Editing Green party (section)

===North America===
As of the [[2011 Canadian federal election|41st general election]] in Canada, held on May 2, 2011, there was only one federally elected member of the [[Green Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], its leader [[Elizabeth May]]. However, at the dissolution of the [[41st Canadian Parliament|41st Parliament]] on August 2, 2015, the [[Green Party of Canada]] held two seats in the House of Commons, the second seat belonging to formerly Independent MP [[Bruce Hyer]] who was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] in 2011. Only May won [[2015 Canadian federal election|re-election]] to the [[42nd Canadian Parliament|42nd parliament]]. [[Mike Morrice]] was elected to the 43rd parliament, returning Greens to two seats. There remains no federal representation by the [[Green Party of the United States]] in the U.S. Congress. Accordingly, in these countries, Green parties focus on [[electoral reform]]. In Mexico, however, the ''[[Ecologist Green Party of Mexico|Partido Verde Ecologista]],'' often abbreviated as PVEM, has 17 [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|deputies]] and four [[Senate of Mexico|senators]] in [[Congress of Mexico|Congress]] as a result of the 2006 elections. Nevertheless, some of its political practices such as plead in favor of the death penalty in Mexico, led to the [[European Green Party]]'s withdrawal of recognition of the PVEM as a legitimate green party.

====Canada====
{{See also|Green Party of Canada#Provincial parties|List of Green party leaders in Canada|List of Green politicians who have held office in Canada}}
The first Green parties in Canada (both federal and provincial) were founded in 1983. The strongest provincial Green parties are the [[Green Party of British Columbia]], the [[Green Party of Ontario]], the [[Green Party of New Brunswick]], and the [[Green Party of Prince Edward Island]] which was elected the [[Official Opposition]] in the 2019 election.<ref>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/seven-things-to-know-about-the-p-e-i-election-results-1.4392161 "Seven things to know about the P.E.I. election results"]. [[CTV News]], April 23, 2019.</ref> The first ever BC Green MLA was elected in 2013, and in [[2017 British Columbia general election|2017]] they helped the minority [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]] form government.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ndp-green-agreement-1.4136539 "B.C. Green Party agrees to support NDP in the legislature"]. [[CBC News]], May 29, 2017.</ref> In 2014 a Green MLA was elected to the New Brunswick legislature, in 2015 a Green MLA was elected to the Prince Edward Island Legislature, and in 2018 [[Mike Schreiner]] became the first Green MPP elected to the Ontario provincial legislature. Federally, the [[Green Party of Canada]] received 6.49% of the popular vote and a record three seats in Parliament during the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 federal election]], breaking ground in [[Atlantic Canada]] with the election of [[Jenica Atwin]] as the first federal Green from outside of [[British Columbia]].<ref>[https://globalnews.ca/news/6023150/live-canada-election-results-2019-real-time-results-in-the-federal-election/ "Canada election 2019: Results from the federal election"]. [[Global News]], October 21, 2019.</ref> This is up from one seat ([[By-elections to the 42nd Canadian Parliament#Nanaimo—Ladysmith|later two]]) and 3.91% won in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]]. Although [[Elizabeth May]] (the leader of the GPC from 2006 to 2019) was the first elected Member of Parliament, the first seat was gained in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] on August 30, 2008, when sitting Independent MP [[Blair Wilson]] joined the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/4545--liberal-mp-blair-wilson-goes-green-giving-the-party-its-first-seat-on-parliament-hill |title=Liberal MP Blair Wilson Goes Green, Giving the Party Its First Seat on Parliament Hill - CityNews |access-date=2010-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629145949/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/4545--liberal-mp-blair-wilson-goes-green-giving-the-party-its-first-seat-on-parliament-hill |archive-date=2011-06-29 }}</ref> As of September 2020, May continues to sit as a Member of Parliament for [[Saanich-Gulf Islands]] and has exerted a considerable amount of legislative influence on a number of issues ranging from denying unanimous consent for military intervention in Libya, playing a central role in exposing changes to environmental legislation hidden in the omnibus Budget Bill C-38, to introducing a [[private member's bill]] to develop a national strategy on [[Lyme disease]]. [[Mike Morrice]] joined May in Parliament in 2021 representing [[Kitchener Centre (federal electoral district)|Kitchener Centre]] and has been active on disability issues.

In the [[2008 Vancouver municipal election]], Stuart Mackinnon, a member of the Vancouver Green Party, was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board. Since that time former [[Green Party of British Columbia]] leader, and deputy-leader of the federal Green party, [[Adriane Carr]] won the Greens' first seat on Vancouver City Council, in 2011 municipal elections.

====United States====
In the United States, Greens first ran for public office in 1985. Since then, the [[Green Party of the United States]] has claimed electoral victories at the municipal, county and [[U.S. state|state]] levels. The first U.S. Greens to be elected were [[David Conley (politician)|David Conley]] and Frank Koehn in Wisconsin 1986. Each was elected to a position on the County Board of Supervisors in Douglas and Bayfield counties respectively. [[Keiko Bonk]] was first elected in 1992 in Hawaii County, becoming Official Chairwoman in 1995. The first Green Party mayor <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gp.org/elections/Green-Mayors/ |title=Green Party Officeholders 2016 :: Mayors |publisher=Gp.org |access-date=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922175818/http://www.gp.org/elections/Green-Mayors/ |archive-date=2013-09-22 }}</ref> was Kelly Weaverling, elected in [[Cordova, AK]] in 1991.

As of April 2018, 156 Greens held elective office across the US in 19 states. The states with the largest numbers of Green elected officials are California (68), Connecticut (15), and Pennsylvania (15). Titles of offices held include: Alderman, Auditor, Board of Appeals, Board of Finance, Board of Selectmen, Borough Council, Budget Committee, Circuit Court Judge, City Council, Common Council, Community College District Board of Trustees, Community Service Board,  Conservation Congress, Constable, County Board of Supervisors, County Supervisor, Fire Commission, Fire District Board, Inspector of Elections, Judge of Elections, Mayor, Neighborhood Council Board, Park District, Parks and Recreation District Board, Library Board, Planning Board, Public Housing Authority Resident Advisory Board, Public Service District, Rent Stabilization Board, Sanitary District Board, School Board, Soil and Water Conservation Board, State Representative, Town Council, Transit District Board, Village Trustee, Water District Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.org/officeholders|title=Officeholders|website=www.gp.org}}</ref> As of October 2016, 100 Greens held elected office across the US.<ref name="auto"/> The first US Green elected to a state legislature was [[Audie Bock]] in 1999, to the [[California State Assembly]], followed by [[John Eder]] to the [[Maine House of Representatives]] in 2002 and 2004 and [[Richard Carroll (politician)|Richard Carroll]] to the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] in 2008. While in office in 2003 in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]], incumbent [[Matt Ahearn]] made a [[Party switching in the United States|party switch]] to Green for the remainder of his term.

The Green Party has contested seven presidential elections: in 1996 and 2000 with [[Ralph Nader]] for president and [[Winona LaDuke]] as vice president, in 2004 with [[David Cobb (activist)|David Cobb]] for president and [[Pat LaMarche]] for vice president, and in 2008 with [[Cynthia McKinney]] for president and [[Rosa Clemente]] for vice president. In 2000, Nader received more votes for president than any Green Party candidate before or since. [[Jill Stein]] ran for president on the Green ticket in 2012, 2016 and 2024; the vice-presidential candidates were [[Cheri Honkala]] in 2012, [[Ajamu Baraka]] in 2016 and [[Butch Ware]] in 2024. Stein, who received over one million votes in the 2016 race, led unsuccessful attempts toward [[2016 United States presidential election recounts|2016 election recounts]] in three states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In 2020, [[Howie Hawkins]], a founder of the Green Party, was the party's presidential nominee.