List of Green politicians who have held office in Canada

This is a list of politicians who are Green Party of Canada members and have elected to office in Canada. Or members of the various provincial and territorial green parties who hold office in Canada. With the exception of those who sit in the Parliament of Canada, British Columbia Legislature, New Brunswick Legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Prince Edward Island Legislature most of these politicians have held municipal office in cities where there are no political parties. While these individuals are members of the Green Party in their personal life and may have been supported by Party members, they were not elected as Green party members.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Tom Adams Oakville Oakville Town Councillor [1] C
Trish Altass Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island [2] F
Kevin Arseneau Kent North Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick [3] F
Jenica Atwin Fredericton Member of the Canadian Parliament Cross the floor to the Liberal Party of Canada [4][5] F

B

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Lisa Barrett Mayor Bowen Island Municipality - Regional Director GVRD/Metrovan Board 1999-2006 Mayor [6] F
Lara Beckett Regional District of Fraser – Fort George Regional Director [7] C
Michele Beaton Mermaid-Stratford Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island [8] F
Bob Bell Guelph, Ontario City Councillor [9] F
Hannah Bell Charlottetown-Parkdale Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island Formerly ran the PEI Business Women's Association [10] F
Karla Bernard Charlottetown-Victoria Park Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island [11] C
Peter Bevan-Baker Kellys Cross-Cumberland Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island [12] C
Rob Botterell Saanich North and the Islands Legislative Assembly of British Columbia [13] C

C

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Adriane Carr Vancouver City Councillor Former Deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada [14] C
Roslyn Cassells Vancouver Park Board Commissioner [15] F
Lois Chan-Pedley Vancouver School Board Trustee [16] C
Sonya Chandler Victoria City Councillor [17] F
David Chernushenko Ottawa Ottawa City Councillor Former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada [18][19] F
Aislinn Clancy Kitchener Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre Kitchener City Councillor
(2022–2023) 		Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario[20] C
David Coon Fredericton South Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick [21] C

D

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Dave Demers Vancouver Vancouver Park Board [22] F
Elio Di Iorio Richmond Hill Richmond Hill Town Councillor Former International Secretary of the Green Party of Canada [23] F
Camil Dumont Vancouver Vancouver Park Board [24] F

F

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Janet Fraser Vancouver Vancouver School Board Trustee [25] C
Sonia Furstenau Cowichan Valley Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia [26] F
Pete Fry Vancouver Vancouver City Council [27] C

G

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Rick Goldring Burlington, Ontario Mayor [28] F
Estrellita Gonzalez Vancouver Vancouver School Board Trustee [25] F

H

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Ole Hammarlund Charlottetown-Brighton Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island [29] F
Dick Hibma Owen Sound City Councillor [30] F
Patty Higgins Saint John, New Brunswick City Councillor [31] F
Steve Howard Summerside-South Drive Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island [32] F
Bruce Hyer Thunder Bay-Superior North Member of Canadian Parliament Elected as an NDP MP in 2008 and 2011, crossed the floor to the Green Party in 2013 and served as Deputy leader from 2014-2018. Ran for re-election in 2015 and 2019 but lost. [33] F

J

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories As the Legislative Assembly is a nonpartisan consensus government, Johnson sits as an Independent. [34][35] F

K

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Joe Keithley Burnaby Burnaby City Council [36] C

L

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Maggie Laidlaw Guelph, Ontario City Councillor [37] F
Philippe Lucas Victoria City Councillor [38] F
Lynne Lund Summerside-Wilmot Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island Deputy leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island [39] F

M

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Matt MacFarlane Borden-Kinkora Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island Winner of the 2024 Borden-Kinkora provincial by-election[40] which made the Greens equal in size with the Liberal Official opposition (3 seats each).[41] [42] C
Stuart Mackinnon Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Served on the park board, was defeated, than elected to the board once more. [43] F
Paul Manly Nanaimo—Ladysmith Member of Parliament The son of the former New Democratic MP Jim Manly; Joined the Green Party in 2015 after he was blocked by his own party, over his stance with the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He ran for the Green Party in that federal election, finishing in fourth place. It took a second time to finally get elected in the May 6, 2019 by-election. [44] F
Elizabeth May Saanich—Gulf Islands Member of Parliament Leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2006 to 2019. Parliamentary Leader of the Green Party since 2019. [45] C
Megan Mitton Tantramar Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick [46] C
Mike Morrice Kitchener Centre Member of Parliament First Green MP from Ontario. [47] C

N

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Pierre Nantel Longueuil—Saint-Hubert Member of Parliament Nantel was elected as a NDP candidate in 2011, and re-elected in 2015. On August 19, 2019, he announced he was joining the Green party and would be running as its candidate in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert for the 2019 election. [48] F

O

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Josie Osborne Tofino Mayor Later defected to the NDP and was elected as an NDP MLA during the 2020 British Columbia general election. [49] F
Adam Olsen Saanich North and the Islands Legislative Assembly of British Columbia [26] F

R

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Angela Nagy (nee Reid) Kelowna City Councillor Former deputy leader of the Green Party of British Columbia [50][51] F

S

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Dianne Saxe Toronto City Councillor Former deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario (2020–2022) and former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario [52] C
Victoria Serda Saugeen Shores Councillor Former deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario [53] F
Mike Schreiner Guelph Member of Provincial Parliament Leader of the Green Party of Ontario [54] C
Andy Shadrack Regional District of Central Kootenay Electoral Area "D" Director [55] F
Erin Shapero Markham City Councillor [56] F
Jane Sterk Esquimalt City Councillor Former BC Green Party leader [57] F
Rob Strang Orangeville Town Councillor Former Deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario [58] F
John Streicker Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse City Councillor Former President of the Green Party of Canada. Switched to Yukon Liberal Party. [59] F

T

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Richard Thomas Armour Township Reeve Died while in office. [60] F

V

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Art Vanden Berg Victoria City Councillor [61] F
Jeremy Valeriote West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Legislative Assembly of British Columbia [62] C

W

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Andrew Weaver Oak Bay-Gordon Head Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Former Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia [63] F
Paddy Weston Kimberley City Councillor [64] F
Michael Wiebe Vancouver Vancouver City Council [65][66] F
Blair Wilson West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country Member of Parliament Joined the Green Party in 2008 as a sitting member of parliament. [67] F

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Name Area Office Other Citation Current/Former
Judy Zaichkowsky Vancouver Vancouver School Board Trustee [25] F

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