Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The Green Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2004 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.

Don C. C. Ferguson previously ran in the

Lori-Ann Martino lost to Lawrence D. O'Brien of the Liberal Party of Canada. Martino received 178 votes to O'Brien's 5,524. Martino was an organizer for the Green Party of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador from March 2004 till June 2005. She also served as Jason Crummey's registered agent during the 2005 Labrador by-election.

Martino went on maternity leave from her job in June 2005. Six months later, after being asked to volunteer as an organizer on the ground, assisting the hired organizer living in PEI, Martino publicly resigned from the Green Party of Canada. She did so after the Green Party leader Jim Harris travelled to St. John's on the eve of a federal election, calling for a ban on subsidies to the "barbaric commercial seal slaughter".

Given that Martino was the publicly recognized representative of the Green Party in Newfoundland and Labrador, it was important that she have her opposition to the Leader's action recognized and heard. The Green Party reacted by claiming Martino was not the paid organizer at that time.

Green Party members passed a resolution at an Alberta convention in August 2004 calling for a phasing out of the harp and hooded commercial seal hunt.^[1] No members of the Newfoundland and Labrador wing of the Green Party were present at this convention; nor were they made aware that the resolution would be debated.

Martino ran as a Liberal party candidate in the 2007 provincial election and placed last in St. John's Centre. She lost to Shawn Skinner (PC), receiving 374 votes to Skinner's 3,332.^[2]

Has a

Milburn received 855 votes, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Mark Eyking.

Oddy came in fourth, with 2081 votes, to

Oddy had previously run in the same riding in the 2000 Canadian federal election where he came sixth, with 587 votes.

Louise Martineau received 2,011 votes (4.55%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Denis Paradis.^[3]

Jean-Pierre Bonenfant identified as a clerk and sales representative in 2004.^[4] He was a resident of Montreal and agreed to run as a parachute candidate in Richelieu when the Green Party did not nominate a local candidate.^[5] He had previously been a candidate of the Green Party of Quebec in a provincial election.

Hudson has a certificate in Broadcast Sales and Marketing from

Born in

• 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 820 votes (2.14%) in Brampton Centre as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Linda Jeffrey, Liberal)

Langstaff holds a

Langstaff is a frequent candidate for the Green Party, having campaigned under its banner in 1997, 2000 and 2004. He was also a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario in 1999. He has rejected the view that the Green Party is left-wing, and has argued that it does not fit into the traditional "left-right" spectrum (Ottawa Citizen, 30 April 2004).

Teaches

• 2000 federal election: received 642 votes in Davenport (winning candidate: Charles Caccia, Liberal)
• 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 1,741 votes in Davenport as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Tony Ruprecht, Liberal)

King is an environmental and social policy consultant in Toronto, Ontario. Originally from Timmins, Ontario, King lived in New York City, Amsterdam amongst other places in the 1960s and 1970s. He lived in Rochdale College in Toronto, a building which was later converted to apartments and in which he still lives over 30 years later. He has served as tenant rep in a building in which he has to campaign in many languages just in one hallway, and is very involved in local causes for immigrants, the disabled, mentally ill and disadvantaged. He is an expert in Canada's tax system and files tax returns for disabled people.

King has also been a perennial candidate, staffer and fundraiser for the Green Party of Ontario. He recruited and trained numerous candidates and staff for the GPO and, as of December 2005, serves as its Operations Coordinator. He has volunteered to run in ridings where the party has poor organization, for instance, he did not actually campaign in Kenora—Rainy River during the 2003 Ontario election because of financial constraints covering such a huge remote riding. He is an advocate of Northern Ontario issues, and believes it must also have separate province status, equivalent to the status he seeks for Toronto.

Previous candidacies:

• 1990 Ontario provincial election: received 1,340 votes in Eglinton as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Dianne Poole, Liberal)
• 1993 federal election: received 302 votes in Don Valley West (winning candidate: John Godfrey, Liberal)
• 1995 Ontario provincial election: received 395 votes in Eglinton as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Bill Saunderson, Progressive Conservative)
• 1997 federal election: received 378 votes in Don Valley West (winning candidate: John Godfrey, Liberal)
• 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 395 votes in Kenora—Rainy River as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Howard Hampton, New Democratic Party)
• 2007 Ontario provincial election: running in Trinity—Spadina as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario

Born in

• 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 503 votes in Etobicoke North as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Shafiq Qaadri, Liberal)

Tim Holland was born in

Holland represented the Green Party at the 2003 Peterborough Pride Parade and indicated his support for same-sex marriage.^[9] He opposed election finance reforms introduced by the government of Jean Chrétien in 2003, arguing that people should be allowed to donate as much to political parties as they choose.^[10] In 2004, he described the Green Party as the most economically conservative electoral option and said he wanted to work toward Canada becoming debt-free.^[11]

Holland was the campaign manager for Green Party candidate Brent Wood in the 2006 federal election.^[12]

Pavlov is a computer technician, and worked for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board at the time of the election. They were 32 years old in 2004. While a high school student, they had a co-op placement in Sheila Copps's constituency office.

Pavlov is an advocate for A Better Way To Live and is a member of the

Pavlov made the following comment in the 2003 Ontario election: "Forget what you think you know about the Green Party. This isn’t a party of Birkenstock-wearing tree-huggers – those old stereotypes are a thing of the past."[6]

Previous candidacies:

• 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 727 votes in Hamilton West as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Judy Marsales, Liberal)

Pavlov is a bank portfolio administrator in

Pavlov's sister,

She received 1,422 votes (3.21%), finishing fourth against

Balfour was born in Toronto and raised in Jamaica. She moved to Washington, D.C., at age twenty-four after being recruited by the World Bank, and later studied science and anthropology at McGill University in Montreal. Since the 1980s, she has been a self-employed "success coach, international speaker and workshop facilitator".

She moved to Kingston, Ontario in 1999, and was 48 years old at the time of the 2004 election (Kingston Whig-Standard, 26 June 2004). Balfour was chosen as the GPC nominee over Queen's University professor George Clark,[7] and finished fourth against Liberal incumbent Peter Milliken with 3,339 votes (6.13%), one of the strongest showings for the Green Party in Ontario.

Was 52 years old at the time of the election. A resident of

• 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 1,774 votes in Kitchener—Waterloo as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Elizabeth Witmer, Progressive Conservative)

Baranyi was born in 1961 in

Baranyi campaigned for the House of Commons as an independent candidate in the 2000 election, and ran for the Green Party of Ontario in 2003. In the latter campaign, he opposed a proposed Ottawa River boat bypass around Chats Dam (Ottawa Citizen, 12 September 2003). He received 2,736 votes (4.84%) in 2004, finishing fourth against Conservative candidate Scott Reid.

Previous candidacies:

• Lanark—Carleton as an independent candidate (winning candidate: Scott Reid, Canadian Alliance
  )
• 2003 Ontario provincial election, received 2,564 votes in Lanark—Carleton for a credible fourth-place finish, as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Norm Sterling, Progressive Conservative)

Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Has academic degrees from Trent University and Queen's University. Operates a legal research company. Also has several certifications from sports/fitness groups around the country, and is a personal trainer at Goodlife Fitness. A folk musician, and has exhibited artworks at the London Fringe Festival. Supports same-sex marriage. Received 2,376 votes, finishing fourth in a field of six candidates. The winner was Joe Fontana of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Previous candidacies:

• 2003 Ontario provincial election, received 780 votes in London North Centre as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Deb Matthews, Liberal)

Born in

• 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 811 votes (1.29%) in Brampton West—Mississauga as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario, finishing fifth out of six candidates (winning candidate: Vic Dhillon, Liberal)

Walker was born in Oakville, Ontario. He moved to Kingston for service in the naval reserve, and graduated from Queen's University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. Walker worked for a development company in Toronto for four years, and returned to Kingston in 1993 to work as a home renovator and renewable energy consultant (Kingston Whig-Standard, 10 May 1997). He was 42 years old in 2004.[10]

Walker is a frequent candidate for the GPC and the provincial Green Party of Ontario. He ran an entirely solo campaign in the 1997 federal election, working without a riding association or election scrutineers. After the election, he helped to build a Green Party association in Kingston (KWS, 3 June 1997).

He was not a candidate in the

Born in the Niagara region. Was educated at Brock University, the University of Guelph and York University. Has a Master of Arts degree in political science. 53 years old at the time of the election. Owner of Niagara Custom Homes. A member of the Town of Lincoln's Municipal Heritage Committee. Was a Progressive Conservative in the 1970s, and became a founding member of the Green Party in 1983. Was a policy advisor to the Green Party of Ontario in the late 1980s. Received 1,761 votes, finishing fourth in a field of six candidates. The winner was Dean Allison of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Previous candidacies:

• 1984 federal election, received 365 votes in St. Catharines (winning candidate: Joe Reid, finishing fourth of seven candidates Progressive Conservative)
• 2003 Ontario provincial election, received 713 votes in Erie—Lincoln as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario, finishing fourth out of five candidates (winning candidate: Tim Hudak, Progressive Conservative)

Chernushenko received an endorsement from the

.

Chernushenko later became deputy leader of the GPC. See his biography page for more details.

Ottawa—Vanier

: Raphael Thierrin

Thierrin has two

FTAA

protests.

He received 3,628 votes (6.9%) for a fourth-place finish. The winner was

Mauril Belanger of the Liberal Party of Canada

.

On May 11, 2005, he received the Green Party nomination for Ottawa—Vanier for the

next federal election

.

Previous candidacies:

• 2003 Ontario provincial election, received 1,876 votes (4.53%) in Ottawa—Vanier as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Madeleine Meilleur, Liberal)

Ottawa West—Nepean

: Neil Adair

Adair received 2,748 votes (4.79%), finishing fourth against

here

for more information.

Prince Edward—Hastings: Tom Lawson

Has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Arts degree in English from the Cambridge University in England. Taught at Trinity College School from 1955 to 1988, and was head of the English Department for fifteen years. Now leads an annual twelve-week course for families coping with mental illness. In 1995, led his local community to reject a government proposal which would have brought radioactive and toxic waste into the region. Received 2,130 votes, finishing fourth. The winning candidate was Daryl Kramp of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Previous candidacies:

• Northumberland for a fourth-place finish, as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Doug Galt, Progressive Conservative
  )
• 2000 federal election: received 1,102 votes in Northumberland for a fifth-place finish (winning candidate: Paul Macklin, Liberal)

Scarborough Centre: Greg Bonser

Bonser was active in the

Bonser Method, a meeting operations and voting protocol developed to develop policy at face to face meetings. This system is still in use today by the Green Party of Ontario

as well as the national party and other provincial Green parties.

Bonser has run in numerous elections, most notably, for Toronto City Council in 2003 in Ward 30, for the seat vacated by Jack Layton. Bonser ran against John Cannis in the 2004 Federal election. He placed 4th, receiving 1,045 votes.

Scarborough-Rouge River

: Kathryn Holloway

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011)

Scarborough Southwest: Peter Van Dalen

Van Dalen was 36 years of age at the time of the election, and had been running a

St. Paul's. He has promoted solar and wind energy.[11]

He received 1,520 votes (4.00%) in the 2004 election, finishing fourth against

39th Canadian federal election

.

St. Catharines: Jim Fannon

Fannon received 1,927 votes (3.66%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Walt Lastewka.

Sudbury: Luke Norton

Luke Norton was born and raised in

Falconbridge, near Sudbury. He first ran for public office as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario in the 2003 provincial election, at age 24. He had previously attended Cambrian College's Computer Systems Technology program, and was studying history at Laurentian University.^[13] During this campaign, he called for Sudbury to pursue cleaner mining technology, and market its research around the world.^[14]

Norton ran for the federal Green Party in 2004. He broke with his party's official party by indicating that he did not support the legalization of cannabis, citing his own bad experiences with the drug.^[15] Norton later became president of the Laurentian University Students' General Association. He helped to organize a mock funeral marking the "death of affordable education" in January 2007, after the provincial government of Dalton McGuinty lifted a freeze on tuition rates.^[16]

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
2003 provincial	Sudbury	Green	1,009	2.83	4/4	Rick Bartolucci, Liberal
2004 federal	Sudbury	Green	1,999	4.67	4/5	Diane Marleau, Liberal

Trinity—Spadina: Mark Viitala

Works at

Rogers Media, and is also a longtime volunteer in community radio. Uses the stage name "DJ Skip". Formerly on the management board of CKLU-FM in Sudbury, and helped the station get its FM licence. Hosts a ska music program, and was the executive producer of Skanadian Club Volume 4. Former manager of The Smokers, and produced Package Deal, their first album. Raised in Northern Ontario. Vegetarian. Chair of the Greater Toronto Area group of the Sierra Club of Canada. Was the GPC administration chair and Green Party of Ontario office manager from 1998 to 2000, and the GPO secretary in 2002–2003. Since 2003, he has represented Ontario on the GPC federal council. Party advocate for issues of citizenship and culture. Supports the legalization of marijuana. Apparently intended to run for the GPC in Don Valley East in the 2000 federal election

, but did not appear on the ballot. Received 2,259 votes in 2004, finishing fourth in a field of eight candidates.

Previous candidacies:

• Mike Colle, Liberal
  )

Wellington—Halton Hills: Brent Bouteiller

Bouteiller received 2,725 votes (5.43%), finishing fourth against Conservative candidate Michael Chong.

Whitby—Oshawa

: Michael MacDonald

MacDonald was 28 years old at the time of the election, and was a customer service professional.[12] He had previously campaigned for the Green Party of Ontario in the 2003 provincial election, and finished fourth against Progressive Conservative Jim Flaherty with 1,375 votes.

He received 2,759 votes (4.85%) in the 2004 election, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Judi Longfield.

Windsor West: Rob Spring

Spring was born in 1964 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. He moved to Windsor in his youth, graduated from Essex District High School in 1982, and entered the workforce after his graduation.[13] He served two years with the 21st Windsor Service Battalion as a reservist vehicle technician.[14] Spring is an auto worker, and a veteran environmental activist in Windsor. He has served on the city's Environmental Advisory Committee, has been a member of the Citizens Environmental Alliance since 1985 (Windsor Star, 25 September 1998), and chaired the Canadian Auto Workers Local 444 environmental committee (Windsor Star, 22 October 1999). In 1998, he was part of a successful protest against the construction of a rock-crushing facility near a residential area (Windsor Star, 20 October 1998). He was also a member of Friends of Marshfield Woods in 2000, and unsuccessfully tried to prevent a logging operation in the area (Windsor Star, 17 January 2000).

Spring joined the Green Party in 2000, and worked as campaign manager for Green Party candidates Chris Holt and Cary M. Lucier in the

New Democratic Party candidate Brian Masse

.

Manitoba

David Kattenburg (Brandon—Souris)

Kattenburg is a radio documentary producer and science educator in Manitoba, Canada.

He received a

Medical Sciences in 1981. He subsequently worked as a journalist, instructor and environmental activist. Now residing in Winnipeg, Kattenburg is the owner and operator of Earth Chronicle Productions

, which has created documentaries on issues relating to development and the environment. His series include The Earth Chronicles, More Than Just A Dozen, Children of the Earth, Partners in Action and ClimateWatch.

He received 1264 votes in 2004, or about 3.5% of the total cast.

Andrew Basham (

Charleswood—St. James

)

Basham received 880 votes (2.09%), finishing in fourth place against Conservative candidate Steven Fletcher.

Churchill

)

Galapagos Islands, Cape Flattery and the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the organization.^[17][18][19] He has emphasized that while he opposes commercial whaling, he is not against traditional whale-hunting among aboriginal societies.^[20]

He was arrested in 1993 for taking part in an anti-logging protest at Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, and fined $1500. The fee was paid by the Green Party of Canada.^[21] A newspaper report of the arrest lists him as twenty-one years old.^[22]

Shortly after the 2004 election, Nickarz organized a protest against the spraying of malathion in Winnipeg. City authorities argued that the spraying would reduce the city's mosquito population, although Nickarz and others believed it was ineffective and dangerous.^[23] David's father Jim Nickarz was arrested for protesting against malathion spraying the following year, and vowed to go on a hunger strike during his time in jail. The younger Nickarz was quoted as saying, "My father's of sound mind... he's very determined to see [the protest] through".^[24] In 2006, Nickarz joined with veteran Winnipeg activist Nick Ternette and others to form the Cancer Brigade, a group that argues malathion weakens the body's immune system and its ability to fight cancer.^[25]

He has campaigned for the federal and provincial Green Parties on three occasions.

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1999 provincial	Concordia	Green	87	1.07	4/4	Gary Doer, New Democratic Party
2000 federal	Winnipeg—Transcona	Green	229	0.70	5/8	New Democratic Party
2004 federal	Churchill	Green	612	3.09	4/4	New Democratic Party

Lindy Clubb (

Dauphin—Swan River

)

Lindy Clubb is a longtime resident of

Ojibway community. She is a supporter of family farms (as opposed to corporate farms), and is also a supporter of gun control

.

The 2004 election was Clubb's first venture into electoral politics. She received 673 votes, about 2% of the total cast.

Elijah Gair (Elmwood—Transcona)

Gair was a security official during the election.

New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie

.

Gair was scheduled to be the Green Party's candidate for Winnipeg South in the 2006 federal election, but did not actually appear on the ballot.^[27]

Jacob Giesbrecht (Kildonan—St. Paul)

Giesbrecht is a lawyer and activist in Manitoba, Canada. Raised in rural Manitoba, Giesbrecht moved to Winnipeg in 1986 and has resided there since that time. He is a lawyer with the firm of Inkster Christie Hughes, specializing in estate, unemployment and labour law. Giesbrecht has also been involved in volunteer organizations, including a number of anti-poverty groups in Winnipeg's downtown core.

He received 756 votes, or about 2% of the total votes in the riding.

Marc Payette (Portage—Lisgar)

Payette received 856 votes (2.46%), finishing fifth against

here

for more information.

Daniel Backé (

St. Boniface

)

Backé is a young politician with a history of social activism in Winnipeg. At age seven, he was involved in a program to assist juvenile delinquents with reading and writing skills (Ottawa Citizen, 12 January 1989).

At the time of the election, Backé was working towards the completion of his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Winnipeg, where he majored in political science and theatre.

The 2004 election was Backé's first as a candidate. He claimed that his priorities were Senate reform and the creation of federal subsidy for ecologically-sound methods of transportation.[15] He received 925 votes (2.40%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Raymond Simard.

Robin Faye (Winnipeg Centre)

Faye is a businesswoman and activist in Manitoba, Canada. In the Canadian federal election of 2004, she ran as a candidate of the Green Party in the riding of Winnipeg Centre.

Raised in Toronto, Faye now works as a massage therapist in the Winnipeg area, and promotes natural health concerns. She is the owner of DragonFly Massage and the Vice-President of a feminist apartment co-op (where she herself lives). Faye has worked with Mediation Services, the Revenue Planning Committee of Shakespeare in the Ruins and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. In 2001, Faye's therapy massage centre was awarded SEED Winnipeg's Community Development Business Award. She herself is a member of the Community Development Business Association.

Faye joined the Green Party in 2000. In 2002, she temporarily moved from her home to a public campground to protest the spraying of malathion against insects in the Winnipeg area (she herself was chemically-injured in 1978, and still suffers some health symptoms resulting from this event). Her campaign in 2004 focused on environmental and health concerns, with an emphasis on "re-creation of healthy human habitat". She received 1151 votes, or 4.3% of the total votes cast in Winnipeg Centre.

Alon Weinberg (Winnipeg North)

Weinberg is a young politician and activist. He was born in the West Kildonan section of Winnipeg, where his grandparents founded Miracle Bakery, a longtime north end institution. He has described himself as an environmental educator, and has taught fifth and sixth grade students about natural cycles. Weinberg is supporter of organic farming, and has an interest in holistic medicine. He protested against the use of malathion against insects after two dead crows were allegedly found to have West Nile disease, and the provincial government suspended buffer zones by declaring a health emergency. (National Post, 22 July 2002)

Weinberg has a

Binyamin Netanyahu's appearance in the city in 2002, arguing that Netanyahu "believes that more violence is a way to security".[16]

As of 2006, Weinberg is studying Native Studies at the University of Manitoba. He remains interested in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and has called for "justice and peace and mutual recognition" between Israelis and Palestinians based on human rights.[17]^{[permanent dead link‍]}

He believes that ecoliteracy is key to transitioning from inefficient and unsustainable growth economics to localized and diversified smaller-scale economies. He has also identified biomimcry. a principle of design that replicates nature's cycles, as a powerful tool for humanity.

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
2003 provincial	St. Johns	Green	221	3.79	4/5	Gord Mackintosh, New Democratic Party
2004 federal	Winnipeg North	Green	531	2.04	4/6	New Democratic Party

External sources

• 2004 candidate's biography (cached)
• 2004 CBC Summary (halfway down the page)

Ron Cameron (Winnipeg South)

Cameron was raised in

Yorkton and Regina, in Saskatchewan. He trained as a policeman, and was in charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Forensic Laboratory in Winnipeg from 1983 to 1989. He moved to Vancouver after his retirement, but returned to Winnipeg in 1999. At the time of the 2004 election, he coached swimming and was a member of the Lifesaving Society.[18]

Cameron's campaign focused on environmental issues, free education and a self-reliant economy. He received 1003 votes (2.67%), finishing fourth against Liberal cabinet minister Reg Alcock.

Cameron served as president of the Green Party of Manitoba in 2005, and appealed for Markus Buchart to remain as party leader after a period of division in the party.[19] He resigned his position in support of Buchart in March 2005 (Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 2005).

He has been nominated to run for the Green Party in Winnipeg South in the

39th Canadian federal election.[20]^{[permanent dead link}

‍]

Ian Scott (Winnipeg South Centre)

Raised in the upscale

River Heights section of Winnipeg, Scott has been involved in local community organizations such as Take Pride Winnipeg!

, a group which seeks to increase civic responsibility. In 2003, he received the Young Civic Leader's Award from Kelvin High School.

Scott's campaign in 2004 focused primarily on environmental issues, including recycling and anti-idling campaigns. He received 1508 votes, close to 4% of the total cast in the riding. This was the party's second-best showing in the city.

Saskatchewan

David Greenfield (Saskatoon—Wanuskewin)

Greenfield (born 1967) is a veteran environmental activist, property manager, poet, singer and frequent candidate for public office (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, 25 November 2000). He is an opponent of genetically modified foods, has participated in anti-nuclear protests in Saskatchewan, and helped establish a

Group of Eight.[21]

He was thirty-two years old at the time of his first campaign, in 1999 (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 19 October 1999).

He has campaigned for both the Green Party of Canada and the Saskatchewan

New Green Alliance. He was elected as Saskatchewan's representative to the Green Party executive in 2004.[22]

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1999 provincial	Saskatoon Meewasin	NGA	294		4/4	New Democratic Party
federal by-election, 15 November 1999	Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar	Green	175		5/6	New Democratic Party
2000 federal	Saskatoon—Wanuskewin	Green	402	1.21	5/5	Maurice Vellacott, Canadian Alliance
8 November 2001, provincial by-election	Saskatoon Idylwyld	NGA	68		4/5	New Democratic Party
2003 provincial	Saskatoon Meewasin	NGA	77		4/4	New Democratic Party
2004 federal	Saskatoon—Wanuskewin	Green	960	2.96	4/4	Maurice Vellacott, Conservative

Alberta

George Read (Calgary Southeast)

Former leader of the Green Party of Alberta.

Darcy Kraus (Calgary Southwest)

Kraus was born in

CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary (Calgary Herald, 27 June 2004 + [23]

Kraus is a longtime personal friend of Alberta Greens leader George Read (Edmonton Journal, 31 October 2004), and himself ran for the Alberta Greens in the 2001 provincial election.

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
2001 provincial	Calgary-North Hill	Green	404		4/4	Progressive Conservative
2004 federal	Calgary Southwest	Green	3,210	6.22	3/6	Stephen Harper, Conservative

References

1. ^ "Canadian Green Party Condemns the Canadian Seal Hunt - Sea Shepherd". Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
2. ^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
3. ^ Official Voting Results: Brome—Missisquoi (2004 election), Elections Canada, accessed 4 December 2010.
4. ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: RICHELIEU (2004/06/28), Parliament of Canada, accessed 11 August 2009.
5. ^ Six candidats en lice aux élections fédérales Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Montérégie Web, 12 June 2004, accessed 11 August 2009.
6. ^ Terry Pender, "Buskers love performing on Waterloo streets," Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 24 August 2000, D12; Tasmin McMahon, "Veteran street performer proves he's nobody's fool," Kingston Whig-Standard, 9 July 2003, p. 1; Clark Kim, "'Sense of justice' drives Holland," Peterborough This Week, 26 September 2003, p. 00; Scott Howard, "Tim Holland wants voters to go green on June 28," Lindsay This Week, 15 June 2004, p. 2.
7. ^ John Driscoll, "Bowers makes it a six-way race," Peterborough Examiner, 9 November 2000, B9; Jason Bain, "Green Party, NDP offer alternatives," Lindsay Daily Post, 27 May 2004, p. 1.
8. ^ He won the Green Party's nomination in Peterborough in 2000 by defeating Raphael Thierrin. See "Tim Holland runs for Green," Peterborough Examiner, 4 November 2000, B1.
9. ^ Clark Kim, "Green Party ideas 'current...new...fresh': Holland," Peterborough This Week, 12 September 2003, p. 8.
10. ^ JoElle Kovach and Patrick Moloney, "Election law bill tax grab: Stewart," Peterborough Examiner, 31 January 2003, A1.
11. ^ Jason Bain, "Green Party, NDP offer alternatives," Lindsay Daily Post, 27 May 2004, p. 1.
12. ^ Mike Lacey, "Inside The Campaign: Green Party loyalty thriving," Peterborough This Week, 6 January 2006, p. 00.
13. ^ "Green Party candidate to run in Sudbury riding", Sudbury Star, 6 September 2003, A5; Laura Stradiotto, "Candidates tangle on the radio", Sudbury Star, 30 September 2003, A3; Lara Bradley, "For the Greens, message is the key", Sudbury Star, 3 October 2003, A6.
14. ^ Bob Vaillancourt, "Luke Norton: Green Party", Sudbury Star, 16 September 2003, A5.
15. ^ "Against pot -- Green candidate", Sudbury Star, 26 June 2004, A5.
16. ^ "Media Advisory - Sudbury Students To Freeze For Tuition Fee Freeze", Canada NewsWire, 29 January 2007, 18:21.
17. ^ Eric Bockstael, "A former U of M student takes on poachers" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Manitoban, 30 October 2002, accessed 7 March 2007.
18. ^ Dave Nickarz: Candidate Profile Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, Globe and Mail, accessed 7 March 2007.
19. ^ Kevin Rollason, "Winnipeg man spends holiday saving whales", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 December 2006, B6.
20. ^ Peggy Anderson, "Sea Shepherd: Idealists donating time to save the whales", Associated Press Newswires, 11 October 1998, 14:47.
21. ^ Riding Profile: Churchill, Election 2004, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 7 March 2007.
22. ^ Randy Turner, "Eco-protesters live simply in Clayoquot peace camp", Winnipeg Free Press, 26 September 1993.
23. ^ Jason Bell, "City relents after demonstrators form human chain, block trucks", Winnipeg Free Press, 18 July 2004, A1.
24. ^ Mike McIntyre, "Courthouse stunt results in incarceration for protester", Winnipeg Free Press, 28 July 2005, B3.
25. ^ Bruce Owen, "Cancer survivors target city fogging", Winnipeg Free Press, 11 July 2006, B3.
26. ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Elmwood—Transcona, 2004, Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 March 2007.
27. ^ Martin Cash, "First-time flush, Green will run in all 14 ridings", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 December 2005, A8.