Daniel Green (politician)

Daniel Green (born May 29, 1955) is a Canadian politician, environmentalist and scientific communicator. Since 2000, he has been a consultant for Sierra Club of Canada, Société pour vaincre la pollution (SVP), Coalition Eau Secours, the Rivers Foundation, Nature Québec and Parks Canada.[3]

Daniel Green
Green speaking at a press conference in 2015.
Green in 2015
Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada
In office
December 5, 2014 – 2019[1][2]
Serving with
Leader
Preceded byGeorges Laraque
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Daniel Green

(1955-05-29) May 29, 1955
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyGreen
Residence(s)Hampstead, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversité du Québec à Montréal
Profession

In 2014, Elizabeth May appointed him deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada.[4] He served as deputy leader alongside Jo-Ann Roberts until November 2019, when Roberts became the interim leader of the party.

Environmental science career

A graduate in biological sciences and environmental science from the Université du Québec à Montréal, Green has been working on the problem of toxic substances in the environment since the 1980s.[3] Between 1980 and 2000, he headed Société pour vaincre la pollution (SVP).[5]

Since the early 2000s, Green has acted as the SVP's co-chair and has been vocal against the effect of pollution on public health. Examples of his activism are the asbestos controversy,[6] the trichlorethylene contaminated water case in Shannon,[7] the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster[8] and Montreal REM train project.[9]

Political career

In 2014, Green became a member of the Green Party of Canada. In December 2014, Green Party leader Elizabeth May appointed him deputy leader of the party. He ran in the 2015 Canadian federal election in the new riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs.[10] He lost to Liberal candidate Marc Miller.[11]

As part of the Liberal government's plan to reform Canada's electoral system following the 2015 election, Green pushed for the introduction of a proportional voting system, which, in his opinion, would make the electoral process more democratic and more representative. To this end, he sought to show the differences between first-past-the-post voting and proportional representation.[12]

Green ran in a federal by-election in the riding of Saint-Laurent in March 2017, which happened due to former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion's resignation from the House of Commons. He came third behind Liberal candidate Emmanuella Lambropoulos and Conservative candidate Jimmy Yu, winning 8% of the vote.[13] In February 2019, he came third in the federal by-election in Outremont, which happened due to former New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair's resignation, with 12.9% of the vote,[14] the best result for the Green Party of Canada in Quebec elections.[15]

Electoral record
2019 Canadian federal election: Outremont
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalRachel Bendayan19,14846.19+5.76$47,498.81
New DemocraticAndrea Clarke8,31920.07-7.45none listed
Bloc QuébécoisCélia Grimard5,74113.85+2.63$9,862.60
GreenDaniel Green5,01812.1-0.83none listed
ConservativeJasmine Louras2,7076.53+0.39$4,912.03
People'sSabin Levesque3690.89-0.65none listed
RhinocerosMark John Hiemstra1550.37none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,457100.0 $102,446.50
Total rejected ballots 455
Turnout 41,91262.2
Eligible voters 67,842
Liberal hold Swing +6.61
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]
Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: Outremont
Resignation of Tom Mulcair
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRachel Bendayan6,08640.43+6.97
New DemocraticJulia Sánchez4,14227.52-16.60
GreenDaniel Green1,94612.93+9.32
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Duchesne1,67411.12+2.71
ConservativeJasmine Louras9256.14-3.39
People'sJames Seale2321.54-
IndependentWilliam Barrett480.32-
Total valid votes 15,05399.11 
Total rejected ballots 1350.89-0.08
Turnout 15,18821.57-40.35
Eligible voters 70,414
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +11.78
Source: Elections Canada[18]
Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017: Saint-Laurent
Resignation of Stéphane Dion
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalEmmanuella Lambropoulos11,46159.13−2.44
ConservativeJimmy Yu3,78419.52+0.01
Green Daniel Green1,5487.99+5.57
New DemocraticMathieu Auclair1,5117.80−3.72
Bloc QuébécoisWilliam Fayad9514.91+0.25
RhinocerosChinook Blais-Leduc1290.67–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 19,384 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 255 1.30 +0.30
Turnout 19,639 28.33 −30.65
Eligible voters 69,302
Liberal hold Swing −1.24
2015 Canadian federal election: Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMarc Miller25,49150.82+23.34$104,027.97
New DemocraticAllison Turner11,75723.44-18.05$76,667.01
ConservativeSteve Shanahan5,94811.86-0.05$10,419.44
Bloc QuébécoisChantal St-Onge4,3078.59-7.44$2,334.04
Green Daniel Green2,3984.78+1.99$84,091.06
RhinocerosDaniel Wolfe1610.32––
CommunistBill Sloan1020.20––
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,164100.00–$221,982.87
Total rejected ballots 4350.86––
Turnout 50,59959.96––
Eligible voters 84,387–––
Source: Elections Canada[19][20]

References
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  3. "Outremont". Green Party of Canada. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  4. Croteau, Martin (December 2, 2014). "Parti vert: Daniel Green remplace Georges Laraque". La Presse (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  5. "Entrevue avec Daniel Green de la Société pour Vaincre la pollution | Vidéos | ICI Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  6. "Laurent Lessard choqué par un article de Daniel Green". fr.canoe.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  7. "Le taux de cancer est plus élevé à Shannon, dit un environnementaliste". Le Soleil (in Canadian French). January 25, 2011. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  8. "Entrevue avec Daniel Green de la Société pour Vaincre la pollution | ICI Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in French). Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  9. Scott, Marian (March 9, 2017). "REM train construction would unearth toxic waste site: Environmentalist". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  10. Josselin, Marie-Laure (August 14, 2019). "Une journée de campagne avec Daniel Green, du Parti vert | Élections Canada 2015". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  11. "Official Voting Results". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  12. Wiart, Nikki (August 5, 2016). "The Greens want electoral reform. It's no surprise why". www.macleans.ca. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  13. "Report on the 2017 by-elections". www.elections.ca. August 27, 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  14. "Élections partielles: victoire douce-amère pour Jagmeet Singh". Le Devoir (in French). February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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  19. Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results
  20. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
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