003) * Jim Harris (2003–2006) *

(2006–2019) *

Jo-Ann Roberts Jo-Ann Roberts (born 1956) is a Canadian politician and former journalist who served as the interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from November 4, 2019 to October 3, 2020, having been appointed upon Elizabeth May stepping down from the ...

(interim) (2019–2020) *

(2020–2021) *

Amita Kuttner Amita Kuttner ( ; born December 4, 1990) is a Canadian astrophysicist and politician who served as the interim leader (Canada), interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from November 24, 2021 to November 19, 2022. Kuttner first ran for office ...

(interim) (2021–2022) * Elizabeth May (2022–present)

References

{{Wikinews, Elizabeth May elected leader of Canada's Green Party Leadership elections

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