Daniel Green (politician)

Daniel Green (born May 29, 1955) is a Canadian politician, environmentalist and scientific communicator. Since 2000, he has been a consultant for Sierra Club of Canada, Société pour vaincre la pollution (SVP), Coalition Eau Secours, the Rivers Foundation, Nature Québec and Parks Canada.[1] In 2014, Elizabeth May appointed him deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada.[2] He served as deputy leader alongside Jo-Ann Roberts until November 2019, when Roberts became the interim leader of the party.

Daniel Green
Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada
Assumed office
December 5, 2014
Serving with Bruce Hyer (2014–18),
Jo-Ann Roberts (2018–19)
LeaderElizabeth May
Jo-Ann Roberts (interim)
Preceded byGeorges Laraque
Personal details
Born
Daniel Green

(1955-05-29) May 29, 1955
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CitizenshipCanada
NationalityCanadian
Political partyGreen Party of Canada
ResidenceMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversité du Québec à Montréal
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionScientific communicator

Environmental science career

A graduate in biological sciences and environmental science from the Université du Québec à Montréal, Green has been working on the problem of toxic substances in the environment since the 1980s.[1] Between 1980 and 2000, he headed Société pour vaincre la pollution (SVP).

Since the early 2000s, Green has acted as the SVP's co-chair and has been vocal against the effect of pollution on public health. Examples of his activism are the asbestos controversy,[3] the trichlorethylene contaminated water case in Shannon,[4] the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster[5] and Montreal REM train project.[6]

Political career

In 2014, Green became a member of the Green Party of Canada. In December 2014, Green Party leader Elizabeth May appointed him deputy leader of the party. He ran in the 2015 Canadian federal election in the new riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs.[7] He lost to Liberal candidate Marc Miller.[8]

As part of the Liberal government's plan to reform Canada's electoral system following the 2015 election, Green pushed for the introduction of a proportional voting system, which, in his opinion, would make the electoral process more democratic and more representative. To this end, he sought to show the differences between the first-past-the-post voting and proportional representation.[9]

Green ran in a federal by-election in the riding of Saint-Laurent in March 2017. He came third behind Liberal candidate Emmanuella Lampropoulos and Conservative candidate Jimmy Yu, winning 8% of the vote.[10] In February 2019, he came third in the federal by-election in Outremont with 12.9% of the vote,[11] the best result for the Green Party of Canada in Quebec elections.[12]

Electoral record
2019 Canadian federal election: Outremont
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalRachel Bendayan19,14846.19+5.76
New DemocraticAndrea Clarke8,31920.07-7.45
Bloc QuébécoisCélia Grimard5,74113.85+2.63
GreenDaniel Green5,01812.1-0.83
ConservativeJasmine Louras2,7076.53+0.39
People'sSabin Levesque3690.89-0.65
RhinocerosMark John Hiemstra1550.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,457100.0
Total rejected ballots 455
Turnout 41,91262.2
Eligible voters 67,384
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]
Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: Outremont
Resignation of Tom Mulcair
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRachel Bendayan6,08640.43+6.97
New DemocraticJulia Sánchez4,14227.52-16.60
Green Daniel Green1,94612.93+9.32
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Duchesne1,67411.12+2.71
ConservativeJasmine Louras9256.14-3.39
People'sJames Seale2321.54-
IndependentWilliam Barrett480.32-
Total valid votes 15,05399.11 
Total rejected ballots 1350.89-0.08
Turnout 15,18821.57-40.35
Eligible voters 70,414
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +11.78
Source: Elections Canada [15]
Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017: Saint-Laurent
Resignation of Stéphane Dion
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalEmmanuella Lambropoulos11,46159.13−2.44
ConservativeJimmy Yu3,78419.52+0.01
Green Daniel Green1,5487.99+5.57
New DemocraticMathieu Auclair1,5117.80−3.72
Bloc QuébécoisWilliam Fayad9514.91+0.25
RhinocerosChinook Blais-Leduc1290.67–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 19,384 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 255 1.30 +0.30
Turnout 19,639 28.33 −30.65
Eligible voters 69,302
Liberal hold Swing −1.24
2015 Canadian federal election: Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMarc Miller25,49150.82+23.34$104,027.97
New DemocraticAllison Turner11,75723.44-18.05$76,667.01
ConservativeSteve Shanahan5,94811.86-0.05$10,419.44
Bloc QuébécoisChantal St-Onge4,3078.59-7.44$2,334.04
Green Daniel Green2,3984.78+1.99$84,091.06
RhinocerosDaniel Wolfe1610.32––
CommunistBill Sloan1020.20––
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,164100.00–$221,982.87
Total rejected ballots 4350.86––
Turnout 50,59959.96––
Eligible voters 84,387–––
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]

References
  1. "Outremont". Green Party of Canada. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. Croteau, Martin (2 December 2014). "Parti vert: Daniel Green remplace Georges Laraque". La Presse (in French). Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. "Laurent Lessard choqué par un article de Daniel Green". fr.canoe.ca (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. "Le taux de cancer est plus élevé à Shannon, dit un environnementaliste". Le Soleil (in French). 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. "Entrevue avec Daniel Green de la Société pour Vaincre la pollution | ICI Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in French). Archived from the original on 25 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. Scott, Marian; March 8, Montreal Gazette Updated; 2017 (9 March 2017). "REM train construction would unearth toxic waste site: Environmentalist | Montreal Gazette". Retrieved 8 August 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. Josselin, Marie-Laure (14 August 2019). "Une journée de campagne avec Daniel Green, du Parti vert | Élections Canada 2015". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. "Official Voting Results". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  9. Wiart, Nikki (5 August 2016). "The Greens want electoral reform. It's no surprise why". www.macleans.ca. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  10. "Report on the 2017 by-elections". www.elections.ca. 27 August 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  11. "Élections partielles: victoire douce-amère pour Jagmeet Singh". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  12. FM, Player. "Ontario's Health Overhaul And Byelection Breakdown Power And Politics podcast". player.fm. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  13. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  14. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  15. "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  16. Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results
  17. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.