# Green Party of Canada leadership elections

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.

## Leadership conventions
### 2000

* 2000 Ottawa (University of Ottawa), Joan Russow re-elected (resigned in January 2001, Chris Bradshaw elected by national council meeting in February 2001 as interim leader).

### 2002

* 2002 Montreal (Francophone institute for the blind), no member nominated for leader; Chris Bradshaw chosen to continue on an interim basis.

### 2003

* February 14, 2003, Jim Harris elected.
| Candidate | Votes | Votes |
| Candidate | # | % |
| Jim Harris | 437 | 81.38 |
| John Grogan | 76 | 14.15 |
| Jason Crummey | 24 | 4.47 |
| Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 537 | 100.0% |

### 2004

* 2004 Calgary (Kiwanis camp in foothills), Jim Harris re-elected (first elected by mail ballot 6 months after the Montreal convention).
| Candidate | Votes | Votes |
| Candidate | # | % |
| Jim Harris | 524 | 55.16 |
| Tom Manley | 352 | 37.05 |
| John Grogan | 74 | 7.79 |
| Spoiled Ballots | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 950 | 100.0% |

### 2006

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. The race was won by Elizabeth May on August 26, 2006.
| Candidate | Votes | Votes |
| Candidate | # | % |
| 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% |

### 2020

Held October 3, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option. 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".
Results by round :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 4th round | 5th round | 5th round | 6th round | 6th round | 7th round | 7th round | 8th 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 | 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 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | David Merner | 2,636 | 11.04% | 2,636 | 11.05% | 2,697 | 11.32% | 2,727 | 11.46% | 2,856 | 12.10% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Amita Kuttner | 1,468 | 6.15% | 1,470 | 6.16% | 1,486 | 6.24% | 1,748 | 7.35% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Meryam Haddad | 1,345 | 5.63% | 1,346 | 5.64% | 1,358 | 5.70% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Andrew West | 352 | 1.47% | 356 | 1.49% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | None Of The Above | 36 | 0.15% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Total | 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% |

### 2022

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.
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 6 |
| Candidate | 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 | Eliminated |
| Chad Walcott | 547 | 6.81 | 556 | 7.01 | 589 | 7.47 | 665 | 8.51 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Simon Gnocchini-Messier | 399 | 4.97 | 404 | 5.09 | 487 | 6.18 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Sarah Gabrielle Baron | 378 | 4.71 | 396 | 4.99 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| None of these options | 161 | 2.00 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Total | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 |

### 2025

On November 19, 2022, Elizabeth May was elected leader of the party once again, promising to convert the current leadership model into a co-leadership model, with Jonathan Pedneault being her co-leader. May ran with Pedneault in the leadership race, and Pedneault served as the deputy leader of the party. In February 2024, party members were to vote on motions which, if passed, would have amended the party's constitution to implement a co-leadership model. However, Pedneault was unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons through a by-election and the proposed constitutional amendment was not voted upon due to disagreement within the party. On July 9, 2024, Jonathan Pedneault resigned as deputy leader, citing personal reasons. He returned in January 2025 to serve as co-leader, pending election by party membership, which was approved on February 4, 2025, in a landslide. However, while the vote was approved by 89.4% of the 2,990 Green Party of Canada members who voted, 71% of the total 10,301 Green Party of Canada members who were eligible to cast a ballot did not vote.
2025 Green Party of Canada co-leadership election :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault | Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault | 2,674 | 89.4 |
| Abstention | Abstention | 316 | 10.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,990 | 100.00 |

## Leaders of the Green Party of Canada

* Trevor Hancock (1983–1984)
* Seymour Trieger (1984–1988)
* Kathryn Cholette (1988–1990)
* Chris Lea (1990–1996)
* Wendy Priesnitz (1996–1997)
* Harry Garfinkle (interim) (1997)
* Joan Russow (1997–2001)
* Chris Bradshaw (interim) (2001–2003)
* Jim Harris (2003–2006)
* Elizabeth May (2006–2019)
* Jo-Ann Roberts (interim) (2019–2020)
* Annamie Paul (2020–2021)
* Amita Kuttner (interim) (2021–2022)
* Elizabeth May (2022–present)
* Jonathan Pedneault (2025–present)