“We heard from (Liberal leader Justin) Trudeau about (not splitting) the progressive vote,” Speers said. Speers guessed that the Greens, with uncertainty over the outcome of its leadership review and what the party will look like in the fall, suffered from a strategic vote.
Election 2021 live blog: Liberals win most seats, but no majority | NDP Leader Singh wins Burnaby-South | Defence Minister Sajjan re-elected in Vancouver. Election 2021 results: Liberals hold onto battleground Metro Vancouver ridings. “That meant that their candidates were out knocking on doors that couldn’t say for sure what the party’s policies were, what the party was promising,” Harrison said. It was a challenging campaign for the Green party though, said Speers, an assistant teaching professor in the University of Victoria’s school of public administration.Īnd the unpreparedness of the Greens was evident in its lack of a solid climate plank in its platform until well into the campaign, Harrison said, which was perplexing for the party that has long had a lock on that issue. “The Greens came in second in a lot of ridings, at least in the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island last time, they’re now third or fourth on the ballot.” “I think that just kind of the diminishing support for the Greens is one of the major themes in this election,” said political scientist Kimberly Speers. 
Photo by CHAD HIPOLITO / PNGĪs election night wound down, however, the Green party was on track to capture just 5.2 per cent of the popular vote in B.C., after reaching a high of 12.5 per cent of the popular vote in 2019.
Elizabeth May, Green party candidate for Saanich-Gulf Islands, was returned to the House of Commons on Monday night. “We’re definitely not fading from the political scene, but we should have done much better this time,” May said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.
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