title: Green Party of Canada leadership elections
text: # Green Party of Canada leadership elections
  
  The Green Party of Canada holds a national leadership election every 4 years, as stipulated under the party's current constitution.
  
  Ballots are always mailed out in advance to all Green Party of Canada "members in good standing" - allowing the option of voting by mail to all party members who do not wish to attend the convention in person.
  
  The party uses an instant-runoff voting (IRV) ballot system for the election of its leader and councillors and a standard yes-or-no ballot for voting on constitutional amendments.
  
  ## Leadership conventions
  
  ### 2000
  
  * 2000 Ottawa (University of Ottawa), Joan Russow re-elected (resigned in January 2001, Chris Bradshaw elected by national council meeting in February 2001 as interim leader).
  
  ### 2002
  
  * 2002 Montreal (Francophone institute for the blind), no member nominated for leader; Chris Bradshaw chosen to continue on an interim basis.
  
  ### 2003
  
  * February 14, 2003, Jim Harris elected.
  
  | Candidate | Votes | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | # | % |
  | Jim Harris | 437 | 81.38 |
  | John Grogan | 76 | 14.15 |
  | Jason Crummey | 24 | 4.47 |
  | Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 |
  | Total | 537 | 100.0% |
  
  ### 2004
  
  * 2004 Calgary (Kiwanis camp in foothills), Jim Harris re-elected (first elected by mail ballot 6 months after the Montreal convention).
  
  | Candidate | Votes | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | # | % |
  | Jim Harris | 524 | 55.16 |
  | Tom Manley | 352 | 37.05 |
  | John Grogan | 74 | 7.79 |
  | Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 |
  | Total | 950 | 100.0% |
  
  ### 2006
  
  Held August 24–27, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario using a One Member One Vote system. On April 24, 2006, incumbent party leader Jim Harris announced he would not be running for re-election. The race was won by Elizabeth May on August 26, 2006.
  
  | Candidate | Votes | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | # | % |
  | Elizabeth May | 2,145 | 65.34 |
  | David Chernushenko | 1,096 | 33.38 |
  | Jim Fannon | 29 | 0.88 |
  | None of the above | 13 | 0.40 |
  | Total | 3,283 | 100.0% |
  
  ### 2020
  
  Held October 3, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option. Annamie Paul, an activist and lawyer from Toronto, won the election on the eighth round of voting. Her win was described as a win for "the more centrist camp".
  
  Results by round :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 4th round | 5th round | 5th round | 6th round | 6th round | 7th round | 7th round | 8th round | 8th round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Image | Name | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % |
  | | Annamie Paul | 6,242 | 26.14% | 6,242 | 26.16% | 6,305 | 26.24% | 6,478 | 27.23% | 6,952 | 29.44% | 7,614 | 32.52% | 8,862 | 38.52% | 12,090 | 54.53% |
  | | Dimitri Lascaris | 5,768 | 24.15% | 5,773 | 24.20% | 5,813 | 24.40% | 6,586 | 27.69% | 7,050 | 29.86% | 7,551 | 32.25% | 8,340 | 36.22% | 10,081 | 45.47% |
  | | Courtney Howard | 3,285 | 13.76% | 3,285 | 13.77% | 3,348 | 14.05% | 3,404 | 14.31% | 3,762 | 15.93% | 4,523 | 19.32% | 5,824 | 25.29% | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | | Glen Murray | 2,745 | 11.50% | 2,746 | 11.51% | 2,821 | 11.84% | 2,846 | 11.96% | 2,992 | 12.67% | 3,725 | 15.91% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | | David Merner | 2,636 | 11.04% | 2,636 | 11.05% | 2,697 | 11.32% | 2,727 | 11.46% | 2,856 | 12.10% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | | Amita Kuttner | 1,468 | 6.15% | 1,470 | 6.16% | 1,486 | 6.24% | 1,748 | 7.35% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | | Meryam Haddad | 1,345 | 5.63% | 1,346 | 5.64% | 1,358 | 5.70% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | | Andrew West | 352 | 1.47% | 356 | 1.49% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | | None Of The Above | 36 | 0.15% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | Total | Total | 23,877 | 100% | 23,854 | 100% | 23,828 | 100% | 23,788 | 100% | 23,612 | 100% | 23,413 | 100% | 23,026 | 100% | 22,171 | 100% |
  
  ### 2022
  
  Annamie Paul resigned on November 14, 2021, several weeks after the 2021 Canadian federal election. Held November 19, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option. Saanich—Gulf Islands MP and former Green Party leader Elizabeth May won the election, after campaigning as part of a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault; as co-leadership is not formally recognized in the party’s constitution, Pedneault will become Deputy Leader while the two seek to amend the party constitution.
  
  | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 6 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | Elizabeth May | 3,736 | 46.53 | 3,746 | 47.24 | 3,830 | 48.6 | 3,953 | 50.58 | 4,008 | 51.41 | 4,666 | 60.17 |
  | Anna Keenan | 2,034 | 25.33 | 2,048 | 25.83 | 2,158 | 27.38 | 2,303 | 29.47 | 2,819 | 36.16 | 3,089 | 39.83 |
  | Jonathan Pedneault | 775 | 9.65 | 780 | 9.84 | 817 | 10.37 | 893 | 11.43 | 969 | 12.43 | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | Chad Walcott | 547 | 6.81 | 556 | 7.01 | 589 | 7.47 | 665 | 8.51 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | Simon Gnocchini-Messier | 399 | 4.97 | 404 | 5.09 | 487 | 6.18 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | Sarah Gabrielle Baron | 378 | 4.71 | 396 | 4.99 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | None of these options | 161 | 2.00 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | Total | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 |
  
  ## Leaders of the Green Party of Canada
  
  * Trevor Hancock (1983–1984)
  * Seymour Trieger (1984–1988)
  * Kathryn Cholette (1988–1990)
  * Chris Lea (1990–1996)
  * Wendy Priesnitz (1996–1997)
  * Harry Garfinkle (interim) (1997)
  * Joan Russow (1997–2001)
  * Chris Bradshaw (interim) (2001–2003)
  * Jim Harris (2003–2006)
  * Elizabeth May (2006–2019)
  * Jo-Ann Roberts (interim) (2019–2020)
  * Annamie Paul (2020–2021)
  * Amita Kuttner (interim) (2021–2022)
  * Elizabeth May (2022–present)
  