The Green Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian 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.
Prince Edward Island
Sharon Labchuk (Malpeque) She previously ran for the Green Party in the 2004 federal election, also in Malpeque, but lost to Wayne Easter of the Liberal Party of Canada. Labchuk received 1,037 votes to Easter's 9,782.
Nova Scotia
Chris Milburn (Sydney—Victoria)
Milburn is a physician. He was born in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and trained in emergency and family medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He held several medical positions in and around the Kingston area after graduating, including a stint as a clinic doctor in Lansdowne after the small community lost its previous doctor (KWS, 22 November 2000). Milburn is also a skilled athlete, and has participated in several triathlons. He was a member of the Kingston Whig-Standards community editorial board in the late 1990s, and frequently contributed to its columns (KWS, 11 October 2000).
Milburn joined the Green Party shortly before the 2000 federal election, and campaigned in the Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands. He emphasized health issues, and wrote against the privatisation of prescription medicine (KWS, 1 November 2000). He received 2,652 votes (5.18%), the best showing for a Green candidate outside of British Columbia. Milburn defeated Fred Perel to win the Green Party of Ontario nomination for Kingston and the Islands in the 2003 provincial election (KWS, 9 October 2002), but left for a job in New Brunswick shortly before the campaign (KWS, 8 September 2003).
At the time of the 2004 election, Milburn was a physician with the emergency unit at Cape Breton Regional Hospital (Medical Post, 15 June 2004). He had recently purchased the historic site of the old City Hospital, where he planned to build a "green" neighbourhood. He was 34 years old. He received 855 votes, finishing fourth.
As of 2005, Milburn is the GPC's Healthcare Advocate.
Nick Wright (Halifax) Nick Wright ran in the Halifax riding and received 1948 votes, 3.9% of the popular vote in a riding dominated by long-time NDP candidate Alexa McDonough.
Quebec
Adam Sommerfeld (Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher)
Sommerfeld is both a young politician and a veteran environmental activist. While in high school, he started the LEAF (Lisgar Environmental Action Force) organization and affiliated it with the Sierra Youth Coalition. He was also active with the OPIRG-affiliated group Enviro-Action while attending the University of Ottawa. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal.
He joined the Green Party of Canada in 2000 at age eighteen, and campaigned under its banner in the 2000 federal election. The 2006 campaign was his third for the party.
Ontario
Beaches—East York: Jim Harris
Jim Harris was the leader of the Green Party of Canada.
Brampton—Springdale: Ian Raymond Chiocchio
Chiocchio holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Brock University, and completed a two-year management training program with a Fortune 500 company. He was assistant manager of the Brock University pub, and as of 2006 is the co-owner of a landscaping business. He received 1,853 votes (3.93%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Ruby Dhalla.
Brant: Adam KingAdam King was born in London, Ontario. He spent most of his childhood and teenage years in Bangladesh, where his family worked for a Baptist non-governmental organization, and he became interested in social issues at an early age. King's family returned to Canada in 1999, and he later took a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from York University (2007). He was twenty-three years old during the 2006 campaign.
King has also run for the Brantford city council. He served on the City of Brantford's heritage committee, planning department, and cultural network from 2006 to 2008, and in 2007 he started an ethical coffee chain.
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound: Shane Jolley
Shane Jolley ran the most successful Green Party campaign in the 2006 election.
Carleton—Mississippi Mills: Jake Cole
Jake Cole has lived in Kanata with his wife and two children for over 28 years. He is an active member of the local community, volunteering with the Scouts Canada Kanata branch, the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Earl of March Secondary School Parent's Council, and coaching community baseball, soccer and hockey.