Elizabeth May | |
|---|---|
 May in 2014 | |
| Leader of the Green Party | |
| Assumed office November 19, 2022 Co-leader with Jonathan Pedneault (2025–present) | |
| Deputy |
|
| Preceded by | Amita Kuttner (interim) |
| In office August 26, 2006 – November 4, 2019 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Jim Harris |
| Succeeded by | Jo-Ann Roberts (interim) |
| Parliamentary Leader of the Green Party | |
| In office November 4, 2019 – November 19, 2022 | |
| Leader |
|
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of Parliament forSaanich—Gulf Islands | |
| Assumed office May 2, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Gary Lunn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elizabeth Evans May (1954-06-09)June 9, 1954 (age 70) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Green |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Sidney, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | Dalhousie University |
| Occupation |
|
Elizabeth Evans MayOC MP (born June 9, 1954) is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, author, activist, and lawyer who has served as themember of Parliament (MP) forSaanich—Gulf Islands since 2011, andleader of the Green Party since 2022. She previously served as party leader from 2006 to 2019. May is the longest-serving female leader of a Canadian federal party and currently serves alongsideJonathan Pedneault.
Born inHartford, Connecticut, May immigrated to Canada with her family as a teenager. She attendedSt. Francis Xavier University in rural Nova Scotia, graduated fromDalhousie University in Halifax with a law degree in 1983, and later studied theology atSaint Paul University[1] in Ottawa for which she told theAnglican Journal in a 2013 interview that she had to withdraw from the program due to conflicting schedule demands.[1] Following her graduation from Dalhousie University, May worked as an environmental lawyer inHalifax before moving to Ottawa in 1985, joining the Public Interest Advocacy Centre as the associate general counsel. In 1986, she was named Senior Policy Advisor toThomas McMillan, then-Environment Minister in theProgressive ConservativeMulroney government. As senior policy advisor, May was deeply involved in the negotiation of theMontreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to protect theozone layer. She resigned on principle from the position in 1988 over permits for construction of a dam granted without environmental assessments, which were later determined to be illegal by a federal court. May served as the executive director of theSierra Club Canada from 1989 to 2006.
In 2006, after building the Sierra Club in rural Nova Scotia into a nationally effective organization in Halifax, May resigned to run for leadership of the Green Party of Canada, winning on the first ballot with 66% of the vote. On May 2, 2011, May became the first member of theGreen Party of Canada to be elected as aMember of Parliament, defeating Conservative cabinet ministerGary Lunn with 46% of the vote in the Saanich–Gulf Islands riding.[a] In the 2019 federal election, she was re-elected with 54% of the vote. May resigned as Green Party leader on November 4, 2019, but remained as parliamentary leader in the house.[2] She was once again a candidate in the2022 Green Party of Canada leadership election, after the party had gone through a couple of difficult years since May's departure.[3] Running on a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault,[4] she won the election on November 19, 2022.[5] In 2025, the party changed its leadership model to co-leadership, and May began serving alongside Pedneault in February.[6]
May has been an Officer of theOrder of Canada since 2005, and has been named by the United Nations as one of the leading women environmentalists worldwide.[7] Fellow MPs named her as Parliamentarian of the Year 2012, Hardest Working MP 2013, Best Orator 2014, and Most Knowledgeable 2020. In 2010,Newsweek named her as one of the world's most influential women. May has written eight books; her memoir,Who We Are - Reflections of my Life and Canada was listed as a best-seller byThe Globe and Mail.
May was born inHartford, Connecticut,[8][9] the daughter of Stephanie (Middleton), a sculptor, pianist, and writer, and John Middleton May, an accountant.[10] Her father was born in New York and raised in England,[11] and her mother was also a native New Yorker. She has a younger brother named Geoffrey.[8][9] Her mother was a prominent anti-nuclear activist and her father was Assistant Vice President ofAetna Life and Casualty.[9][12] The family moved toMargaree Harbour, Nova Scotia in 1972, following a summer vacation spent onCape Breton Island. On moving to the province, the May family purchased a landlockedschooner, theMarion Elizabeth which had been used as a gift shop and restaurant since the mid 1950s. They operated this establishment from 1974 until 2002.[12]
Elizabeth Mayrelinquished her U.S. citizenship in 1978, when she became a Canadian citizen, in accordance withAmerican nationality law at the time.[13][14]
May briefly enrolled atSt. Francis Xavier University in 1974, but dropped out.[15] Returning to Margaree, May took correspondence courses in restaurant management.[15] Beginning in 1980, she attendedDalhousie Law School as a mature student, graduating in 1983.
Following law school atDalhousie University, May worked as an associate at small law firm in Halifax.
May studied theology atSaint Paul University,[1] afederated college of theUniversity of Ottawa.[16]
May first became known in the Canadian media in the mid-1970s through her leadership as a volunteer in the grassroots movement against proposed aerial insecticide spraying on forests near her home on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The effort prevented aerial insecticide spraying from ever occurring in Nova Scotia. Years later, she and a local group of residents went to court to prevent herbicide spraying. Winning a temporary injunction in 1982 held off the spray programme, but after two years, the case was eventually lost. In the course of the litigation, her family sacrificed their home and seventy acres of land in an adverse court ruling to Scott Paper. However, by the time the judge ruled the chemicals were safe,2,4,5-T's export from the U.S. had been banned.[17] The forests of Nova Scotia were spared from being the last areas in Canada to be sprayed withAgent Orange.
In 1980, May and others launched a political party to raise environmental and anti-nuclear issues dubbed "the Small Party". The party ran 12 candidates in six provinces in the1980 federal election. May, at the time a 25-year-old waitress, ran against the former Deputy Prime Minister,Allan J. MacEachen inCape Breton Highlands—Canso. She placed last in a field of four candidates receiving 272 votes.[18]
In 1985, May moved toOttawa to work with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. She held the position of Associate General Counsel,[19] representing consumer, poverty and environmental groups from 1985 to 1986.
In 1986, May became Senior Policy Advisor to then-environment minister,Thomas McMillan of theProgressive Conservatives.[17] She was instrumental in the creation of several national parks, includingSouth Moresby. She was involved in negotiating theMontreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer, new legislation and pollution control measures. In 1988, she resigned on principle when the Minister granted permits for theRafferty-Alameda Dams in Saskatchewan without proper environmental assessment. The permits were later struck down by a Federal Court decision that found that the permits had been granted illegally.[20]
May helped found theCanadian Environmental Defence Fund with the aim of funding groups and individuals in environmental cases.[21] She has worked extensively with indigenous peoples internationally, particularly in the Amazon, as well as with Canadian First Nations. She was the first volunteer executive director of Cultural Survival Canada from 1989 to 1992 and worked for the Algonquin of Barriere Lake from 1991 to 1992.[17] She has taught courses atQueen's University School of Policy Studies, as well as teaching for a year atDalhousie University to develop the programme established in her name in Women's Health and Environment.[22][when?]
In 1989, May became the founding executive director of theSierra Club of Canada.[23]
During her tenure with the Sierra Club of Canada, May received several awards in recognition of her environmental leadership, including: the International Conservation Award from theFriends of Nature, theUnited Nations Global 500 Award in 1990, the award for Outstanding Leadership in Environmental Education by the Ontario Society for Environmental Education in 1996, and in November 2005 was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada in recognition of her "decades of leadership in the Canadian environmental movement".[24][25]
In April 2006, May announced her resignation as the Sierra Club's executive director in order to seek the leadership of the Green Party of Canada. As one of her last major acts she participated in a poll of experts that determined thatProgressive ConservativeBrian Mulroney was Canada's "greenest" Prime Minister for an award presented byCorporate Knights magazine. For her prominent role in this initiative, May took some criticism from commentators and environmentalists.[citation needed]
Upon leaving the Sierra Club, Board President Louise Comeau noted, "Elizabeth has led the Club at the national level from its infancy to the enormously effective entity it is today, she was also instrumental in supporting development of the Sierra Youth Coalition, the Atlantic Canada Chapter and other Sierra Club chapters and local grassroots groups."[26]
On May 9, 2006, May entered the Green Party of Canada'sleadership race.[27]
On August 26, 2006, May won the leadership election on the first ballot. She tallied 65.3% of the votes, beating her main rival,David Chernushenko (33.3%) and Jim Fannon (0.88%). She said one of the main platforms for the next election would be to renegotiate theNorth American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). At the time of her election as leader, May said she intended to run in the riding ofCape Breton—Canso in thenext federal election, although she also said she would stand in a federalbyelection if one occurred prior to the next general election.[28] In the fall of 2006, May ran for election inLondon North Centre, finishing second toGlen Pearson of theLiberal Party. While she lost, May's showing in this by-election was the best result, in terms of percentage, achieved by the Green Party of Canada at that time.[29][30]
In April 2007, during a speech by May to aLondon, OntarioUnited Church of Canada, she condemned Prime Minister Stephen Harper's stance on climate change, comparing it to "a grievance worse thanNeville Chamberlain's appeasement of the Nazis."[31] The statement drew criticism from theCanadian Jewish Congress and opposition parties. While Opposition leaderStéphane Dion refused to respond to Harper's request for him to distance himself from May and these remarks during Question Period, Dion did state to reporters outside Commons that May should withdraw the remarks, and that theNazi regime is beyond any comparison.[32]
May said she was having "a lousy week" because of the federal government's weak action plan on the environment, but stood by her comments.[31] In aGreen Party of Canada press release, May stated that she was referencing a Chamberlain Nazi appeasement analogy made by journalistGeorge Monbiot a few days earlier[33] saying "I made reference to Mr. Monbiot's statement to highlight the damage being done to Canada's international reputation, something that should concern all Canadians."[34][35]
On March 17, 2007, May announced that she would run in the Nova Scotia riding ofCentral Nova, in the 2008 federal election.[36] The riding was held by Conservative National Defence MinisterPeter MacKay. May has explained that she chose Central Nova to avoid running against a Liberal or NDP incumbent.[37]
On April 12, 2007, Liberal Party leaderStéphane Dion announced that the Liberals would not run a candidate in Central Nova in return for the Greens not running a candidate in Dion's safeSaint-Laurent—Cartierville riding.[38] There was criticism from prominent Green Party members of May's failing to support all Green candidates unequivocally during the 2008 election, as she made favorable comments about Liberal leader Stéphane Dion and said that supporters in close ridings might considervoting strategically to attempt to defeat the Conservatives.[39]
May was initially excluded from the televised national leadership debate in the2008 federal election, based on the lack of any elected Green party MPs. She argued that the TV network consortium's initial exclusion of the Green Party of Canada was "anti-democratic" and blamed it on "the decision-making of a small group of TV network executives".[40] Eventually May was invited to attend the televised debate.[41]
May received 32 percent of the vote in Central Nova in 2008 to MacKay's 47 percent. Nationally, the Greens received 6.8 percent of the popular vote.
In 2010, following a survey of potentially favourable electoral districts across the country, May announced her intention to run inSaanich—Gulf Islands, inBritish Columbia against Conservative cabinet ministerGary Lunn.[42]
On March 29, 2011, the broadcast consortium organizing the televised national leaders' debate for the2011 federal election announced that it would not invite May.[43][44][45][46] Despite her exclusion from the national debates, she won her riding, defeating the incumbent Gary Lunn.[47] Nationally the Greens received 4 percent of the popular vote.
In 2012, May tabled aPrivate member's bill, Bill C-442, with the aim of creating a national framework to addressLyme disease. On December 16, 2014, Bill C-442 receivedroyal assent, becoming law.[48] Bill C-442 was the first piece of Green Party legislation enacted in the history of Canada, and was passed withunanimous consent by both houses of Parliament.[49]
The bill was introduced by May in response to the rise of lyme disease across Canada, and in recognition of the findings by groups including theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who have noted that as a result of climate change Lyme disease is beginning to spread more quickly, as the number of ticks— who serve asvectors for Lyme disease– steadily increases.[50]
In December 2014, May presented a petition to the House of Commons by members of9/11 Truth organizations asking the government to review theSeptember 11 attacks in New York. While she personally did not agree with the petition, May defended presenting it and stated "It is an obligation of an MP to present every petition submitted to them."[51][52] While many MPs consider it a responsibility, House of Commons rules do not require MPs to present all petitions they receive to Parliament.[51] In 2012, theNDP Foreign Affairs CriticPaul Dewar declined to present a similar petition by another 9/11 Truth group to parliament.[51]
Annually,Maclean's Magazine organizes an awards ceremony in which MPs recognize the achievements and hard work of their colleagues. In 2012, May was voted by her colleagues in the House of Commons as Parliamentarian of the Year, in 2013 she was voted Hardest Working MP, and in 2014 she was voted Best Orator.[53][54][55]
May was the first MP to take a stand againstBill C-51, on February 3, 2015,Toronto Star National Affairs columnistThomas Walkom noted that, "So far, the only opposition MP with enough guts to critique the content of the Conservative government's new anti-terror bill is Green Party Leader Elizabeth May."[56] May and fellow Green MPBruce Hyer tabled sixty amendments duringclause-by-clause considerations of Bill C-51 – all sixty amendments were rejected by the government.[57] May later stated of Bill C-51, "It's not fixable. Stop it. Repeal it."[58]
On April 23, 2015, May had twoamendments to Bill C-46, the Pipelines Safety Act, accepted.[59] These were the first Green Party amendments to a government bill ever adopted.[59] The first amendment enabled "aboriginal governing bodies to be reimbursed for actions they take in relation to a spill".[59] Prior to the amendment, the bill outlined that those at fault in a spill would only be liable for "costs and expenses reasonably incurred by Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province or any other person".[59] The second amendment was related to the concept ofpolluter pays. The original line in the bill said that theNational Energy Board "may" recover funds to compensate those affected by a spill, the Green Party amendment changed the "may" to "shall".[59]
.jpg)
In October 2015, Prime Minister-designateJustin Trudeau invited May to be part of the Canadian delegation to the2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris, France, in late November 2015; the summit was intended to negotiate post-2020 targets for reducinggreenhouse gas emissions and resulted in theGHGPPA. According toMaclean's, "May, who requested and received a 30-minute meeting with Trudeau this week even as he was immersed in transition plans for swearing in a new Liberal government on Nov. 4, said his willingness to engage with opposition parties is also encouraging, suggesting a less hyper-partisan style of governing."[60]
On March 23, 2018, May was arrested forcivil contempt during a demonstration against theKinder Morgan pipeline. Other members of the demonstration, including fellowMember of ParliamentKennedy Stewart, were also arrested concerning the same incident. They were accused of violating a court order requiring those demonstrating to stay five meters back from company work sites, when they allegedly blocked the roadway.[61] On April 9, 2018, Justice Kenneth Affleck of theBritish Columbia Supreme Court recommended that May and the others arrested should be charged withcriminal contempt in relation to the alleged incident.[62][63][64] On April 16, 2018, it was reported that special prosecutors would be overseeing the charges against May and Stewart.[65][66] On May 14, 2018, the special prosecutor handling May's case told Justice Affleck that the province was pursuing a criminal contempt of court prosecution against May.[67] On May 28, 2018, May pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of court and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,500.[68][69] May has called for a doubling of Canada's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to a 60% reduction from 2005 levels, instead of the current 30%.[70][71]
.jpg)
AfterAnnamie Paul, May's successor as Green Party leader, resigned following a period of internal tensions within the party and a poor performance in the2021 Canadian federal election, May announced she would run in theleadership election to replace her.[72][73] Running on a joint ticket with human rights activistJonathan Pedneault and proposing that the party adopt a co-leadership model, May won the leadership election on November 19, 2022.[74] As co-leadership is not formally recognized in the party’s constitution, and Pedneault served as May's deputy leader while the two sought to amend the party constitution.[75] The proposed constitutional change was not approved due to internal disagreement and on July 9, 2024, Jonathan Pedneault resigned as deputy leader, citing personal reasons. May said she regretted the decision but confirmed that she planned to continue as leader into the2025 Canadian federal election, and run for re-election in her Vancouver Island riding.[76][77][78] He returned in January 2025 to serve as co-leader, pending election by party membership, which was approved on February 4, 2025.
During a visit in 2006 to the Mount St. Joseph's Convent in London, Ontario, May responded to a nun's question about her position on abortion, saying "I don't think a woman has a frivolous right to choose. What I don't want is a desperate woman to die in an illegal abortion."[79] Following initial reports of May's statements, which did not include the full quote, prominent CanadianfeministJudy Rebick announced that she was withdrawing her previous support of May and the Green Party because of May's questioning "the most important victory of the women's movement of my generation".[80] May later clarified that she had been trying to explain to the nuns how "their belief in right to life means that they should support abortion". She explained that making abortions illegal would cause more deaths from desperate illegal abortions, as had been the case for hundreds of years previously.[79]
In a 2011 interview with theGeorgia Straight, May said her position had been "massively misreported" and explained "If a woman is in a situation where she’d like to keep her child and needs support, we also want to be there to support that choice and also to ensure that as much as possible we, in our society, provide—not just for women, but for male partners—responsibility, birth-control information in order to avoid unwanted pregnancies … So, it’s a mixed and nuanced position, but there’s absolutely no wiggle room on maintaining the right of women in this country to safe and legal abortions." She stressed that there is "no going back" on the issue, and that she is "very militant" about it.[79]
May was interviewed by a CBC videographer that was published two days prior to the start of the2019 federal election. May stated that the Green Party would not ban elected MPs from reopening the abortion debate.[81] May's reasoning was that despite her own personal pro-choice views, Green Party rules do not give her the power as leader to whip votes in caucus.[81] This position put the Greens in stark contrast to theLiberals and theNDP, both of which require attestations from MPs that they will consistently support the party's stated pro-choice platform.[81] The Green Party released an official statement clarifying May's comments, saying that candidates are prescreened to rule out anti-abortion viewpoints, but that May's initial statement regarding the leader not having the power to whip votes remains official Green Party policy.[82] May later backed away from the comments, saying that any Green MP who moved to re-open the debate would risk being removed from caucus.[83]
In November 2011, May tweeted concerns about the possible dangers ofWiFi. May's comments that WiFi was a "possible human carcinogen" and that the use of WiFi might be related to the "disappearance of pollinating insects" fueled attacks over the scientific soundness of her views.[84] "It is very disturbing how quickly Wi-Fi has moved into schools as it is children who are the most vulnerable", she wrote.[85] TheNational Post pointed out that May had ironically made the tweets on hercellphone.[86]
In June 2013, during a Twitter exchange with May, a Green Party critic downloaded the party's platform and found reference to the party's support of government-subsidizedhomeopathy.[87] Homeopathy found its way into the platform "by accident", May later said.[87]
In October 2014, May sent out a series of tweets defendingJian Ghomeshi, who faced allegations from three women that the radio host was physically violent to them without their consent during sexual encounters.[88] "I think Jian is wonderful. Likely TMI for an old fogey like me, but his private life is none of our beeswax", May wrote.[88] May then wrote, "I have known Jian and something at work here doesn't make sense. Innocent until proven guilty."[88] When one user accused her of buying into "rape culture," she replied, "As a feminist, I do not buy into rape culture."[89] May later stated that she regretted defending Ghomeshi, stating that she had not yet read about the allegations of physical violence in theToronto Star and that she was still "shaken up" by theParliament Hill shootings when she wrote the tweets.[88][89]
At the Parliamentary Press Gallery's dinner inGatineau, Quebec on May 9, 2015, May said "Welcome back, Omar Khadr. It matters to say it. Welcome back, Omar Khadr. You're home", in reference toOmar Khadr, a convicted child soldier.[90] She added, "Omar Khadr, you've got more class than the whole fucking cabinet", before being escorted off the stage by Transport MinisterLisa Raitt.[90] Early in her speech she also questioned why no one else had mentioned the event was being held on First Nations territory, asking "What the fuck is wrong with the rest of you?"[91][92]
May later blamed her actions on fatigue and denied accusations that she had drunk excessively.[93][94] "I didn't have a lot of wine," she said, "but it may have hit me harder than I thought it would".[93] When asked if she should resign, she said that "a lot of people have given bad press gallery speeches and have gone on to be Prime Minister or gone on to lead other aspects of their lives, time will tell."[90] President of the Treasury Board Tony Clement and NDP House Leader Peter Julian said that her apology was sufficient.[90] Laura Peck, senior partner at TransformLeaders.ca, said, "She has apologized. She's done the right thing, she's apologized".[95]
Other senior members of the media questioned why the speech had received so much attention from the press.[96] CBC'sMichael Enright noted that the Press Gallery Dinner has long been home to rowdy behaviour by both politicians and journalists, usually attracting little coverage.[97] In hisSunday Edition segment, Enright even pondered, "Why the mountain of coverage, nearly all of it unsympathetic? Was it because she was appearing before a roomful of journalists? Would the story have disappeared if she had been speaking to environmentalists? Was it because she sometimes has seemed to be holier than thou? Was it because she is a woman? Whatever the reason, May was mugged by the media."[97]
May has one daughter with former partner Ian Burton, Victoria Cate May Burton, who was the Green candidate inBerthier—Maskinongéin 2015, losing to NDP incumbentRuth Ellen Brosseau.[98]
On November 27, 2018, May announced her engagement to John Kidder, brother of actressMargot Kidder and one of the founders of theGreen Party of British Columbia. Kidder had previously run as the2011federal Liberal candidate inOkanagan—Coquihalla and as the2013BC Green candidate inFraser-Nicola.[99][100] May and Kidder married on April 22, 2019, atChrist Church Cathedral inVictoria, British Columbia.[101]
May is a practicingAnglican, and has said she is "interested, in the long term, in becoming ordained as an Anglican priest."[102] She citesJesus Christ as her personal hero, because "he led a revolution that was non-violent".[81]
| Year | Party | Votes | Seats | Position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | ±% | Total | ± | ||||
| 2008 | Green | 937,613 | 6.78% | +2.30 | 0 / 308 | – | No seats | |
| 2011 | 576,221 | 3.91% | -2.87 | 1 / 308 | +1 | No status | ||
| 2015 | 602,933 | 3.43% | -0.49 | 1 / 338 | – | No status | ||
| 2019 | 1,189,607 | 6.55% | +3.07 | 3 / 338 | +2 | No status | ||
| Year | Type | Riding | Party | Votes for May | Result | Swing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ±% | ||||||||
| 1980 | General election | Cape Breton Highlands—Canso | Independent | 272 | 0.75% | 4th | n/a | Lost | Hold | ||
| 2006 | By-election | London North Centre | Green | 9,864 | 25.87% | 2nd | +20.38 | Lost | Hold | ||
| 2008 | General election | Central Nova | 12,620 | 32.24% | 2nd | +30.65 | Lost | Hold | |||
| 2011 | Saanich—Gulf Islands | 31,890 | 46.33% | 1st | +35.88 | Elected | Gain | ||||
| 2015 | 37,070 | 54.40 | 1st | +7.99 | Elected | Hold | |||||
| 2019 | 33,454 | 49.09% | 1st | -5.31 | Elected | Hold | |||||
| 2021 | 24,648 | 37.62% | 1st | -11.47 | Elected | Hold | |||||
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Saanich—Gulf Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 2025 general election will be held on April 28. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | David Beckham | |||||||
| People's | Raymon Farmere | |||||||
| Green | Elizabeth May | |||||||
| Conservative | Cathie Ounsted | |||||||
| New Democratic | Colin Plant | |||||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source:Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Saanich—Gulf Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Elizabeth May | 24,648 | 37.62 | -11.47 | $85,326.87 | |||
| Conservative | David Busch | 14,775 | 22.55 | +2.32 | $91,482.76 | |||
| Liberal | Sherri Moore-Arbour | 12,056 | 18.40 | +1.78 | 47,983.06 | |||
| New Democratic | Sabina Singh | 11,959 | 18.25 | +5.55 | $44,510.15 | |||
| People's | David Hilderman | 1,943 | 2.97 | +1.61 | $0.00 | |||
| Communist | Dock Currie | 141 | 0.22 | - | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,522 | 99.43 | – | $121,248.58 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 374 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 65,896 | 70.45 | -4.18 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 93,538 | |||||||
| Greenhold | Swing | |||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[113] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Saanich—Gulf Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Elizabeth May | 33,454 | 49.09 | -5.31 | $87,482.73 | |||
| Conservative | David Busch | 13,784 | 20.23 | +0.77 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Ryan Windsor | 11,326 | 16.62 | -0.08 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Sabina Singh | 8,657 | 12.70 | +3.63 | none listed | |||
| People's | Ron Broda | 929 | 1.36 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,150 | 99.53 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 323 | 0.47 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 68,473 | 74.63 | -4.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,752 | |||||||
| Greenhold | Swing | -3.04 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[114][115] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Saanich—Gulf Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Elizabeth May | 37,070 | 54.40 | +7.99 | $191,615.15 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Boyd | 13,260 | 19.46 | −17.02 | $148,289.09 | |||
| Liberal | Tim Kane | 11,380 | 16.70 | +10.64 | $56,913.03 | |||
| New Democratic | Alicia Cormier | 6,181 | 9.07 | −1.97 | $52,539.33 | |||
| Libertarian | Meghan Jess Porter | 249 | 0.37 | – | $231.52 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,140 | 99.71 | $223,670.30 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 201 | 0.29 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 68,341 | 78.68 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 86,863 | |||||||
| Greenhold | Swing | +12.50 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[116][117][118] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election:Saanich—Gulf Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Elizabeth May | 31,890 | 46.33 | +35.88 | $87,738 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Lunn | 24,544 | 35.66 | −7.77 | $89,604 | |||
| New Democratic | Edith Loring-Kuhanga | 8,185 | 11.89 | +6.20 | $66,273 | |||
| Liberal | Renée Hetherington | 4,208 | 6.11 | −33.25 | $50,002 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,827 | 100.0 | $293,617 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 160 | 0.23 | ||||||
| Turnout | 68,987 | 75.25 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 91,673 | |||||||
| Greengain fromConservative | Swing | +21.82 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election:Central Nova | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Peter MacKay | 18,240 | 46.60 | +5.94 | $61,468.89 | |||
| Green | Elizabeth May | 12,620 | 32.24 | +30.65 | $57,490.60 | |||
| New Democratic | Louise Lorifice | 7,659 | 19.56 | -13.33 | $39,917.36 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Michael Harris MacKay | 427 | 1.09 | – | none listed | |||
| Canadian Action | Paul Kemp | 196 | 0.50 | – | $87.79 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,142 | 100.0 | $80,462 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 304 | 0.77 | +0.42 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,446 | 67.01 | -2.16 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 58,863 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -24.71 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, November 27, 2006:London North Centre Resignation ofJoe Fontana | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Glen Pearson | 13,287 | 34.85 | −5.27 | ||||
| Green | Elizabeth May | 9,864 | 25.87 | +20.38 | ||||
| Conservative | Dianne Haskett | 9,309 | 24.42 | −5.48 | ||||
| New Democratic | Megan Walker | 5,388 | 14.13 | −9.62 | ||||
| Progressive Canadian | Steven Hunter | 145 | 0.38 | −0.09 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Ede | 77 | 0.20 | – | ||||
| Canadian Action | Will Arlow | 53 | 0.14 | – | ||||
| Total | 38,123 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Allan J. MacEachen | 18,262 | 50.40% | +2.30% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Kelly | 12,799 | 35.32% | −3.44% | |
| New Democratic | William J. Woodfine | 4,902 | 13.53% | +0.39% | |
| Independent | Elizabeth May | 272 | 0.75% | * | |
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)So, women must have access to legal, safe abortions, whenever a woman needs one.
| Leaders |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership elections |
| |
| Parliamentary election candidate lists | ||
| See also | ||
