Matthew Green (Canadian politician)
Matthew Green (born September 10, 1980) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Hamilton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election, and re-elected in 2021. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he was the first Black Canadian to serve on the Hamilton City Council, where he represented Ward 3 from 2014 to 2018. He is the first Black Canadian to represent Hamilton in parliament since Lincoln Alexander. Ideologically, Green identifies as a "Stanley Knowles New Democrat". Biography. Green grew up  in Hamilton, and received a degree in political science from Acadia University. He later attended McMaster University in Hamilton. First elected to the Hamilton City Council in 2014, he led the way for the city to become the first in Ontario to license and regulate payday lending. In 2018, he became the executive director of the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (HCCI), a non-profit organization that promotes racial equality. Green has stated that the example set by Lincoln Alexander, the first Black Canadian MP, helped inspire him to get into politics. Green joined the NDP in 2017 after being  inspired by Jagmeet Singh's stance against racial profiling. As a member of parliament, Green has been an outspoken opponent of police brutality, and has endorsed a nationwide ban on the use of tear gas. In an interview with American socialist magazine "Jacobin", Green endorsed a national wealth tax. Electoral record. ! |Candidate ! |Popular vote ! |Expenditures