Next Green Party of Canada leadership election

The next Green Party of Canada leadership election will take place on, or before, November 24, 2023. It will elect a new leader to replace Annamie Paul, who had announced her resignation following the 2021 Canadian federal election. That election was the Green Party of Canada's worst showing since 2000 and included Paul's defeat in her own riding of Toronto Centre, where she placed fourth.[1] On November 10, 2021, Paul announced that her resignation,[2] which officially took effect on November 14, 2021, was accepted by the party's federal council.[3][4]

Next Green Party of Canada leadership election
On or before November 24, 2023 (2023-11-24)
Incumbent Leader

Amita Kuttner (interim)


Next Green Party leadership election
DateTBD
ConventionTBD
Resigning leaderAnnamie Paul
Won byTBD

Amita Kuttner was appointed interim leader on November 24, 2021. The party's constitution requires a leadership race begin within six months of the appointment of an interim leader, and conclude within two years of their appointment.[5][6] In December 2021, Kuttner said they believed there should be a "longer period before launching a permanent leadership contest, and then a short leadership race."[7]

Timeline

2021
  • September 3 – Dalila Elhak announced her candidacy.
  • September 20 – 2021 Canadian federal election was held, with the party winning two seats, but Annamie Paul failed to win her riding of Toronto Centre.
  • September 27 – Annamie Paul announced she will begin the process of resigning as leader.[1]
  • October 5 – Jenn Kang announced their candidacy.
  • October 27 – Voting started in a leadership review.[8]
  • November 10 – Paul announced her resignation and ended her membership with the party.[2] Several days later, her resignation was accepted by the Green Party's federal council and took effect.[3][4] The party also cancelled the leadership review.[3]
  • November 15–19 – The party made an open call for applicants for the role of interim leader.[9] Twenty applications were received.[5]
  • November 24 – Amita Kuttner was appointed interim leader.[10][11]

2022
  • February 12 – Jenn Kang withdrew from the race.[12]
  • March 10 – Shodja Ziaian announced his candidacy.[13]
  • May 24 – The leadership election must begin by this day, pursuant to the party's constitution.[5][6]

2023
  • November 24 – The leadership election must conclude by this day, pursuant to the party's constitution.[6]

Candidates

Dalila Elhak
Background

Dalila Elhak is a businesswoman and politician currently residing in Limoilou, Quebec.[14] She holds a BA in communication, Journalism, and Related Fields from the Institut de presse et des sciences de l'information in Tunis, Tunisia and an MA in Political Science and Government from Université du Québec à Montréal.[15] She has run previously as a federal candidate for Beauport—Limoilou in 2015, 2019, and 2021. She gained notice for her denunciation of previous Green Party of Canada leader Annamie Paul following an accidental endorsement of the Liberal climate plan, in which she referred to Paul as "a disgrace to the Green Party" and announced her candidacy.[16] She has also stated that she will only campaign in French.[17]

Candidacy announced: September 3, 2021[17]
Candidacy approved:
Date registered with Elections Canada:
Campaign website:

Shodja Ziaian
Background

Dr. Shodja Eddin Ziaian is a professor with the Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact at Glendon College, a campus of York University, in Toronto, Ontario. He completed an MA in the Economics of Education at the University of Burgundy (formerly Université de Dijon) in Dijon, France and a PhD in Economic Sciences at Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris, France.[18] He has previously run in Don Valley East in 1997 with the New Democratic Party and in Willowdale in 2019 as an Independent.[19] Dr. Ziaian is an active supporter of Earth Solidarity.[20]

Candidacy announced: March 10, 2022[13]
Candidacy approved:
Date registered with Elections Canada:
Campaign website:


Potential
Possible candidates[lower-alpha 1]

Declined

Opinion polling

A poll of 218 Green party supporters conducted March 22 to April 4, 2022, by Probit Inc. found that provincial party leaders Sonia Furstenau (27%) and Mike Schreiner (23%) led in support, were they to run. Among the currently declared and potential candidates included in the survey options, Manly (12%) led Lascaris (8%) and Hunter (3%).[31]

See also

Notes
  1. The images in this gallery are in the public domain or are otherwise free to use. This gallery should not be construed as a list of major or noteworthy candidates. If a candidate is not included in this gallery, it is only because there are no high-quality, copyright-free photographs of them available on the Internet.

References
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  15. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalila-elhak-a4828882/?originalSubdomain=ca
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  18. "Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact | Glendon". Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  19. Vincent, Donovan (October 21, 2019). "Liberal Ali Ehsassi keeps his seat in Willowdale". Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Toronto Star.
  20. "Log into Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  21. Hunter, Naomi (February 6, 2022). "I am still thinking of running for the leadership of the @CanadianGreens". Twitter. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  22. "Dimitri Lascaris is a contestant for Green Party of Canada leadership". Green Party of Canada. June 2, 2020. Archived from the original on August 25, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  23. "Quel sera l'impact de la création du salaire minimum fédéral fixé à 15$ de l'heure?" [What will be the impact of the creation of the federal minimum wage set at 15$ per hour?]. ici.radio-canada.ca (in Canadian French). 12:30. Ici Saskatchewan. January 7, 2021. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022. I am seriously considering [running in the green leadership race]. I have not yet taken my final decision, but I should be in a position to announce my decision before the end of the month.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  24. Yu, Karl (October 8, 2021). "Island's Manly isn't interested in seeking party leadership as Greens rebuild". Port Alberni Valley News. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  25. Canadian Press (November 24, 2021). "Ex-MP Paul Manly withdraws from race to be interim Green Party leader". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
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  31. @ProbitInc (April 6, 2022). "Using our omnibus poll results, we found that so far, BC leader Sonia Furstenau and Ontario leader Mike Schreiner lead the way if they chose to run" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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