Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada ( engl. Green Party of Canada, French Parti vert du Canada ) is a Canadian political party. Party chairman is since August 2006 Elizabeth May, the founding of the party took place in 1983.

Political positions

The core idea of green policy is sustainable development. In the political debate, the party often uses the term sustainability of environmental protection and so that means the conservation of natural resources. It follows, for example, the commitment of the party for renewable energy.

30 August 2008 joined Blair Wilson, a deputy of the Liberal Party, the Greens. Before he could begin the first Green MP ever a session, found the early general election, 2008. In these, the Greens won 6.8 % of the vote; however they were represented on the outcome of the elections due to the currently valid electoral system with no seat in the Canadian House of Commons since Wilson lost in his constituency. The party seeks to change the electoral law system in Canada.

In the elections on 2 May 2011 Elizabeth May won her constituency on Vancouver Iceland. This makes it the first elected Green Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons.

On December 13, 2013 Bruce Hyer joined the Greens. Hyer was elected to the House for the New Democratic Party in 2008 and 2011. There he was no party since 2012. Thus, the Canadian Greens have currently two out of 308 MPs in the Canadian House of Commons.

Election results

Source: Results of the Canadian House of Commons elections since 1867