Cannabis

The Green Party of Canada fielded 68 candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election, none of whom were elected. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

List of candidates (incomplete)[edit]

Quebec[edit]

Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Mario Paul M Physical education teacher[1] 1,217 2.29 4th
Papineau—Saint-Denis H. Joseph Vega Vega later ran for Montreal city council in the 1994 municipal election, contesting the Étienne-Desmarteau division as a candidate of the Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal alliance. He finished in fourth place. M Construction worker[2] 469 1.19 5th
Richelieu Jacqueline Lacoste Lacoste was credited with a very strong performance in a local all-candidates debate during the election. Some of her more enthusiastic supporters later speculated that she could finish in second place, which would have been a historic showing for the party.[3] F Manager[4] 1,896 4.07 4th
Verdun—Saint-Paul Jan-Marc Lavergne A veteran comedian, Lavergne has been active for many years with the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and was inducted into their hall of fame in 2003.[5] M Comedian[6] 1,339 3.02 3rd

References[edit]

  1. ^ ANJOU--RIVIÈRE-DES-PRAIRIES (1988/11/21), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 12 October 2011.
  2. ^ PAPINEAU--SAINT-MICHEL (1988/11/21), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2011.
  3. ^ Agnès Gruda, "Une verte qui grimpe [dans Richelieu]", La Presse, 17 November 1988, B5.
  4. ^ RICHELIEU (1993/10/25), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 13 August 2009.
  5. ^ Les membres du Temple de la renommée, Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation, accessed 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ VERDUN--SAINT-PAUL (1988/11/21), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 4 April 2017.

Leave a Reply