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.
| Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| % | |||
| Jim Harris | 437 | 81.38 | |
| John Grogan | 76 | 14.15 | |
| Jason Crummey | 24 | 4.47 | |
| Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 537 | 100.0% | |
| Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| % | |||
| Jim Harris | 524 | 55.16 | |
| Tom Manley | 352 | 37.05 | |
| John Grogan | 74 | 7.79 | |
| Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 950 | 100.0% | |
See main article: 2006 Green Party of Canada leadership election.
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.[2] The race was won by Elizabeth May on August 26, 2006.
| 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% | |
See main article: 2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election.
Held October 3, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option.[3] 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".[4]
| Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th 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 | |||
| 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 | |||||
| David Merner | 2,636 | 11.04% | 2,636 | 11.05% | 2,697 | 11.32% | 2,727 | 11.46% | 2,856 | 12.10% | Eliminated | |||||||
| Amita Kuttner | 1,468 | 6.15% | 1,470 | 6.16% | 1,486 | 6.24% | 1,748 | 7.35% | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Meryam Haddad | 1,345 | 5.63% | 1,346 | 5.64% | 1,358 | 5.70% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Andrew West | 352 | 1.47% | 356 | 1.49% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||
| None Of The Above | 36 | 0.15% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||
| 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% | ||
See main article: 2022 Green Party of Canada leadership election. 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.[6] [7] [8]
| Candidate[9] | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Chad Walcott | 547 | 6.81 | 556 | 7.01 | 589 | 7.47 | 665 | 8.51 | Eliminated | ||||
| Simon Gnocchini-Messier | 399 | 4.97 | 404 | 5.09 | 487 | 6.18 | Eliminated | ||||||
| Sarah Gabrielle Baron | 378 | 4.71 | 396 | 4.99 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| 161 | 2.00 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||||||