Andrew Lewis (Canadian politician) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Andrew Lewis is a former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

from 2004 to 2006, and a prominent member of the Green Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

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He is a 45-year-old landscaper who came from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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to Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

in the early 1990s.

He first became nationally visible in the 2001 British Columbia provincial election

British Columbia general election, 2001

The British Columbia general election of 2001 was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001, and held on May 16, 2001...

, winning 25% of the vote in BC's largest riding, Saanich North and the Islands

Saanich North and the Islands

Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands....

. He won the most Green votes of any riding, and second-strongest percentage showing to Adriane Carr

Adriane Carr

Adriane Carr is a Canadian academic, activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada. She is also a Councillor-elect on Vancouver City Council. She was a founding member and the Green Party of British Columbia's first leader from 1983 to 1985, whereafter the party...

on the Sunshine Coast. The party as a whole polled 12.4% across BC.

In the 2004 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2004

The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...

, Lewis ran again in a substantially larger federal riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands

Saanich—Gulf Islands

Saanich—Gulf Islands is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988...

and won 16.7% of the vote and also posted the first victory in a polling division ever for his federal party and in fact won 17 of 238 polls. The party as a whole polled 4.3% across Canada.

Lewis achieved some visibility in the major media which was intrigued by the story of a Green running to win.

He didn't run in the 2005 provincial election

British Columbia general election, 2005

The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

due to a "nomination freeze" imposed by the Green Party of BC, and an illness in the family. He ran again in Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2006 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2006

The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...

but lost one-third of his 2004 vote share winning only 9.9% of the ballots cast.

He ran again in Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2008 federal election, getting 10.5% of the vote.

Electoral record

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|Conservative

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The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

|Gary Lunn

Gary Lunn

Gary Vincent Lunn, PC, MP is the former Canadian Member of Parliament for the British Columbia riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands. He served in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2011, first as a member of the Reform Party of Canada and subsequently as a member of the Canadian Alliance and the...

New Democratic Party

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Liberal Party of Canada

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|Sheila Orr

Sheila Orr

Sheila Orr is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Victoria-Hillside in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005...

Green Party of Canada

Western Block Party

The Western Block Party is a political party in Canada founded in 2005 by Doug Christie. The party became officially registered on December 29, 2005....

|Patricia O'Brien
|align="right"|183
|align="right"|0.27%
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|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada

|Gary Lunn

Gary Lunn

Liberal Party of Canada

New Democratic Party

Green Party of Canada

|Andrew Lewis
|align="right"|10,662
|align="right"|16.71%
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|Independent
|Mary Moreau
|align="right"|214
|align="right"|0.33%
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|BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Murray Coell

Murray Coell

Murray Coell is a BC Liberal MLA, representing the riding of Saanich North and the Islands, a suburb of Victoria. He previously served as the Minister of Environment, Minister of Labour, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development; Minister of Human Resources; Minister of...

Green Party of British Columbia

|Andrew Lewis
|align="right"|7,211
|align="right"|25.41%
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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

|Christina Racki
|align="right"|491
|align="right"|1.73%
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|Independent
|Balther Johannes Jensen
|align="right"|257
|align="right"|0.91%
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