The Green Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2004 federal election. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here.

The candidates are listed by province and riding name.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Don Ferguson (Avalon) Don C. C. Ferguson previously ran in the 1988 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the New Democratic Party, and finished third with 4,489 votes behind Blaine Thacker of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In the 2000 Canadian federal election he ran for the Greens and finished fifth with 944 votes behind Rick Casson of the Canadian Alliance. Mr. Ferguson is a professor.

Lori-Ann Martino (Labrador) Lori-Ann Martino lost to Lawrence D. O'Brien of the Liberal Party of Canada. Martino received 178 votes to O'Brien's 5,524. Martino was an organizer for the Green Party of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador between March 2004 and June 2005. She also served as Jason Crummey's registered agent during the 2005 Labrador by-election.

Martino went on maternity leave from her job in June 2005. Six months later, after being asked to volunteer as an organizer on the ground, assisting the hired organizer living in PEI, Martino publicly resigned from the Green Party of Canada. She did so after the Green Party leader Jim Harris travelled to St. John's on the eve of a federal election, calling for a ban on subsidies to the "barbaric commercial seal slaughter".

Given that Martino was the publicly recognized representative of the Green Party in Newfoundland and Labrador, it was important that she have her opposition to the Leader's action recognized and heard. The Green Party reacted by claiming Martino was not the paid organizer at that time.

Green Party members passed a resolution at an Alberta convention in August 2004 calling for a phasing out of the harp and hooded commercial seal hunt. No members of the Newfoundland and Labrador wing of the Green Party were present at this convention, nor were they made aware that the resolution would be debated.

Martino ran as a Liberal party candidate in the 2007 provincial election and placed last in St. John's Centre. She lost to Shawn Skinner (PC), receiving 374 votes to Skinner's 3,332.Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Justin Dollimont (Random—Burin—St. George's) Justin Dollimont received a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and an Advanced Diploma in Marine Geomatics from the Centre of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. He two months in Costa Rica in 2000, preserving a watershed of rivers under the sponsorship of Canada World Youth and the Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador. Dollimont worked with an Environmental Consulting Firm at Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. He has also done environmental surveys in the Gulf of Mexico. Dollimont supports the legalization of marijuana. He was 26 years old at the time of the election. Dollimont received 474 votes, finishing fourth.vThe winning candidate was Bill Matthews of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Scott Vokey (St. John's North) Scott Vokey was a former Policy Coordinator for the Green Party of Ontario. Vokey was not a resident of the riding at the time of the election, although he was raised in St. John's. He received 791 votes, the most of any Green Party of Canada candidate in Newfoundland and Labrador; he lost to Norman E. Doyle of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Nova Scotia

Chris Milburn (Sydney—Victoria) Chris Milburn received 855 votes, finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Mark Eyking.

Michael G. Oddy (Halifax) Michael Oddy came in fourth, with 2,081 votes. He to Alexa McDonough of the New Democratic Party.

Oddy had previously run in the same riding in the 2000 Canadian federal election. He came sixth, with 587 votes.

Quebec

Louise Martineau (Brome—Missisquoi) Louise Martineau received 2,011 votes (4.55%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Denis Paradis.Official Voting Results: Brome—Missisquoi (2004 election), Elections Canada, accessed 4 December 2010.

Jean-Pierre Bonenfant (Richelieu) Jean-Pierre Bonenfant identified as a clerk and sales representative in 2004.History of Federal Ridings since 1867: RICHELIEU (2004/06/28), Parliament of Canada, accessed 11 August 2009. He was a resident of Montreal and agreed to run as a parachute candidate in Richelieu when the Green Party did not nominate a local candidate.Six candidats en lice aux élections fédérales , Montérégie Web, 12 June 2004, accessed 11 August 2009. He had previously been a candidate of the Green Party of Quebec in a provincial election.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1989 provincial Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Green 685 2.97 3/10 Louise Harel, Parti Québécois 2004 federal Richelieu Green 839 1.72 5/6 Louis Plamondon, Bloc Québécois

Ontario

Brampton—Springdale: Nick Hudson Nick Hudson has a certificate in Broadcast Sales and Marketing from Humber College. He worked as a materials supervisor in Vaughan at the time of the election, and was studying part-time for a Bachelor of Arts degree in administrative studies from York University. Hudson received 1,927 votes (4.74%). He finished fourth, losing against Liberal candidate Ruby Dhalla.

Brampton West: Sanjeev Goel Sanjeev Goel was born in Montreal, and graduated from the University of Toronto's medical school in 1995. He is a medical doctor and family physician. Goel practices in Brampton at "A Healing Place", a three-story Victorian house that he manages with his wife. Goel practices Chelation Therapy. He has an interest in meditation and nutritional supplements. Goel is a member of a non-violent social action group called TruthForce, and co-manages the site www.truthforce.ca. He has cited the Mahatma Gandhi as a personal inspiration. Goel opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and joined the Green Party as a result of this controversy.. He also opposes "public-private partnerships" in health care. Goel focused on electoral reform and environment issues. He received 1,603 votes, finishing fourth in a field of five candidates. The winner was Colleen Beaumier of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Previous candidacies:

2003 Ontario provincial election: received 820 votes (2.14%) in Brampton Centre as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Linda Jeffrey, Liberal)

Carleton—Lanark: Stuart Langstaff Stuart Langstaff holds a bachelor's degree in engineering physics. He has 17 years experience high-tech sector, where he has specialized in electronic and optical hardware design. At the time of the 2004 election, Langstaff was planning to enter a Bachelor of Education program at the University of Ottawa to teach high school science and mathematics. He owns an organic farm in Pakenham, and has served on the Environmental Advisory and Plasma Arc Committees of Mississippi Mills. Langstaff campaigned for the Pakenham seat on the Mississippi Mills council in 2003, and lost by 57 votes. He was 42 years old in 2004.

Langstaff is a frequent candidate for the Green Party, having campaigned under its banner in 1997, 2000 and 2004. He was also a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario in 1999. He has rejected the view that the Green Party is left-wing, and has argued that it does not fit into the traditional "left-right" spectrum (Ottawa Citizen, 30 April 2004).

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1997 federal Ottawa West—Nepean Green 416 5/8 Marlene Catterall, Liberal 1999 provincial Lanark—Carleton Green 681 5/6 Norm Sterling, Progressive Conservative 2000 federal Lanark—Carleton Green 871 1.37 5/8 Scott Reid, Canadian Alliance 2004 federal Carleton—Lanark Green 3,665 4/4 Gordon O'Connor, Conservative

Davenport: Mark O'Brien Mark O'Brien teaches English as a Second Language at York University in Toronto. He has worked extensively with Toronto's Latin American population. O'Brien has a degree in linguistics. He also works professionally as a folk musician in the Andean tradition. O'Brien received 1,384 votes, finishing fourth. The winning candidate was Mario Silva of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Previous candidacies:

2000 federal election: received 642 votes in Davenport (winning candidate: Charles Caccia, Liberal) 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 1,741 votes in Davenport as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Tony Ruprecht, Liberal)

Don Valley East: Dan King

Dan King is an environmental and social policy consultant in Toronto, Ontario. While King is originally from Timmins, Ontario, he has lived in various places (including New York City and Amsterdam) in the 1960s and 1970s. He lived in Rochdale College in Toronto, a building which was later converted to apartments and in which he still lives over 30 years later. King has served as tenant rep in a building in which he has to campaign in many languages just in one hallway. He is very involved in local causes for immigrants, the disabled, mentally ill and disadvantaged. King is an expert in Canada's tax system and files tax returns for disabled people.

King has also been a perennial candidate, staffer and fundraiser for the Green Party of Ontario. He recruited and trained numerous candidates and staff for the GPO and, as of December 2005, serves as its Operations Coordinator. He has volunteered to run in ridings where the party has poor organization, for instance, he did not actually campaign in Kenora—Rainy River during the 2003 Ontario election because of financial constraints covering such a huge remote riding. He is an advocate of Northern Ontario issues, and believes it must also have separate province status, equivalent to the status he seeks for Toronto.

Previous candidacies:

1990 Ontario provincial election: received 1,340 votes in Eglinton as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Dianne Poole, Liberal) 1993 federal election: received 302 votes in Don Valley West (winning candidate: John Godfrey, Liberal) 1995 Ontario provincial election: received 395 votes in Eglinton as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Bill Saunderson, Progressive Conservative) 1997 federal election: received 378 votes in Don Valley West (winning candidate: John Godfrey, Liberal) 2003 Ontario provincial election: received 395 votes in Kenora—Rainy River as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Howard Hampton, New Democratic Party) 2007 Ontario provincial election: running in Trinity—Spadina as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario

Etobicoke North: Mir Kamal Born in Hyderabad, India. A legal and immigration consultant in Toronto. Has worked outside of Canada as a lawyer and lecturer. Received 605 votes, finishing fifth in a field of seven candidates. The winner was Roy Cullen of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Previous candidacies:

2003 Ontario provincial election: received 503 votes in Etobicoke North as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario (winning candidate: Shafiq Qaadri, Liberal)

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock: Tim Holland