Andrew Basham
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Andrew Basham is an activist and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is the current leader of the Green Party of Manitoba, and has campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Green Party of Canada.
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[edit] University career
Basham campaigned for the Green Party in the 2004 federal election, and finished fourth in the riding of Charleswood—St. James. He began an Environmental Studies program at the University of Winnipeg after the election, and became a coordinator for the group SUNSET (Sustainable University Now, Sustainable Earth Tomorrow). In the latter position, he conducted a campus-wide survey focused on criteria such as land, energy, air and health.[1] He planned to run in Elmwood—Transcona for the 2006 federal election, but withdrew in favour of another candidate.[2] He served on the university's Sustainability Taskforce for the 2005-06 year.[3]
[edit] Green Party leader
Basham was a member of the Green Party of Manitoba executive before his election as party leader, and wrote an essay in support of proportional representation for the party's August 2006 newsletter.[4] He was chosen as GPM leader in November 2006, defeating rival candidate David Carey. He is twenty-three years old, and has identified Lake Winnipeg, urban sprawl and climate change as his party's key priorities. His mother, Ardythe Basham, was party president until the 2006 convention.[5]
[edit] Table of offices held
| Preceded by: Holly Nelson |
Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba 2006- |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
[edit] Electoral record
| 2004 federal election : Charleswood—St. James edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||
| Conservative | Steven Fletcher | 18,688 | 44.29 | $70,305.19 | ||
| Liberal | Glen Murray | 17,954 | 42.55 | $71,990.15 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Peter Carney | 4,283 | 10.15 | $6,030.25 | ||
| Green | Andrew Basham | 880 | 2.09 | $1,061.82 | ||
| Marijuana | Dan Zupansky | 337 | 0.80 | $0.00 | ||
| Communist | Beatriz Alas | 49 | 0.12 | $654.58 | ||
| Total valid votes | 42,191 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 109 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,300 | 65.45 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 64,627 | |||||
All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Michael Marshall, "U of W goes greener as it looks to the future", Winnipeg Free Press, 1 December 2004, N4.
- ^ Martin Cash, "First-time flush, Green will run in all 14 ridings", Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 2005, A5.
- ^ Andrew Basham, "The SunSet project", Alma Mater Society of UBC, accessed 21 November 2006.
- ^ Andrew Basham, "Manitoba's Electoral System: An Overview with Options for Change", Greenprint, August 2006, p. 4.
- ^ Kevin Rollason, "U of W student to lead Green Party", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 November 2006, B3.
