Annamie Paul resigning as leader of the Green Party
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Embattled Green Party Leader Annamie Paul is resigning, announcing Monday that she is starting the process of her withdrawal from the role. Paul's decision to step down comes on the heels of the party initiating a review of her leadership given the results of last Monday's federal election.
Paul’s decision to step down comes on the heels of the party initiating a review of her leadership given the results of last Monday’s federal election.
In the 2021 federal vote, Paul failed to win a seat, or grow the Greens’ seat count in the House of Commons.
Moreover, the Greens saw a significant drop in their share of the popular vote, after only managing to put a Green candidate on the ballot in 252 of the 338 ridings.
It was the fewest number of candidates the party had run in a federal election since 2000. The party placed sixth in overall percentage of the vote, dropping to 2.3 per cent from the 6.5 per cent secured in 2019. In 2021 just 398,775 Canadians voted Green, in contrast to the 1,189,631 votes secured in 2019.
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