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Janine Gibson


Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba
Incumbent
Assumed office March 26, 2023
Preceded by	James Beddome

Personal details
Political party	Green
Occupation	Organic agriculture consultant

Janine Gibson is a Canadian politician, activist, farmer, and organic agriculture consultant who has served as the Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba since March 26, 2023.

Gibson has stood for election seven times as the Green Party of Canada candidate for Provencher and five times for the Green Party of Manitoba, as the candidate for Steinbach in 2007 and 2019, for La Verendrye in 2011 and 2016, and for Wolseley in 2023.

Gibson resides south of Steinbach, Manitoba on a solar-powered farm co-op which she co-founded in 1984. She works as an organic agriculture consultant under her business "Creative Health Consulting" and as an Organic certification inspector and vice-chair of the International Organic Inspectors Association. Gibson is also active as a volunteer for a number of Canadian environmentalist and animal-rights activism and lobbying groups.

Electoral Record

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election: Wolseley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Naylor	6,582	75.31	+29.28	$15,106.60
	Progressive Conservative	Mickey Leuzzi	861	9.85	+0.82	$0.00
	Liberal	Philip Spevack	592	6.77	-1.61	$0.00
	Green	Janine G. Gibson	553	6.33	-29.67	$7,766.87
	Communist	Cam Scott	152	1.74	–	$106.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,740	99.60	–	$63,586.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			35	0.40	–
Turnout			8,775	53.77	-3.19
Eligible voters			16,319
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+14.23
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ted Falk	24,294	48.7	-17.2	$83,776.96
	Liberal	Trevor Kirczenow	8,472	17.0	+3.9	$25,158.99
	People's	Nöel Gautron	8,168	16.4	+14.2	$24,179.71
	New Democratic	Serina Pottinger	6,270	12.6	-0.2	$0.00
	Independent	Rick Loewen	1,366	2.7	N/A	$0.00
	Green	Janine G. Gibson	1,272	2.6	-3.4	$1,596.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,901	99.5	–	$117,118.32
Total rejected ballots			355	0.5
Turnout			50,156	67.4
Eligible voters			74,468
	Conservative hold		Swing		-10.6
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ted Falk	31,821	65.9	+9.84	$91,792.89
	Liberal	Trevor Kirczenow	6,347	13.1	-21.56	$13,417.34
	New Democratic	Erin McGee	6,187	12.8	+7.50	none listed
	Green	Janine G. Gibson	2,884	6.0	+2.02	none listed
	People's	Wayne Sturby	1,066	2.2		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,305	100.0
Total rejected ballots			322
Turnout			48,627	70.5
Eligible voters			68,979
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.85
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election: Steinbach
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelvin Goertzen	6,241	81.64	-7.53	$14,150.78
	New Democratic	Robert Jessup	616	8.06	3.12	$612.56
	Green	Janine Gibson	418	5.47	–	$0.00
	Liberal	LeAmber Kensley	370	4.84	-1.05	$0.00
Total valid votes			7,645	–	–
Rejected			31	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,623	52.49	0.78
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election: La Verendrye
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Smook	5,262	71.23	7.16
	Green	Janine Gibson	724	9.80	5.02
	New Democratic	Echo Asher	705	9.54	-16.59
	Liberal	Bill Paulishyn	696	9.42	4.41
Total valid votes			7,387	–	–
Rejected			78	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,494	55.32	1.71
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ted Falk	13,046	58.20	−12.40	$ 83,542.19
	Liberal	Terry Hayward	6,711	29.94	+23.23	66,455.27
	New Democratic	Natalie Courcelles Beaudry	1,843	8.22	−9.67	17,878.16
	Green	Janine Gibson	817	3.64	+0.69	1,074.97
Total valid votes/expense limit			22,417	100.0	–	$ 97,453.98
Total rejected ballots			136	0.60	+0.17
Turnout			22,553	33.85	−27.88
Eligible voters			66,624
	Conservative hold		Swing		−17.86
By-election due to the resignation of Vic Toews.
Source(s) "November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013. "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports". Retrieved October 29, 2014.

v t e 2011 Manitoba general election: La Verendrye
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Smook	4,487	64.07	26.25	$20,489.51
	New Democratic	Maurice Tallaire	1,830	26.13	-24.99	$11,908.18
	Liberal	Monica Guetre	351	5.01	-1.22	$4,148.98
	Green	Janine Gibson	335	4.78	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			7,003	–	–
Rejected			30	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,119	53.61	-6.45
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Vic Toews	27,820	70.60	+5.95	$70,719.84
	New Democratic	Al Mackling	7,051	17.89	+4.17	$14,274.04
	Liberal	Terry Hayward	2,645	6.71	-5.86	$25,938.56
	Green	Janine Gibson	1,164	2.95	-2.84	$210.00
	Christian Heritage	David Reimer	510	1.29	-1.95	$8,372.94
	Pirate	Ric Lim	215	0.55	–	$393.24
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,405	100.0	–	$ 90,198.71
Total rejected ballots			169	0.43	-0.00
Turnout			39,574	61.73	+5.63
Eligible voters			64,104
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.89

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Vic Toews	23,303	64.65	-1.03	$67,419
	New Democratic	Ross Martin	4,947	13.72	+0.01	$6,406
	Liberal	Shirley Hiebert	4,531	12.57	-3.27	$16,369
	Green	Janine Gibson	2,089	5.79	+1.02	$1,093
	Christian Heritage	David Reimer	1,170	3.24	–	$10,130
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,040	100.0	–	$87,213
Total rejected ballots			156	0.43	+0.02
Turnout			36,196	58.01	-7.04

v t e 2007 Manitoba general election: Steinbach
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kelvin Goertzen	6,144	82.98	8.35	$25,321.51
	New Democratic	Rawle Squires	641	8.66	-6.59	$331.36
	Liberal	Jonathan Thiessen	351	4.74	-3.19	$340.30
	Green	Janine G. Gibson	268	3.62	1.42	$421.15
Total valid votes			7,404	–	–
Rejected			25	–
Eligible voters / turnout			14,863	49.98	7.99
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Statement of Votes for the 39th Provincial General Election, May 22, 2007 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Vic Toews	25,199	65.68	+2.66	$40,862.19
	Liberal	Wes Penner	6,077	15.84	−9.08	$75,239.46
	New Democratic	Patrick O'Connor	5,259	13.71	+4.70	$2,266.71
	Green	Janine Gibson	1,830	4.77	+1.72	$87.31
Total valid votes			38,365	100.00
Total rejected ballots			157	0.41	−0.02
Turnout			38,522	65.05	+5.38
Electors on the lists			59,216
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Vic Toews	22,694	63.02	+4.99	$70,851.00
	Liberal	Peter Epp	8,975	24.92	−10.94	$64,895.23
	New Democratic	Sarah Zaharia	3,244	9.01	+2.90	$1,472.79
	Green	Janine Gibson	1,100	3.05	–	$480.59
Total valid votes			36,013	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155	0.43	+0.07
Turnout			36,168	59.67	−10.36
Electors on the lists			60,617
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

External links

https://greenparty.mb.ca/leader/

References

"Leadership candidates unveiled for Green Party of Manitoba". Winnipeg. February 14, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
Marshall, Liz (March 26, 2023). "MEDIA RELEASE: GPM ELECTS JANINE GIBSON AS NEW LEADER". Green Party of Manitoba. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
Kives, Bartley (March 26, 2023). "Steinbach-area ag consultant becomes new leader of Manitoba Green Party". CBC News. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
Posted, Chris Gareau (August 10, 2023). "Gibson runs in Wolseley to better Green Party odds". The Carillon. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
^ "Leader". Green Party of Manitoba. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
Posted, Greg Vandermeulen (February 2, 2023). "Gibson campaigns for Green Party leadership". The Carillon. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
"Member Detail". www.ioia.net. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
"Board of Directors". www.ioia.net. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
"Woman chains herself to bulldozer in protest of hog barn operator clearing marsh land". Winnipeg. January 20, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
"Steering Committee". Hog Watch Manitoba. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
"Green Party Leader reacts to CEC report on Sio Silica". SteinbachOnline. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
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"2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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Pirate Party of Canada. "Candidates". Retrieved March 26, 2011.

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