2022 Green Party of Canada leadership election

2022 Green Party of Canada leadership election

November 19, 2022
Turnout36%
 
Candidate Elizabeth May Anna Keenan Jonathan Pedneault
Running mate Jonathan Pedneault Chad Walcott Elizabeth May
Round 6 4,666 (58.11%) 3,089 (38.47%) Eliminated
Round 1 3,736 (46.53%) 2,034 (25.33%) 775 (9.65%)

 
Candidate Chad Walcott Simon Gnocchini-Messier Sarah Gabrielle Baron
Running mate Anna Keenan N/A N/A
Round 6 Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
Round 1 547 (6.81%) 399 (4.97%) 378 (4.71%)

Leader before election

Amita Kuttner (interim)

Elected Leader

Elizabeth May

2022 Green Party leadership election
DateNovember 19
ConventionThe Westin Hotel, Ottawa
Resigning leaderAnnamie Paul
Won byElizabeth May
Candidates6 + NOTA
Entrance fee$1,000

The Green Party of Canada held a leadership election from November 12 to November 19, 2022. It elected a new leader to replace Annamie Paul, who had resigned following the 2021 Canadian federal election.

Notably, four of the six candidates approved to run in this leadership race campaigned as part of joint tickets, promising to appoint the losing member of their ticket as a deputy or co-leader. As co-leadership was not recognized in the Green Party’s constitution at the time of the leadership election, a move to shared leadership required approval from the Green Party. Former party leader Elizabeth May won the election, after campaigning as part of a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault; as co-leadership was not formally recognized in the party’s constitution, Pedneault became Deputy Leader while the two sought to amend the party constitution. However, the proposed constitutional change was not approved due to internal disagreement and delay. On July 9, 2024, Jonathan Pedneault resigned as deputy leader, citing personal reasons. He would return in February 2025, following the ratification of the co-leadership model by party members.