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Green Party leadership convention, 2006
Date August 24 - August 27, 2006
Location Ottawa, Ontario
Campaign to replace Jim Harris
Won by Elizabeth May
Candidates 3
Entrance Fee C$2,000 total ($1,000 refundable)
Spending limit C$50,000
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The candidates at the June 21, 2006, leadership debate in Calgary.
The candidates at the June 21, 2006, leadership debate in Calgary. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec James R M "Jim" Harris (born February 12, 1961) is a Canadian author environmentalist and politician Elizabeth May, OC (b June 9 1954, Hartford Connecticut) is the current leader of the Green Party of Canada. As stipulated under the party's current constitution the Green Party of Canada holds a national leadership convention every 4 years

On March 29, 2006 it was announced, in accordance with the Green Party of Canada constitution that there would be a leadership contest held August 24-27, 2006 in Ottawa. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Political party founded in 1983 with around 9000 registered members as of November 2007. In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.

Leadership contests in the party were automatically held every 2 years (every 4 years under the new constitution, beginning 2006), and every member of the party is entitled to vote, whether or not they attend the convention. The party mails out ballots to all members to be returned for counting. This voting system also applies to council members and policy changes as well. On April 24, 2006, incumbent party leader Jim Harris announced he would not be running for re-election. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to James R M "Jim" Harris (born February 12, 1961) is a Canadian author environmentalist and politician [1] The race was won by Elizabeth May on August 26, 2006. Elizabeth May, OC (b June 9 1954, Hartford Connecticut) is the current leader of the Green Party of Canada. [2]


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Rules

Among other rules:

Each candidate must file a nomination form signed by 100 candidate nominators residing in 3 or more provinces or territories. Only 50 nominators are required if the candidate lives in a rural Electoral District as defined by Elections Canada. Elections Canada is an independent non-partisan agency reporting directly to the Parliament of Canada.

Each candidate must pay a fully-refundable $1000 prospective contestant's deposit. Their campaign must also pay a non-refundable $1,000 contestant fee to cover party administration costs.

Each candidate may spend a maximum of $50,000 on their campaign.

Every registered member of the party can vote for the leader either at the convention, or by mail-in ballot. [3]

Registered candidates

Three candidates officially entered the leadership race before the close of nominations on May 31, 2006. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

David Chernushenko

David Chernushenko is the party's Deputy Leader. David Chernushenko (b June 1963 Calgary Alberta) is a businessman politician and environmentalist in Ontario, Canada. He owns and operates Green & Gold Inc. , a consulting firm specializing in suggesting ways to increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of athletic events and facilities. He started Clean Air Champions, an advocacy group consisting primarily of athletes working to improve air quality in Canada.

Chernushenko was the Green Party candidate for Ottawa Centre in both the 2004 and 2006 general federal elections. For the Ottawa Centre provincial electoral district please see Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district. The Canadian federal election 2004 (more formally the 38th General Election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the In the 2006 election, he received 6,766 votes (10. 2% of valid ballots cast) - the highest vote count of any Green Party candidate (though not the highest percentage of votes). By surpassing the 10% threshold, Chernushenko's campaign became eligible for a partial government reimbursement of campaign expenditures.

Chernushenko has twice been endorsed by the Ottawa Citizen. The Ottawa Citizen is an English -language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada. [4] Chernushenko finished fourth in both the 2004 and 2006 races despite the endorsements.

David Chernushenko's nomination was confirmed by the party on May 16, 2006. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Elizabeth May

Elizabeth May, the former Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, announced her run for the leadership on May 9, 2006. Elizabeth May, OC (b June 9 1954, Hartford Connecticut) is the current leader of the Green Party of Canada. Sierra Club of/du Canada (SCC is a Canadian, volunteer-based environmental organization Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of It had been widely speculated that she would enter [5]. Other candidates including Claude Genest (who had already entered the race on February 2) had dropped out citing May's likely entry. Claude William Genest is the Green Party of Canada candidate in the riding of Westmount-Ville-Marie for the September 8, 2008 By-election

In her announcement, May emphasized that Canadian parties in general have failed to lead, and claimed that she would "never" come out sounding like she'd been "packaged" by anyone else. She cited the sexism of current Canadian politics, mentioning that "four men in suits" were debating issues of no significance, and that Canadians were expected to "become stupid" and behave as if they were at a "horse race" where the issues didn't matter at all.

Elizabeth May's campaign has had some issues raised about financing as reported on Public Eye Online. Basically, the article says that there was an error with May's website as it listed her tar sands tour as a campaign event. If the tour were a campaign event, the article claimed that then the expenses associated with the tour should be counted towards her $50,000 campaign limit.

May's supporters include Jim MacNeill, Secretary General of the World Commission for Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission); Clifford Lincoln, former Minister of Environment for the Province of Quebec, and former Liberal Member of Parliament; Adriane Carr, Leader of the British Columbia Green Party; Peter Downie, former CBC broadcaster Claude Genest; prominent Green Party leader in Quebec; Sharon Labchuk, Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island; Holly Dressel, co-author of several best selling books with Dr. James 'Jim' William MacNeill (born April 22, 1928 in Saskatchewan) is a Canadian consultant Environmentalist, and international Clifford Albert Lincoln (born in Mauritius on September 1 1928) is a retired Canadian politician who served as a Quebec Cabinet Adriane Carr (born 1952 is a Canadian academic activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada. Claude William Genest is the Green Party of Canada candidate in the riding of Westmount-Ville-Marie for the September 8, 2008 By-election Sharon Labchuk (born November 25, 1952 in Trenton Ontario) is an animal rights activist and paid staffer for the Green Party of Canada. David Suzuki; Senator Mira Spivak; Lynette Tremblay, Deputy Leader Green Party of Canada; Stephen Woollcombe, formerly an active Conservative Party member and a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal elections of 2000;Victor Lau, Leader of the Green Party of Saskatchewan. Mira Spivak (born July 12, 1934) is a member of the Canadian Senate not affiliated with any party and represents the province of Manitoba. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada elected twelve candidates in the 2000 federal election, and emerged as the fifth-largest party in the Honorary Campaign Chair: Robert Bateman

Elizabeth May's nomination was confirmed by the party on May 29, 2006. Robert Bateman may refer to Robert Bateman (artist (1842–1922 painter sculptor naturalist and scholar Reverend Robert James Bateman Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Jim Fannon

Jim Fannon is a real estate agent at RE/MAX Garden City Realty and founder of Nature's Hemp, a company that sells hemp seed, oil, nut, flour and protein powder. Jim Fannon (born 1968 is a Canadian Politician, Radio talk show host Entrepreneur, and Real estate agent in St RE/MAX International is an international Real estate company It was founded in 1973 by David and Gail Liniger in Denver Colorado He is a former candidate for both the Green Party of Canada (1993, 2004, 2006) and Green Party of Ontario (2003) and is currently Chief Financial Officer for the Green Party of Ontario's St. Catharines Constituency Association. [6]

Jim Fannon's nomination was confirmed by the party on May 31, 2006. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

At the leadership convention, Fannon gave what The Globe and Mail called "one of the wackiest leadership speeches ever", constantly wiping sweat away from his face, thanking his mother and his dogsitter, and referring to his leadership opponent as "Elizabeth freakin' May". The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities [7]

Timeline


References

  1. ^ Harris to give up on Green leadership
  2. ^ Green leader elected
  3. ^ Green Party of Canada Leadership Contest Rules
  4. ^ Chernushenko announces Green Party leadership bid
  5. ^ Veteran environmentalist ponders Green Party leadership run
  6. ^ Jim Fannon announces run for green leadership
  7. ^ New leader of Greens sees inroads in Quebec

Results

The Green Party of Canada uses an instant-runoff voting ballot system for internal elections. Instant-runoff voting ( IRV) is a Voting system used for single-winner elections in which voters have one vote and rank Candidates in order of The 2006 leadership election was decided on the following “first ballot” results:

Candidate Votes
# %
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%

Current policy debates

The Green Party of Canada's official platform for the January 2006 federal election can be found on the party website. The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the

Indications of future policy direction under May's leadership might be found in videos of the leadership debates posted on the CPAC website (see below).

External links

Candidate websites

Miscellaneous video

Complete CPAC broadcast of official leadership debates (Windows Media Player required)

PolicyChannel leadership candidate interviews

CPAC ( English: Cable Public Affairs Channel and French: La Chaîne d'affaires publiques par câble) is a Canadian Cable television Windows Media Player ( WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing
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