The Green Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2004 federal election. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here.
The candidates are listed by province and riding name.
Don C. C. Ferguson previously ran in the 1988 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the New Democratic Party, and finished third with 4,489 votes behind Blaine Thacker of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In the 2000 Canadian federal election he ran for the Greens and finished fifth with 944 votes behind Rick Casson of the Canadian Alliance. Mr. Ferguson is a professor.
Lori-Ann Martino lost to Lawrence D. O'Brien of the Liberal Party of Canada. Martino received 178 votes to O'Brien's 5,524. Martino was an organizer for the Green Party of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador from March 2004 till June 2005. She also served as Jason Crummey's registered agent during the 2005 Labrador by-election.
Martino went on maternity leave from her job in June 2005. Six months later, after being asked to volunteer as an organizer on the ground, assisting the hired organizer living in PEI, Martino publicly resigned from the Green Party of Canada. She did so after the Green Party leader Jim Harris travelled to St. John's on the eve of a federal election, calling for a ban on subsidies to the "barbaric commercial seal slaughter".
Given that Martino was the publicly recognized representative of the Green Party in Newfoundland and Labrador, it was important that she have her opposition to the Leader's action recognized and heard. The Green Party reacted by claiming Martino was not the paid organizer at that time.
Green Party members passed a resolution at an Alberta convention in August 2004 calling for a phasing out of the harp and hooded commercial seal hunt.[1] No members of the Newfoundland and Labrador wing of the Green Party were present at this convention; nor were they made aware that the resolution would be debated.
Martino ran as a Liberal party candidate in the 2007 provincial election and placed last in St. John's Centre. She lost to Shawn Skinner (PC), receiving 374 votes to Skinner's 3,332.[2]
Has a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and an Advanced Diploma in Marine Geomatics from the Centre of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. Spent two months in Costa Rica in 2000, preserving a watershed of rivers under the sponsorship of Canada World Youth and the Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador. Has worked with an Environmental Consulting Firm at Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Has also done environmental surveys in the Gulf of Mexico. Supports the legalization of marijuana. He was twenty-six years old at the time of the election. Received 474 votes, finishing fourth. The winning candidate was Bill Matthews of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Former Policy Coordinator for the Green Party of Ontario, was not a resident of the riding at the time of the election, although he was raised in St. John's. Vokey received 791 votes, the most of any Green Party of Canada candidate in Newfoundland and Labrador, and lost to Norman E. Doyle of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Milburn received 855 votes, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Mark Eyking.
Oddy came in fourth, with 2081 votes, to Alexa McDonough of the New Democratic Party.
Oddy had previously run in the same riding in the 2000 Canadian federal election where he came sixth, with 587 votes.
Louise Martineau received 2,011 votes (4.55%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Denis Paradis.[3]
Jean-Pierre Bonenfant identified as a clerk and sales representative in 2004.[4] He was a resident of Montreal and agreed to run as a parachute candidate in Richelieu when the Green Party did not nominate a local candidate.[5] He had previously been a candidate of the Green Party of Quebec in a provincial election.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 provincial | Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Green | 685 | 2.97 | 3/10 | Louise Harel, Parti Québécois | |
| 2004 federal | Richelieu | Green | 839 | 1.72 | 5/6 | Louis Plamondon, Bloc Québécois |
Nick Hudson
Sanjeev Goel
Previous candidacies:
received 820 votes (2.14%) in Brampton Centre as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Linda Jeffrey, Liberal)
Stuart Langstaff
Langstaff is a frequent candidate for the Green Party, having campaigned under its banner in 1997, 2000 and 2004. He was also a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario in 1999. He has rejected the view that the Green Party is left-wing, and has argued that it does not fit into the traditional "left-right" spectrum (Ottawa Citizen, 30 April 2004).
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 federal | Ottawa West—Nepean | Green | 416 | 5/8 | Marlene Catterall, Liberal | ||
| 1999 provincial | Lanark—Carleton | Green | 681 | 5/6 | Norm Sterling, Progressive Conservative | ||
| 2000 federal | Lanark—Carleton | Green | 871 | 1.37 | 5/8 | Scott Reid, Canadian Alliance | |
| 2004 federal | Carleton—Lanark | Green | 3,665 | 4/4 | Gordon O'Connor, Conservative |
Mark O'Brien
Previous candidacies:
received 642 votes in Davenport (winning candidate: Charles Caccia, Liberal)
received 1,741 votes in Davenport as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Tony Ruprecht, Liberal)
Dan King
King is an environmental and social policy consultant in Toronto, Ontario. Originally from Timmins, Ontario, King lived in New York City, Amsterdam amongst other places in the 1960s and 1970s. He lived in Rochdale College in Toronto, a building which was later converted to apartments and in which he still lives over 30 years later. He has served as tenant rep in a building in which he has to campaign in many languages just in one hallway, and is very involved in local causes for immigrants, the disabled, mentally ill and disadvantaged. He is an expert in Canada's tax system and files tax returns for disabled people.
King has also been a perennial candidate, staffer and fundraiser for the Green Party of Ontario. He recruited and trained numerous candidates and staff for the GPO and, as of December 2005, serves as its Operations Coordinator. He has volunteered to run in ridings where the party has poor organization, for instance, he did not actually campaign in Kenora - Rainy River during the 2003 Ontario election because of financial constraints covering such a huge remote riding. He is an advocate of Northern Ontario issues, and believes it must also have separate province status, equivalent to the status he seeks for Toronto.
Previous candidacies:
received 1,340 votes in Eglinton as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Dianne Poole, Liberal)
received 302 votes in Don Valley West (winning candidate: John Godfrey, Liberal)
received 395 votes in Eglinton as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Bill Saunderson, Progressive Conservative)
received 378 votes in Don Valley West (winning candidate: John Godfrey, Liberal)
received 395 votes in Kenora—Rainy River as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Howard Hampton, New Democratic Party)
running in Trinity—Spadina as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario
Mir Kamal
Previous candidacies:
received 503 votes in Etobicoke North as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Shafiq Qaadri, Liberal)
Tim Holland
Holland represented the Green Party at the 2003 Peterborough Pride Parade and indicated his support for same-sex marriage.[9] He opposed election finance reforms introduced by the government of Jean Chrétien in 2003, arguing that people should be allowed to donate as much to political parties as they choose.[10] In 2004, he described the Green Party as the most economically conservative electoral option and said he wanted to work toward Canada becoming debt-free.[11]
Holland was the campaign manager for Green Party candidate Brent Wood in the 2006 federal election.[12]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 federal | Peterborough | Green | 903 | 1.73 | 5/6 | Peter Adams, Liberal | |
| 2003 provincial | Peterborough | Green | 1,605 | 2.92 | 4/6 | Jeff Leal, Liberal | |
| 2004 federal | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Green | 2,637 | 4.72 | 4/6 | Barry Devolin, Conservative |
Jo Pavlov
Pavlov is an advocate for A Better Way To Live and is a member of the childfree movement, which argues that people without children are more likely to pursue environmentally friendly lifestyles.https://web.archive.org/web/20020904064033/http://www.nokiddingnyc.com/assets/articles.htm They received 1,378 votes, finishing fourth in a field of five candidates. The winner was Beth Phinney of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Pavlov made the following comment in the 2003 Ontario election: "Forget what you think you know about the Green Party. This isn’t a party of Birkenstock-wearing tree-huggers – those old stereotypes are a thing of the past."https://web.archive.org/web/20030708022500/http://www.greenparty.on.ca/news/press_release/fulltext.shtml?x=154
Previous candidacies:
received 727 votes in Hamilton West as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Judy Marsales, Liberal)
Anne Marie Pavlov
Pavlov's sister, Jo Pavlov, has also campaigned for the Green Party (Spectator, 29 June 2004).
She received 1,422 votes (3.21%), finishing fourth against New Democrat David Christopherson.
Janina Fisher Balfour
She moved to Kingston, Ontario in 1999, and was 48 years old at the time of the 2004 election (Kingston Whig-Standard, 26 June 2004). Balfour was chosen as the GPC nominee over Queen's University professor George Clark,https://web.archive.org/web/20060101174319/http://www.kingstongreens.ca/mainpages/Candidate.asp and finished fourth against Liberal incumbent Peter Milliken with 3,339 votes (6.13%), one of the strongest showings for the Green Party in Ontario.
Pauline Richards
Previous candidacies:
received 1,774 votes in Kitchener—Waterloo as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Elizabeth Witmer, Progressive Conservative)
John Baranyi
Baranyi campaigned for the House of Commons as an independent candidate in the 2000 election, and ran for the Green Party of Ontario in 2003. In the latter campaign, he opposed a proposed Ottawa River boat bypass around Chats Dam (Ottawa Citizen, 12 September 2003). He received 2,736 votes (4.84%) in 2004, finishing fourth against Conservative candidate Scott Reid.
Previous candidacies:
Bronagh Joyce Morgan
Previous candidacies:
Paul Simas
Previous candidacies:
received 811 votes (1.29%) in Brampton West—Mississauga as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario, finishing fifth out of six candidates (winning candidate: Vic Dhillon, Liberal)
Chris Paul Walker
Walker is a frequent candidate for the GPC and the provincial Green Party of Ontario. He ran an entirely solo campaign in the 1997 federal election, working without a riding association or election scrutineers. After the election, he helped to build a Green Party association in Kingston (KWS, 3 June 1997).
He was not a candidate in the 2006 election, but is the nominated candidate for the 40th Canadian federal election in the nearby riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 federal | Kingston and the Islands | Green | 902 | 1.74 | 5/6 | Peter Milliken, Liberal | |
| 1999 provincial | Kingston and the Islands | Green | 1,174 | 4/6 | John Gerretsen, Liberal | ||
| 2000 federal | Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Green | 516 | 5/8 | Larry McCormick, Liberal | ||
| 2003 provincial | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Green | 671 | 4/4 | John Yakabuski, Progressive Conservative | ||
| 2004 federal | Nepean—Carleton | Green | 2,886 | 4/5 | Pierre Poilievre, Conservative |
Tom Ferguson
Previous candidacies:
Chernushenko later became deputy leader of the GPC. See his biography page for more details.
Raphael Thierrin
He received 3,628 votes (6.9%) for a fourth-place finish. The winner was Mauril Belanger of the Liberal Party of Canada.
On May 11, 2005, he received the Green Party nomination for Ottawa—Vanier for the next federal election.
Previous candidacies:
Neil Adair
Tom Lawson
Previous candidacies:
received 1,194 votes in Northumberland for a fourth-place finish, as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Doug Galt, Progressive Conservative)
received 1,102 votes in Northumberland for a fifth-place finish (winning candidate: Paul Macklin, Liberal)
Greg Bonser
Bonser has run in numerous elections, most notably, for Toronto City Council in 2003 in Ward 30, for the seat vacated by Jack Layton. Bonser ran against John Cannis in the 2004 Federal election. He placed 4th, receiving 1,045 votes.
Kathryn Holloway
Peter Van Dalen
He received 1,520 votes (4.00%) in the 2004 election, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Tom Wappel. He has been nominated again as the Green Party candidate for Scarborough Southwest in the 39th Canadian federal election.
Jim Fannon
Luke Norton
Luke Norton was born and raised in Falconbridge, near Sudbury. He first ran for public office as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario in the 2003 provincial election, at age 24. He had previously attended Cambrian College's Computer Systems Technology program, and was studying history at Laurentian University.[13] During this campaign, he called for Sudbury to pursue cleaner mining technology, and market its research around the world.[14]
Norton ran for the federal Green Party in 2004. He broke with his party's official party by indicating that he did not support the legalization of cannabis, citing his own bad experiences with the drug.[15] Norton later became president of the Laurentian University Students' General Association. He helped to organize a mock funeral marking the "death of affordable education" in January 2007, after the provincial government of Dalton McGuinty lifted a freeze on tuition rates.[16]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 provincial | Sudbury | Green | 1,009 | 2.83 | 4/4 | Rick Bartolucci, Liberal | |
| 2004 federal | Sudbury | Green | 1,999 | 4.67 | 4/5 | Diane Marleau, Liberal |
Mark Viitala
Previous candidacies:
received 1,236 votes in Eglinton—Lawrence for a fourth-place finish, as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Mike Colle, Liberal)
Brent Bouteiller
Michael MacDonald
He received 2,759 votes (4.85%) in the 2004 election, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Judi Longfield.
Rob Spring
Spring joined the Green Party in 2000, and worked as campaign manager for Green Party candidates Chris Holt and Cary M. Lucier in the 2003 provincial election (Windsor Star, 15 September 2003). He received 1,545 votes (3.50%) in the 2004 election, finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate Brian Masse.
Kattenburg is a radio documentary producer and science educator in Manitoba, Canada.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from McMaster University in 1975, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences in 1981. He subsequently worked as a journalist, instructor and environmental activist. Now residing in Winnipeg, Kattenburg is the owner and operator of Earth Chronicle Productions, which has created documentaries on issues relating to development and the environment. His series include The Earth Chronicles, More Than Just A Dozen, Children of the Earth, Partners in Action and ClimateWatch.
He received 1264 votes in 2004, or about 3.5% of the total cast.
Basham received 880 votes (2.09%), finishing in fourth place against Conservative candidate Steven Fletcher.
David Nickarz is a carpenter and environmental activist. He first became involved with the environmental movement in 1991, while attending the University of Manitoba. The following year, he unsuccessfully sought to prevent the capture of four beluga whales in Churchill, Manitoba, for sale to the Shedd aquarium in Chicago. Two of the whales later died in captivity, and the Canadian government passed a law banning future exports. No belugas have been captured in Churchill since 1992, due in part to the efforts of Nickarz and other protesters. Nickarz has also been active with the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and has traveled to Antarctica, the Faroe Islands, the Galapagos Islands, Cape Flattery and the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the organization.[17] [18] [19] He has emphasized that while he opposes commercial whaling, he is not against traditional whale-hunting among aboriginal societies.[20]
He was arrested in 1993 for taking part in an anti-logging protest at Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, and fined $1500. The fee was paid by the Green Party of Canada.[21] A newspaper report of the arrest lists him as twenty-one years old.[22]
Shortly after the 2004 election, Nickarz organized a protest against the spraying of malathion in Winnipeg. City authorities argued that the spraying would reduce the city's mosquito population, although Nickarz and others believed it was ineffective and dangerous.[23] David's father Jim Nickarz was arrested for protesting against malathion spraying the following year, and vowed to go on a hunger strike during his time in jail. The younger Nickarz was quoted as saying, "My father's of sound mind... he's very determined to see [the protest] through".[24] In 2006, Nickarz joined with veteran Winnipeg activist Nick Ternette and others to form the Cancer Brigade, a group that argues malathion weakens the body's immune system and its ability to fight cancer.[25]
He has campaigned for the federal and provincial Green Parties on three occasions.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 provincial | Concordia | Green | 87 | 1.07 | 4/4 | Gary Doer, New Democratic Party | |
| 2000 federal | Winnipeg—Transcona | Green | 229 | 0.70 | 5/8 | Bill Blaikie, New Democratic Party | |
| 2004 federal | Churchill | Green | 612 | 3.09 | 4/4 | Bev Desjarlais, New Democratic Party |
Lindy Clubb is a longtime resident of Winnipeg, and also owns a summer home in the Riding Mountain Escarpment. She is a freelance writer, researcher and editor, and has extensive experience in environmental advocacy in the region. She is the coordinator of the Mixedwood Forest Society, and is active in the international Erosion Control Association and Wolfe Creek Conservation. Clubb has also been involved in various activities with Manitoba's traditional Ojibway community. She is a supporter of family farms (as opposed to corporate farms), and is also a supporter of gun control.
The 2004 election was Clubb's first venture into electoral politics. She received 673 votes, about 2% of the total cast.
Gair was a security official during the election.[26] His campaign centred on the need to find alternative energy sources, to replace forestry products and petroleum. According to his campaign literature, he supports a social model based on community and family instead of competition. He received 719 votes (2.46%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie.
Gair was scheduled to be the Green Party's candidate for Winnipeg South in the 2006 federal election, but did not actually appear on the ballot.[27]
Giesbrecht is a lawyer and activist in Manitoba, Canada. Raised in rural Manitoba, Giesbrecht moved to Winnipeg in 1986 and has resided there since that time. He is a lawyer with the firm of Inkster Christie Hughes, specializing in estate, unemployment and labour law. Giesbrecht has also been involved in volunteer organizations, including a number of anti-poverty groups in Winnipeg's downtown core.
He received 756 votes, or about 2% of the total votes in the riding.
Payette received 856 votes (2.46%), finishing fifth against Brian Pallister of the Conservative Party of Canada. See his entry here for more information.
Backé is a young politician with a history of social activism in Winnipeg. At age seven, he was involved in a program to assist juvenile delinquents with reading and writing skills (Ottawa Citizen, 12 January 1989).
At the time of the election, Backé was working towards the completion of his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Winnipeg, where he majored in political science and theatre.
The 2004 election was Backé's first as a candidate. He claimed that his priorities were Senate reform and the creation of federal subsidy for ecologically-sound methods of transportation.http://google.com/search?q=cache:NMl4Kou7T7YJ:www.greenparty.ca/index.php%3Fmodule%3Dfatcat%26fatcat%255Buser%255D%3DviewCategory%26fatcat_id%3D284%26module_title%3Dcalendar+%22Daniel+Backe%22&hl=en He received 925 votes (2.40%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Raymond Simard.
Faye is a businesswoman and activist in Manitoba, Canada. In the Canadian federal election of 2004, she ran as a candidate of the Green Party in the riding of Winnipeg Centre.
Raised in Toronto, Faye now works as a massage therapist in the Winnipeg area, and promotes natural health concerns. She is the owner of DragonFly Massage and the Vice-President of a feminist apartment co-op (where she herself lives). Faye has worked with Mediation Services, the Revenue Planning Committee of Shakespeare in the Ruins and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. In 2001, Faye's therapy massage centre was awarded SEED Winnipegs Community Development Business Award. She herself is a member of the Community Development Business Association.
Faye joined the Green Party in 2000. In 2002, she temporarily moved from her home to a public campground to protest the spraying of malathion against insects in the Winnipeg area (she herself was chemically-injured in 1978, and still suffers some health symptoms resulting from this event). Her campaign in 2004 focused on environmental and health concerns, with an emphasis on "re-creation of healthy human habitat". She received 1151 votes, or 4.3% of the total votes cast in Winnipeg Centre.
Weinberg is a young politician and activist. He was born in the West Kildonan section of Winnipeg, where his grandparents founded Miracle Bakery, a longtime north end institution. He has described himself as an environmental educator, and has taught fifth and sixth grade students about natural cycles. Weinberg is supporter of organic farming, and has an interest in holistic medicine. He protested against the use of malathion against insects after two dead crows were allegedly found to have West Nile disease, and the provincial government suspended buffer zones by declaring a health emergency. (National Post, 22 July 2002)
Weinberg has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Winnipeg. He has been a member of a Winnipeg organization called Jews for a Just Peace, which supports Palestinian self-determination and a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He took part in a protest against former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's appearance in the city in 2002, arguing that Netanyahu "believes that more violence is a way to security".https://web.archive.org/web/20030921151255/http://www.unb.ca/bruns/0203/03/news/protest.html
As of 2006, Weinberg is studying Native Studies at the University of Manitoba. He remains interested in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and has called for "justice and peace and mutual recognition" between Israelis and Palestinians based on human rights.http://umanitoba.ca/manitoban/2005-2006/1116/1307.israeli.palestinian.conflict.issue.of.human.rights.php
He believes that ecoliteracy is key to transitioning from inefficient and unsustainable growth economics to localized and diversified smaller-scale economies. He has also identified biomimcry. a principle of design that replicates nature's cycles, as a powerful tool for humanity.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 provincial | St. Johns | Green | 221 | 3.79 | 4/5 | Gord Mackintosh, New Democratic Party | |
| 2004 federal | Winnipeg North | Green | 531 | 2.04 | 4/6 | Judy Wasylycia-Leis, New Democratic Party |
Cameron was raised in Yorkton and Regina, in Saskatchewan. He trained as a policeman, and was in charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Forensic Laboratory in Winnipeg from 1983 to 1989. He moved to Vancouver after his retirement, but returned to Winnipeg in 1999. At the time of the 2004 election, he coached swimming and was a member of the Lifesaving Society.http://google.com/search?q=cache:YG6duSsHmRkJ:www.greenparty.ca/index.php%3Fmodule%3Dfatcat%26fatcat%255Buser%255D%3DviewCategory%26fatcat_id%3D288%26module_title%3Dcalendar+%22Ron+Cameron%22+%22Green+Party%22&hl=en
Cameron's campaign focused on environmental issues, free education and a self-reliant economy. He received 1003 votes (2.67%), finishing fourth against Liberal cabinet minister Reg Alcock.
Cameron served as president of the Green Party of Manitoba in 2005, and appealed for Markus Buchart to remain as party leader after a period of division in the party.http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/story/mb_green-party-20050311.html He resigned his position in support of Buchart in March 2005 (Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 2005).
He has been nominated to run for the Green Party in Winnipeg South in the 39th Canadian federal election.http://eglaw.greenparty.ca/index.php?module=fatcat&fatcat%5Buser%5D=viewCategory&fatcat_id=288
Raised in the upscale River Heights section of Winnipeg, Scott has been involved in local community organizations such as Take Pride Winnipeg!, a group which seeks to increase civic responsibility. In 2003, he received the Young Civic Leader's Award from Kelvin High School.
Scott's campaign in 2004 focused primarily on environmental issues, including recycling and anti-idling campaigns. He received 1508 votes, close to 4% of the total cast in the riding. This was the party's second-best showing in the city.
Greenfield (born 1967) is a veteran environmental activist, property manager, poet, singer and frequent candidate for public office (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, 25 November 2000). He is an opponent of genetically modified foods, has participated in anti-nuclear protests in Saskatchewan, and helped establish a LETS bartering system. Greenfield has also participated in marches against the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Group of Eight.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/riding/238/#c4 He was thirty-two years old at the time of his first campaign, in 1999 (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 19 October 1999).
He has campaigned for both the Green Party of Canada and the Saskatchewan New Green Alliance. He was elected as Saskatchewan's representative to the Green Party executive in 2004.https://web.archive.org/web/20060206132149/http://web.greenparty.ca/gm29aug05.html
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 provincial | Saskatoon Meewasin | NGA | 294 | 4/4 | Carolyn Jones, New Democratic Party | |
| federal by-election, 15 November 1999 | Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar | Green | 175 | 5/6 | Dennis Gruending, New Democratic Party | |
| 2000 federal | Saskatoon—Wanuskewin | Green | 402 | 1.21 | 5/5 | Maurice Vellacott, Canadian Alliance |
| 8 November 2001, provincial by-election | Saskatoon Idylwyld | NGA | 68 | 4/5 | David Forbes, New Democratic Party | |
| 2003 provincial | Saskatoon Meewasin | NGA | 77 | 4/4 | Frank Quennell, New Democratic Party | |
| 2004 federal | Saskatoon—Wanuskewin | Green | 960 | 2.96 | 4/4 | Maurice Vellacott, Conservative |
Former leader of the Green Party of Alberta.
Kraus was born in Calgary, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Calgary. He was thirty at the time of the election, and was the Green Party's election campaign organizer for Alberta (Calgary Herald, 8 April 2004). He worked in sales in private life, and was a radio programmer at CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary (Calgary Herald, 27 June 2004 + https://web.archive.org/web/20070930081545/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/elections/fed2004/candidates/generated/48008_GRN.html
Kraus is a longtime personal friend of Alberta Greens leader George Read (Edmonton Journal, 31 October 2004), and himself ran for the Alberta Greens in the 2001 provincial election.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 provincial | Calgary-North Hill | Green | 404 | 4/4 | Richard Magnus, Progressive Conservative | ||
| 2004 federal | Calgary Southwest | Green | 3,210 | 6.22 | 3/6 | Stephen Harper, Conservative |