The
Green Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the
2000 federal election, none of whom was elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Ontario
Doug Howat (
Eglinton—Lawrence
Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.
It covers a portion of Toronto northwest of downtown. It stretches from Yonge Street in the east ...
)
Howat was a student at
Northern Secondary School at the time of the election. He received 688 votes (1.66%), finishing fifth against
Liberal
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incumbent
Joe Volpe.
Thomas Gerry ( Sudbury)
Gerry was 52 years old at the time of the election, and worked as a professor of
Canadian Literature
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at
Laurentian University. He favoured a shorter work week, and argued that Canada should shift its tax burden from small independent businesses to large national and multinational corporations. He received 503 votes (1.45%), finishing fifth against
Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
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incumbent
Diane Marleau.
Gerry is the author of ''Contemporary Canadian and U.S. women of letters : an annotated bibliography''. He attended the
Summit of the Americas protest at
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...
in April 2001.
[Harold Carmichael, "Group rallies to support trade protests", ''Sudbury Star'', 22 April 2001, A3.]
References
Green Party of Canada candidates in Canadian Federal elections
candidates in the 2000 Canadian federal election
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