Green's Who Did Well
Checking the results via Election's Canada I was able to download and view the results. An Excel file with the riding by riding preliminary & in some cases final results as of 2008-10-17 11 PM is now attached.
Candidates who cracked 20% - aka: potential winners...
Elizabeth May - Nova-Centre - 32.2%, 2nd place
Dick Himba - Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound - 27.2%, 2nd place
Mike Nagy - Guelph - 21.1%, 3rd place
Candidates who were at 15% - 19.9%
Adriane Carr - Vancouver Centre - 18.3%
Huguette Allen - Okanagan--Shuswap - 17.3%
Ard Van Leeuwen - Dufferin--Caledon - 17.0%
Natalie Odd - Calgary-Centre - 16.7%
Dave Barnes - Brandon--Souris - 15.8%
Eric Donovan - Calgary-Centre-Nord - 15.3%
Candidates who were between 10% and 15% (ie: got 60% back)
Blair Wilson - West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast--Sea to Sky Country - 14.4
Angela Reid - Kelowna--Lake Country - 13.7
Dan Bouchard - Okanagan--Coquihalla - 13.3
Sharon Howarth - Toronto--Danforth - 13.1
John Streicker - Yukon - 13
Lisa Fox - Wild Rose - 12.6
Cathy MacLellan - Kitchener--Waterloo - 12.1
John Fryer - Nanaimo--Alberni - 12
Glen Hodgson - Parry Sound--Muskoka - 11.8
Ellen Michelson - Toronto-Centre - 11.8
Stephen Leahy - Durham - 11.4
Mike Carr - Vancouver-Est - 11.4
Randy Weeks - Calgary-Ouest - 11.2
Erich Jacoby-Hawkins - Barrie - 11.1
Jessie Klassen - Winnipeg-Centre - 11.1
Eric Walton - Kingston et les Îles - 11
Lori Gadzala - Nepean--Carleton - 11
Valerie Powell - Simcoe-Nord - 11
Jamie Kropf - Kitchener--Conestoga - 10.8
Jim Stephenson - North Vancouver - 10.8
Nathan David Coates - Calgary-Est - 10.6
Adam Saab - Victoria - 10.6
Wayne Scott - Davenport - 10.5
Mary Ann Hodge - London-Centre-Nord - 10.5
Hilary Crowley - Prince George--Peace River - 10.5
Andrew Lewis - Saanich--Gulf Islands - 10.4
Margaret Chandler - Calgary-Sud-Est - 10.3
Jake Cole - Carleton--Mississippi Mills - 10.2
Mary Lou Babineau - Fredericton - 10.1
Peter Ellis - Simcoe--Grey - 10.1
John Dewar - York--Simcoe - 10.1
Ralph Moore - Kootenay--Columbia - 10
So, this election we had 41 candidates get 60% of their election costs back by cracking the magic 10% marker (plus many who were painfully close such as Jen Hunter and Brent Bouteiller who both were at 9.9%).
Last election, for reference, we had 8 ridings with 10% or more, the best result being Shane Jolley in Owen Sound, Ontario with 12.9%. A figure that was beaten by 14 Green's this time. We are making progress and more and more Canadians are noticing. With a concentrated effort during by-elections and on planning for the next federal election (I suspect next fall) we will gain more influence and will force change. Eventually we will be the balance of power party at which point we can directly force change, but for now we'll have to concentrate on encouraging changes from outside the House.
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Greens Who Beat Established Parties
Figured this would be a good 'part 2' to how Green's did.
Of note: data comes from Elections Canada
2nd place finishes - 5 times - between 9.1% and 32.2% of the vote
Central Nova: Elizabeth May 32.2%
Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound: Dick Hibma 27.2%
Calgary Southeast: Margaret Chandler 10.3%
Macleod: Jared McCollum 9.1%
Wild Rose: Lisa Fox 12.6%
3rd place finishes - 40 times - between 4.6% and 21.1% of the vote
Carleton--Mississippi Mills: Jake Cole 10.2%
Durham: Stephen Leahy 11.4%
Dufferin--Caledon: Ard Van Leeuwen 17%
Eglinton--Lawrence: Andrew James 8.8%
Guelph: Mike Nagy 21.1%
Nepean--Carleton: Lori Gadzala 11%
Oakville: Blake Poland 8.5%
Toronto--Danforth: Sharon Howarth 13.1%
Wellington--Halton Hills: Brent Bouteiller 9.9%
Brandon--Souris: Dave Barnes 15.8%
Portage--Lisgar: Charlie Howatt 8%
Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar: Amber Jones 4.6%
Yorkton--Melville: Jen Antony 5.7%
Calgary East: Nathan David Coates 10.6%
Calgary Centre-North: Eric Donovan 15.3%
Calgary--Nose Hill: Tony Hajj 9.3%
Calgary Centre: Natalie Odd 16.7%
Calgary Southwest: Kelly Christie 9%
Calgary West: Randy Weeks 11.2%
Crowfoot: Kaitlin Kettenbach 6%
Peace River: Jennifer Villebrun 7.8%
Red Deer: Evan Bedford 9.5%
Vegreville--Wainwright: William Munsey 8.6%
Wetaskiwin: Les Parsons 8%
Yellowhead: Monika Schaefer 9.2%
Chilliwack--Fraser Canyon: Barbara Lebeau 8.8%
Pitt Meadows--Maple Ridge--Mission: Mike Gildersleeve 7.7%
Kootenay--Columbia: Ralph Moore 10%
Nanaimo--Alberni: John Fryer 12%
Nanaimo--Cowichan: Christina Knighton 9.6%
Okanagan--Shuswap: Huguette Allen 17.3%
North Vancouver: Jim Stephenson 10.8%
Okanagan--Coquihalla: Dan Bouchard 13.3%
Prince George--Peace River: Hilary Crowley 10.5%
Saanich--Gulf Islands: Andrew Lewis 10.4%
British Columbia Southern Interior: Andy Morel 9.6%
Vancouver Island North: Philip Stone 8%
Vancouver Quadra: Dan Grice 8.8%
West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast--Sea to Sky Country: Blair Wilson 14.4%
Yukon: John Streicker 13%
184 times Greens came in 4th (1.4% to 18.3% of the vote). 73 times we came in 5th (mainly in Quebec - 2% to 7.7% of the vote). Our worst result was a 6th place finish (Quebec behind the big 4 and an independent getting just 1.6% of the vote). 1.4% was the lowest vote percentage in any riding that we contested. For reference, in 2000 we had 0.81% overall.
John Northey
Wellington-Halton Hills
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thanks for doing this - very useful.
in part 2 you can also add Okanagan Shuswap - we finished 3rd, beating the Liberals by almost 5,000 votes and just behind the NDP by 1,300 votes!
Okanagan-Shuswap
Okanagan--Shuswap: Huguette Allen 17.3% is listed up there as coming in 3rd.
The list is a bit confusing as it is in the order that Elections Canada put them in.
A great achievement out there after a 4th place result last time with just 4.08% of the vote, moving to more than 4 times the percentage of last time. A very good news story and I doubt you spent anywhere near what the others did (the big 3 all blew over $30k last election according to Wikipedia).
John Northey
Wellington-Halton Hills
Great stuff, thanks for
Great stuff, thanks for posting!