Greens make big gains in provincial election

Vive le Québec vert! Greens make big gains in provincial election

Yet another sign that voters are hungry for real change...

Ottawa (27 March 2007) – Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May said today that the provincial election in Quebec, in which the ADQ made a major breakthrough and the Greens had their best-ever result, is yet another sign that voters are hungry for real change.

“The result in Quebec provides further evidence that Canadians from all regions and backgrounds are tired of the same old parties offering the same old choices,” said Ms. May. “Voters are now prepared to listen to new voices with new ideas, and they are liking what they hear.”

She congratulated the leader of the Green Party of Quebec, Scott MacKay, and his team for delivering the party’s best-ever result in a Quebec election campaign and adding to the party’s growing momentum nationwide.

The Green Party of Quebec took 3.9% of the popular vote, a near nine-fold increase on its 0.44% in the 2003 election. Thirty-one of the party’s record slate of 108 candidates finished with more than 5% of the vote.

The party’s best showing was in the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce where Peter McQueen won almost 16% of the vote. Three other candidates topped the 10% mark: Patrick Daoust in Westmount-Saint-Louis (12.64%); Ryan Young in Jacques-Cartier (11.11%); and Luc Côté in Outremont (10.8%). McQueen and Daoust finished in second place in their ridings.