Liz White (activist)

Elizabeth White (born c. 1950) is a Canadian animal rights activist and politician.[1]

Elizabeth White
White at a debate during the 2008 Toronto Centre by-election
Leader of the Animal Protection Party of Canada
Assumed office
August 2, 2005
Preceded byFirst leader
Personal details
Bornc. 1950
Political partyAnimal Protection

Early life

White was born in Toronto, to parents who both were teachers. She earned a nursing degree at McGill University, and then worked in Kitchener, before moving back to Toronto a few years later. She was involved in political organizing, first with the New Democratic Party, beginning from age 20.[2]

Career

White is a founder and board member of the Animal Alliance of Canada, a non-profit organization set up in 1991, where she focuses on legislative issues, municipal animal control by-laws, hunting and human-wildlife conflict, and fundraising.[3]

White also leads the Animal Protection Party of Canada (formerly the Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada), a federal political party registered by the Animal Alliance in 2005 with the aim of winning air time to discuss issues other parties might not raise, and to allow donors to receive tax credit. She stood unsuccessfully for election in Toronto-area ridings in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, and 2019.[4]

White is an opponent of the annual Canadian seal hunt, and as a result supports a boycott of Canada's seafood industry. She has also campaigned against the sale of dogs from the Winnipeg city pound to animal researchers. She was one of three women (along with Lesli Bisgould of the University of Toronto and Shelagh MacDonald of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies) who drafted Bill C-17B/C-10B, an anti-cruelty bill that among other things called for animals to be regarded as "living property." The Bill passed the House of Commons twice, but was defeated in the Senate in 2008.[5]

Electoral record
2021 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Danforth
Party Candidate Votes%±%:
LiberalJulie Dabrusin23,03848.41+0.58
New DemocraticClare Hacksel15,88133.28+0.08
ConservativeMichael Carey6,10512.83+2.29
People'sWayne Simmons1,2382.59+1.49
GreenMaryem Tollar9491.99-4.51
CommunistElizabeth Rowley2040.43+0.13
Animal ProtectionLiz White1790.38-0.02
IndependentHabiba Desai1250.26
Total valid votes 47,719
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 47,71959.84
Eligible voters 79,749
Source: Elections Canada[6]
2019 Canadian federal election: University—Rosedale
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalChrystia Freeland29,65251.7+1.90$83,556.09
New DemocraticMelissa Jean-Baptiste Vajda12,57321.9−6.60$28,390.50
ConservativeHelen-Claire Tingling9,34216.3−1.03$38,588.65
GreenTim Grant4,8618.5+5.57$33,386.65
People'sAran Lockwood5100.9–none listed
Animal ProtectionLiz White1590.3+0.08none listed
CommunistDrew Garvie1430.2−0.02none listed
Stop Climate ChangeKarin Brothers1240.2–none listed
Marxist–LeninistSteve Rutschinski270.0−0.10none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 57,391100.0
Total rejected ballots 281
Turnout 57,67271.6
Eligible voters 80,567
Liberal hold Swing +4.25
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2015 Canadian federal election: Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJames Maloney34,63853.70+18.60$154,037.25
ConservativeBernard Trottier20,93232.45-7.78$114,083.23
New DemocraticPhil Trotter7,03010.90-9.40$27,861.80
GreenAngela Salewsky1,5072.34-1.68$2,045.10
Animal AllianceLiz White2330.36–$4,975.83
Marxist–LeninistJanice Murray1680.26-0.10–
Total valid votes/expense limit 64,50899.53 $233,887.62
Total rejected ballots 3070.47
Turnout 64,81569.04
Eligible voters 93,880
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +13.19
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2011 Canadian federal election: Thornhill
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativePeter Kent36,62961.38+12.37$85,817.95
LiberalKaren Mock14,12523.67-15.76$89,258.36
New DemocraticSimon Strelchik7,14111.97+5.35$5,397.91
GreenNorbert Koehl1,5622.62-2.32$11,470.40
Animal AllianceLiz White2150.36–$7,002.05
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,672 100.00–$99,784.20
Total rejected ballots 275 0.46–
Turnout 59,947 60.98–
Eligible voters 98,312 ––
2008 Canadian federal election: Toronto Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalBob Rae27,46253.53-5.94$ 48,353.21
ConservativeDavid Gentili9,40218.33+6.0139,290.89
New DemocraticEl-Farouk Khaki7,74315.09+1.2121,305.27
GreenEllen Michelson6,08111.85-1.5623,041.16
CommunistJohan Boyden1930.38432.31
Animal AllianceLiz White1870.36-0.16685.91
IndependentGerald Derome1460.282,063.60
Marxist–LeninistPhilip Fernandez920.18–    
Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total Expenditures 51,306100.00 $ 92,067.97 $ 135,172.35
Total rejected ballots 2570.50
Turnout 51,56357.39
By-election on March 17, 2008: Toronto Centre

On Bill Graham's resignation, July 2, 2007

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalBob Rae14,18759.47+7.24
New DemocraticEl-Farouk Khaki3,31213.88-9.86
GreenChris Tindal3,19913.41+8.20
ConservativeDonald Meredith2,93912.32-5.89
Animal AllianceLiz White1230.52+0.40
Canadian ActionDoug Plumb970.41
Total valid votes 23,857100.00
Total rejected ballots 960.40
Turnout 23,95327.86
  Liberal hold Swing +8.5
2006 Canadian federal election: Toronto Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBill Graham30,87452.23-4.30
New DemocraticMichael Shapcott14,03623.74-0.01
ConservativeLewis Reford10,76318.21+3.42
GreenChris Tindal3,0805.21+1.30
CommunistJohan Boyden1200.2-0.05
IndependentMichel Prairie1010.2
Animal AllianceLiz White720.12
Marxist–LeninistPhilip Fernandez660.11-0.01
Total valid votes 59,112100.00
  Liberal hold Swing -2.1

See also

References
  1. Strobel, Mike. "One Party Stands up for the Animals," Toronto Sun, 7 January 2006.
  2. Medley, Mark (October 11, 2008). "Who Are You Calling Fringe? Canadians will not wake up to an Animal Alliance Environment Voters government on Wednesday, and Liz White will most assuredly not be our prime minister. That's not stopping the Toronto-Centre candidate from giving this election everything she's got". National Post. p. TO.10.
  3. Dupras, George. Values in Conflict: Reflections of an Animal Advocate. iUniverse, 2011, pp. 180–181.
  4. Boatright, Robert G. Interest Groups and Campaign Finance Reform in the United States and Canada. University of Michigan Press, 2011, p. 167.
  5. Dupras, George. Values in Conflict: Reflections of an Animal Advocate. iUniverse, 2011, pp. 28–30.
    • Also see Bill C-10B, Parliament of Canada, accessed 22 May 2012.
  6. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  9. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 30 September 2015
  10. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
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