Green Party of Quebec
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The Green Party of Quebec (GPQ) (French: Parti vert du Québec; PVQ) is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green politics. It has not won any seats in the National Assembly of Quebec. Its platform is oriented towards promotion of green values, sustainable development, and participatory democracy.
The Green Party of Quebec is a coalition of activists and citizens for whom environmental questions are a priority. They believe that the government should help in creating a green, just, democratic and equal society.
It received 0.76% of the popular vote in the 2022 Quebec general election.
History
First Green Party of Quebec (1985–1998)
A first version of the Green Party of Québec was founded in the 1980s and had candidates in the 1985, 1989 and 1994
The party disintegrated in 1994 due to its leader, Jean Ouimet, and many of his colleagues leaving for the Parti Québécois. Ouimet, a strong sovereigntist, maintained a party wholly independent of the federal Green Party during his leadership. Members of the Green Party of Canada formed an organization called the Green Party of Canada in Quebec, a predominantly anglophone entity that nominated federal candidates only. There was open antipathy between Ouimet and the GPCQ's leader, Rolf Bramann. (Neither was affiliated with Montreal's municipal Green Party of the time, Ecology Montreal/Montréal Écologique, led by Dimitrios Roussopoulos.) At the same time as the PVQ began to collapse due to Ouimet's departure, Rolf Bramann was removed from his position. This led to a precipitous decline in federal organization in the province contemporaneous with the marginalisation of the provincial Greens. A succession of party leaders followed: Marian Grant, Éric Ferland, Victor Martel, Saloua Laridhi, Judith Brown, and one or two others. A number of Montreal social and green activists held sway over the party until November 12, 1998, when they deliberately chose to "pull the plug" on the party.
It lost its recognition as an official political party in November 1998 when it ran no candidates in the
Current Green Party of Quebec (since 2001)
The second (and current) version of the PVQ was founded in 2001 by members of the Green Party of Canada in Quebec after receiving more support in Quebec in the 2000 federal election than they had expected. The founding meeting, in the basement of the Montreal Biodome, was attended by about 20 people, and it contested the 2003 provincial election with few candidates and almost no money.
In 2002, three leftist political parties (
Scott McKay was elected as party leader in 2006. The party had its most successful showing ever in the 2007 general election, placing fourth with just under four per cent of the popular vote. Unlike the previous version of the party, the new version did not adopt a position on whether Quebec should become sovereign. As a result, it was most competitive in western Montreal where there was a drop in Liberal Party support but little enthusiasm for sovereigntist alternatives such as the Parti Québécois. The Green Party placed second or third in the popular vote in some western Montreal ridings.
In 2008, the PVQ held a leadership review, during which Guy Rainville defeated Scott McKay. McKay then joined the Parti Québécois and was elected as an MNA in the
In April 2012, the leader Claude Sabourin went to a meeting in La Pinière riding, where he recruited four future candidates, two of which – Alex Tyrrell[9] & Marc André Beauchemin[10] – would later run for the leadership of the party.[11][12] Overall the party lost over half its support from the previous election, obtaining 1% of the overall popular vote and running candidates in only 66 of Quebec's 125 ridings during the September 4, 2012 election. Sabourin finished fifth in NDG riding with 1,531 votes and 5.77% of the vote. Alex Tyrrell finished third in Jacques Cartier with 1,522 votes and 4.54% of the vote.
Claude Sabourin resigned as party leader on Sunday, 24 February 2013 at the Green Party of Quebec convention held that weekend in Montreal.[13] Jean Cloutier was elected interim leader that same day.[14][non-primary source needed]
On 21 September 2013, Alex Tyrrell was elected leader of the PVQ defeating other leadership candidates Patricia Domingos, Marc-André Beauchemin and Pierre-Étienne Loignon.[15] Another candidate Lisa Julie Cahn[16] had withdrawn earlier in the race. At the age of 25 years Mr. Tyrrell became the youngest current party leader in Quebec politics.[17]
The Parti vert du Québec intended to diversify its policies in view of the 2014 general elections, in order to increase its support. Tyrrell explained that the PVQ would be an eco-socialist group. Thus, the environment would remain its priority but the party would also defend a public health system and would propose among other things a universal program of dental care for all Quebecers. It is also in favour of free public transport.[18]
In December 2019, the group Reform GPQ launched a petition asking for a general assembly to be held where a vote of confidence would take place in the leadership of Alex Tyrrell. The members accused him of having voted himself a salary and not having organized a vote of confidence.[19] In October 2020, six members of the party's National Executive removed their trust in Alex Tyrrell's leadership and demanded his resignation, accusing him of poorly preparing the party for the 2022 election and of being responsible for the party's poor relations with his federal equivalent, the Green Party of Canada.[20] Alex Tyrrell obtained 64.6% (with a participation rate of 65.5%) in the following vote of confidence. On October 5, 2020, five members of the Executive resigned, saying that the result were not good enough, that the process was tainted by multiple problems and that the leader acted in bad faith throughout the whole process. In January 2021, Alex Tyrrell expelled the five members of the National Executive and members Chad Walcott and Catherine Polson from the party, accusing them of harming the party's progress.[21]
Leaders
Leader | Mandate |
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Yves Blanchette (interim) | 1987–1989 |
Jean Ouimet | 1989–1993 |
Marian Grant | 1993–1994 |
Éric Ferland | 1994–1996 |
Saloua Laridhi | 1996–1998 |
Judith Brown | 1998 |
The party was dissolved | 1998–2001 |
Richard Savignac | 2001–2006 |
Scott McKay | 2006–2008 |
Guy Rainville | 2008–2010 |
Claude Sabourin | 2010–2013 |
Alex Tyrrell | since 2013 |
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Parti québécois.
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Guy Rainville, Leader of the GPQ from 2008 to 2010.
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Alex Tyrrell leader of the GPQ since 2013 and the only one to remain in office for more than one election.
Electoral results
Election | Leader | Slogan[24] | Candidates / Districts in election |
Seats | Votes | % |
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1985 | – | – | 10 / 122 | 0 | 4,613 | 0.14 |
1989 | Jean Ouimet | Progress, yes, but not at any price! | 46 / 125 | 0 | 67,675 | 1.99 |
1994 | Éric Ferland | – | 11 / 125 | 0 | 5,499 | 0.14 |
1998 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2003 | Richard Savignac | For us and for our children | 37 / 125 | 0 | 16,975 | 0.44 |
2007 | Scott McKay | I vote | 108 / 125 | 0 | 152,885 | 3.85 |
2008 | Guy Rainville | Let's vote for the future | 80 / 125 | 0 | 70,393 | 2.17 |
2012 | Claude Sabourin | Give yourself a voice | 66 / 125 | 0 | 43,394 | 0.99 |
2014 | Alex Tyrrell | The eco-socialist option for Quebec! | 44 / 125 | 0 | 23,163 | 0.55 |
2018 | More than just a colour | 97 / 125 | 0 | 67,870 | 1.69 | |
2022 | 73 / 125 | 0 | 31,194 | 0.76 |
By-elections
Year | District | Candidate | Results (%) |
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2013 | Outremont
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Alex Tyrrell | 3.79 |
Viau | Morgan Crockett | 1,67 | |
2014 | Lévis | Alex Tyrrell | 1.10 |
2015 | Richelieu | Vincent Pouliot | 1.74 |
Jean-Talon
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Elodie Boisjoly-Dubreuil | 2.40 | |
Fabre | Kim Raymond | 3.67 | |
Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne | Jiab Zuo | 3.54 | |
2016 | Chicoutimi
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Alex Tyrrell | 2.47 |
Arthabaska | 2.11 | ||
Marie-Victorin | Vincent J. Carbonneau | 2.62 | |
Saint-Jérôme | Émilianne Lépine | 2.06 | |
Verdun | David Cox | 4.28 | |
2017 | Gouin | Alex Tyrrell | 4.57 |
Louis-Hébert | 2.07 | ||
2018 | Roberval | 0.52 | |
2019 | Jean-Talon | Emilie Coulombe | 2.79 |
2022 | Marie-Victorin | Alex Tyrrell | 0.87 |
See also
- List of Green party leaders in Canada
- List of Green politicians who have held office in Canada
- List of Quebec general elections
- Political parties in Quebec
- Politics of Quebec
References
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- ^ "Alex Tyrrell | Parti vert du Québec". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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- ^ "Alex Tyrrell | VERTS 2013". Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ "Marc-André Beauchemin | VERTS 2013". Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20151226073249/http://www.west-end-times.com/index.php/sabourin-resigns-as-quebec-green-party-leader/. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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- ^ Jozyam Fontaine (20 July 2013). "lisa julie cahn pvq – Politwitter". Politwitter.ca. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ Parti Vert du Québec (24 September 2013). "Le Parti vert du Québec a choisi son nouveau chef: Alex Tyrrell – MONTRÉAL, le 24 sept. 2013". Newswire.ca. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "Le Parti vert du Québec sera éco-socialiste | Métro". Journalmetro.com. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "Une fronde s'organise contre le chef du Parti vert du Québec". ledevoir.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "L'exécutif du Parti vert du Québec réclame la démission de son chef, Alex Tyrrell". ledevoir.com. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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External links
- Official website (French)
- Twitter account