GREEN PARTY OF QUEBEC

The 'Parti vert du Québec' or 'PVQ' (in English: ''Green Party of Quebec'') is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values .
A first version of the Parti vert du Québec was founded in the 1980s and had candidates in the 1985, 1989 and 1994 Quebec general elections. It fell into oblivion in 1994 due to its top management leaving for the Parti Québécois (see Jean Ouimet) and lost its recognition as a party in 1998. Ouimet, a strong sovereigntist, maintained a party wholly independent of the federal Greens during his leadership. Members of the Green Party of Canada formed an organization called the Green Party of Canada in Quebec, a predominantly anglophone entity that nominated federal candidates only. There was open antipathy between Ouimet and the GPCQ's leader, Rolf Bramann. Neither was affiliated with Montreal's municipal Green Party of the time, Écologie-Montreal, led by Dmitri Rousopolis.
At the same time as the PVQ began to collapse due to Ouimet's departure, Rolf Bramann was removed from his position. This led to a precipitous decline in federal organization in the province contemporaneous with the collapse of the provincial Greens.
The second (and current) version of the PVQ was founded in 2001. In 2002, three leftist political parties (Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste, Parti de la démocratie socialiste and Parti Communiste du Québec) have merged to form the Union des forces progressistes. The PVQ pledged to try to avoid running candidates in ridings where there was a UFP candidate, although it reserved the right to run anywhere it wants to (even ridings with a UFP candidate), and did not merge with the UFP.
In May 2006, the Party has pledged to stay independent after several appeals to join Québec solidaire, the UFP's successor.
The current leader of the PVQ is Scott McKay.

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Election results

Election 2007

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Election results

General election	# of candidates	# of elected candidates	% of popular vote	# of votes
1985	10	0	0.14%	4,613
1989	46	0	1.99%	67,675
1994	11	0	0.14%	5,499
1998	The party was dissolved.
2003	36	0	0.44%	16,975
2007	108	0	3.85%	152,885

Election 2007

The Greens ran 108 of the 125 candidates needed for a full slate. Even with only 108 candidates, The Greens beat the Quebec Solidaire (running 123 candidates.) The Greens placed second in three ridings and third in three ridings. In Notre-Dame-de-Grace the Greens placed second with 15.73%. This was the best Green showing in Quebec ever.

See also

★ Green Party of Canada

★ Politics of Quebec

★ Political parties in Quebec

External link

★ Parti vert du Québec website