Green Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election

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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 province and riding name.

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[edit] Alberta

[edit] Juliet Burgess (Calgary—Nose Hill)

At 18 years of age, Juliet was one of the youngest candidates running in this election.

[edit] Kim Warnke (Calgary Southwest)

Warnke is a lifelong resident of Calgary, 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 Attendants.[1] Warnke has criticized Canada's First Past The Post electoral system, and rejects the accusation that the Green Party was not responsible for vote-splitting on the left in the 2004 federal election.[2]

Warnke argued for expanded mass transit services in the 2004 provincial election.[3] 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 Green Party of Alberta.[4]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2004 provincial Calgary—Currie Green 813 3/5 Dave Taylor, Liberal
2006 federal Calgary Southwest Green 4,407 7.68 4/5 Stephen Harper, Conservative

[edit] Lynn Lau (Edmonton—Sherwood Park)

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] Karan Bowyer (Okanagan—Coquihalla)

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.

[edit] Phil Brienesse(Skeena—Bulkley Valley)

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 the Director of the Smithers Chamber of Commerce between 2004 and 2005.

[edit] Alex Bracewell (Cariboo—Prince George)

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 in 2002, and acclaimed in 2005. He was born in Williams Lake but raised in nearby Tatlayoko Lake Valley.

[edit] Hilary Crowley (Prince George—Peace River)

Crowley is a retired physiotherapist from Prince George, British Columbia. She ran unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 federal elections in this riding.

[edit] Matt Greenwood (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo)

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.

[edit] Scott Janzen (Burnaby—New Westminster)

Janzen is a Green Party politician in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

[edit] Ariel Lade (Victoria)

Ariel Lade (b. 1977 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.

[edit] Scott Leyland (British Columbia Southern Interior)

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.

[edit] 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 riding. Has run in every federal, provincial and municipal election since 1993.

[edit] Clements Verhoeven (Kootenay—Columbia)

Verhoeven is a 52 year old born and raised in London, Ontario. He is a high school teacher in Creston, British Columbia. He is bilingual and a published novelist.

[edit] Manitoba

[edit] 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 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.

According to a Winnipeg Free Press article, he chose to campaign in the 2006 election out of concern for the health of Lake Winnipeg and the Red River.[5] He received 1,700 votes (3.84%), finishing fourth against Conservative incumbent Steven Fletcher.

[edit] Jeff Fountain (Churchill)

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 (Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 2006). Fountain has reached nidan rank in Judo and Kendo, is a brown belt in Jiu-jitsu, and teaches wrestling in Thompson.[6]

He received 401 votes (1.61%), finishing fifth against Liberal candidate Tina Keeper.

[edit] 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 enterpirse 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 guitarist.[7]

Howatt defended the Canadian Wheat Board in the 2006 campaign, and criticized the packing industry for profiteering during western Canada's BSE crisis.[8] He received 1,880 votes (5.10%) in 2006, finishing fourth against Conservative incumbent Brian Pallister.

[edit] 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, 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.[9]

She lives in a solar and wind-powered village known as Northern Sun Farm Cooperative 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; [10]).

She supported Tom Manley for the leadership of the Green Party in 2004.[11]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2004 federal Provencher Green 1,100 3.05 4/4 Vic Toews, Conservative
2006 federal Provencher Green 1,830 4.77 4/4 Vic Toews, Conservative

[edit] Marc Payette (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 in Saskatchewan, Ontario and the Northwest Territories. 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 Winnipeg.[12] [13] The 2006 election was his second as a candidate.

In 2002, Payette wrote a Letter to the Editor in the Winnipeg Free Press endorsing wind power and solar power as energy sources (WFP, 4 July 2002).

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2004 federal Portage—Lisgar Green 856 2.46 5/6 Brian Pallister, Conservative
2006 federal St. Boniface Green 1,640 4/5 Raymond Simard, Liberal

[edit] 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, 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 2006.[14] He received 779 votes (2.86%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Judy Wasylycia-Leis. He campaigned for the leadership of the Green Party of Manitoba in November 2006, and lost to Andrew Basham.

[edit] Wesley Owen Whiteside (Winnipeg South)

Whiteside was twenty-six years old at the time of the election (Winnipeg Sun, 15 January 2006 [15]), 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 graduation.[16] Whiteside also volunteers with the Royal Canadian Air Cadet Program as an Officer in the Reserves.[17]

He received 1,289 votes (3.08%), finishing fourth against Conservative Rod Bruinooge.

[edit] Vere H. Scott (Winnipeg South Centre)

Scott has studied agriculture at the University of Manitoba, and is a retired wildlife biologist.[1] 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.[2] Scott was a founding member of the Green Party of Manitoba, and has served as the party's policy expert.[3] He co-authored the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission's hearings into the City of Winnipeg's polluting sewage collection and treatment system in 2003,[4] and in the 2006 campaign called for cities to stop dumping their sewage (treated or not) into river systems.[5]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2003 provincial Lord Roberts Green 442 6.30 4/5 Diane McGifford, New Democratic Party
2006 federal Winnipeg South Centre Green 1,848 4/7 Anita Neville, Liberal

[edit] Nova Scotia

[edit] Chris Milburn (Sydney—Victoria)

Milburn is a physician. He was born in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and trained in emergency and family medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, 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'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 old.[18] He received 855 votes, finishing fourth.

As of 2005, Milburn is the GPC's Healthcare Advocate.[19]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2000 federal Kingston and the Islands Green 2,652 5.18 5/5 Peter Milliken, Liberal
2004 federal Sydney—Victoria Green 855 4/6 Mark Eyking, Liberal
2006 federal Sydney—Victoria Green 1,336 4/4 Mark Eyking, Liberal

[edit] Nick Wright (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. Wright was the only candidate to advocate the need to address Peak Oil and energy sustainability.

[edit] Ontario

[edit] Jim Harris (Beaches—East York)

Jim Harris is the leader of the Green Party of Canada.

[edit] Ian Raymond Chiocchio (Brampton—Springdale)

Chiocchio holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Brock University, and completed a two-year management training program with a Fortune 500 company.[20] He was assistant manager of the Brock University pub, and as of 2006 is the co-owner of a landscaping business.[21] He received 1,853 votes (3.93%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Ruby Dhalla.

[edit] Patrick Metzger (Eglinton—Lawrence)

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 Ivey School of Business. He worked fifteen years in the banking and brokerage industry, including experience with Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong.[22] After returning to Canada in 2001, he changed careers and became a writer and television producer.[23] His credits include "Karma Trekkers", "World of Wealth" and "Picture This".[24] He received 2,520 votes (5.12%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Joseph Volpe.

[edit] John Livingstone (Hamilton Centre)

Livingstone was born in Hamilton. He is a twenty-two 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 Commissionaires.[25] Before joining the Green Party, he volunteered for the Liberals (Hamilton Spectator, 13 January 2006). He received 2,022 votes (4.23%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent David Christopherson.

[edit] Eric Walton (Kingston and the Islands)

Walton was born in Ottawa, and was raised 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 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 India.[26]

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 moved to Nova Scotia.

Walton won the 2006 GPC nomination in late 2004, over Prof. George Clark and Queen's Law student Danny Gold (KWS, 10 November 2004). He was endorsed by the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper during the campaign (21 January 2006).

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2003 provincial Kingston and the Islands Green 3,137 6.55 4/5 John Gerretsen, Liberal
2006 federal Kingston and the Islands Green 5,006 8.04 4/6 Peter Milliken, Liberal

[edit] Mike Nickerson (Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington)

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, 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 1993.[27] He is near completion of a third book entitled Life, Money and Illusion, and has composed several articles on environmentalism and economics.[28] In 2001, Nickerson collaborated with Liberal Member of Parliament Joe Jordan 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 rates.[29]

Nickerson is a woodworker in private life.[30]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
1984 federal Leeds—Grenville Green 348 4/5 Jennifer Cossitt, Progressive Conservative
2006 federal Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Green 3,115 5.24 4/7 Scott Reid, Conservative

[edit] Lori Gadzala (Nepean—Carleton)

She is a businesswoman from Manotick, Ontario 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.

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.

[edit] Neil Adair (Ottawa West—Nepean)

Adair is a businessman, chemist and web designer. Raised in Ottawa, 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 generator.[31]

Adair returned to Ottawa in 2001, and expressed an interest in working with solar and wind power.[32] Since then, he has undertaken extensive web design work for the Green Party.[33] Adair has campaigned for the federal party twice, and has also been a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario.

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2003 provincial Ottawa West—Nepean Green 1,309 2.66 4/5 Jim Watson, Liberal
2004 federal Ottawa West—Nepean Green 2,748 4.79 4/7 Marlene Catterall, Liberal
2006 federal Ottawa West—Nepean Green 2,941 4.95 4/6 John Baird, Conservative

[edit] Jim Fannon (St. Catharines)

See article on Jim Fannon.

[edit] Peter Ellis (Simcoe—Grey)

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 in the Northwest Territories. 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 Authority.[34] [35]

He first campaigned for the Green Party in Simcoe—Grey in the 2004 election.

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2004 federal Simcoe—Grey Green 2,668 4.82 4/5 Helena Guergis, Conservative
2006 federal Simcoe—Grey Green 3,372 5.57 4/5 Helena Guergis, Conservative

[edit] Valery Philip (Scarborough Southwest)

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 and other serious diseases.[36]

She received 1,827 votes (4.38%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Tom Wappel.

[edit] Mike Flanagan (Scarborough-Guildwood)

Mike 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 incumbent John McKay (politician). He currently serves as a director for the Toronto Vegetarian Association.

[edit] Lloyd Helferty (Thornhill)

In 2004, Helferty received 1600 votes. His main opponent was Liberal incumbent Susan Kadis.

[edit] Chris Tindal (Toronto Centre)

(b. June 3, 1981, Toronto) is a Toronto Interactive Producer and political activist.

Tindal replaced former Toronto Centre nominee Kate Holloway, whose candidacy was blocked by party organizers, comprising part of an internal Green Party of Canada controversy.

Chris is also an avid musician, playing regularly in Canada with two albums to his credit.

[edit] Brent Bouteiller (Wellington—Halton Hills)

Bouteiller received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Carleton University in 1990, and his been involved in a variety of focus groups concerned with transportation issues. He is an entrepreneur, and has operated a model train shop near Fergus, Ontario since 1998.

He joined the Green Party in 1999, and has campaigned for both its federal and provincial wings. In 2003, he campaigned for municipal office. Bouteiller is 37 years old as of 2005, and lives outside of Fergus. He was the GPC's candidate for the 2006 federal election.[37]

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
1999 provincial Waterloo—Wellington Green 566 5/5 Ted Arnott, Progressive Conservative
2000 federal Waterloo—Wellington Green 432 0.96 5/6 Lynn Myers, Liberal
2003 municipal Council, Centre Wellington, Ward 6 Ind. 95 10.15 3/3 Ron Hallman
2004 federal Wellington—Halton Hills Green 2,725 5.43 4/5 Michael Chong, Conservative
2006 federal Wellington—Halton Hills Green 3,362 6.10 4/6 Michael Chong, Conservative

(The 2003 municipal result is taken from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 12 November 2003, B8. The final official results were not significantly different.)

[edit] Ajay Krishnan (Whitby—Oshawa)

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".[38] He received 2,407 votes (3.60%), finishing fourth against Conservative candidate Jim Flaherty.

[edit] Jillana Bishop (Windsor West)

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 incumbent Brian Masse.

[edit] Jake Cole (Carleton—Mississippi Mills)

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.

[edit] Prince Edward Island

[edit] Sharon Labchuk (Malpeque)

She previously ran for the Green Party in the 2004 federal election, also in Malpeque, but lost to Wayne Easter of the Liberal Party of Canada. Labchuk received 1,037 votes to Easter's 9,782.

[edit] Quebec

[edit] Benjamin Rankin (La Pointe-de-l'Île)

Ben is the youngest federal candidate in Canadian electoral history. On his 18th birthday, Rankin sought candidacy from the Green Party of Canada. Ben Rankin is a student at McGill University, pursuing a joint honours degree in political science and international development studies, with a minor concentration in economics. At McGill Rankin is also the president of the Green Party of McGill as well as Vice President of Fair Vote Canada - Montreal.

[edit] 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. He was also active with the OPIRG-affiliated group Enviro-Action while attending the University of Ottawa.[39] He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal.[40]

He joined the Green Party of Canada in 2000 at age eighteen, and campaigned under its banner in the 2000 federal election.[41] The 2006 campaign was his third for the party.

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
2000 federal Ottawa—Vanier Green 1,083 2.25 5/9 Mauril Belanger, Liberal Party of Canada
2004 federal Mount Royal Green 1,046 2.8 5/7 Irwin Cotler, Liberal Party of Canada
2006 federal Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Green 1,995 4.0 5/6 Caroline St-Hilaire, Bloc Québécois

[edit] Saskatchewan

[edit] Rick Barsky (Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar)

Barsky ran in the federal election of 1993 in Canada for election to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate for Mel Hurtig's National Party of Canada. He ran again in the federal election of 1997 for the Canadian Action Party, and was a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1999 for the New Green Alliance.

More recently, Rick was the candidate in Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar for the Green Party of Canada in the federal elections of 2004 and 2006.

[edit] External link

[edit] Don Cameron (Saskatoon—Wanuskewin)

Cameron was born in northeastern Saskatchewan, and attended the University of Saskatchewan. He moved to Ottawa to accept a job in the federal civil service, and later opened a consulting firm.[42] His campaign emphasized a tax on junk food 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.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Winnipeg South Centre riding profile, Canada Votes 2006, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 26 October 2006.
  2. ^ Ilana Simon, "Compost heaps easy enterprise", Winnipeg Free Press, 9 May 1993.
  3. ^ "Winnipeg South Centre at a glance", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 January 2006, A9.
  4. ^ Candidate profile for Vere Scott, CTV, Election 2006, accessed 26 October 2006.
  5. ^ "Greens dump on sewage system", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 2004, A5; Vere Scott, 2006 campaign webpage, accessed 26 October 2006.
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