Green Party elects new leader: former MP Mike Morrice wins with 96.6% of the vote

Former MP Mike Morrice has been elected the new leader of the Green Party of Canada, winning 96.6% of the vote in a leadership race whose results were announced on Saturday evening (November 14) in Ottawa. Morrice was the only candidate on the ballot, succeeding longtime leader Elizabeth May, who is stepping down.

3,318 votes to 117

Morrice received 3,318 of the 3,435 votes cast, or 96.6%; the "none of the above" option took 117 votes, or 3.4%. The only other approved candidate, Nira Dookeran, withdrew on September 8, leaving Morrice as the sole candidate. Under the party's constitution, a vote was still required even with one candidate on the ballot, rather than an acclamation.

From MP to party leader

Morrice was elected MP for Kitchener Centre, Ontario, in 2021, one of the Greens' few MPs at the time. He lost the seat in the 2025 federal election to a Conservative candidate by 358 votes. He was then named the party's deputy leader and has said he will run again in Kitchener Centre at the next election. In his acceptance speech, Morrice said the party under his leadership would be "laser focused in working for a thriving clean economy and a just society." The party said the campaign brought in 1,500 new members, a quarter of them under 30, and raised about C$113,000.

Succeeding May, who stays on as the party's only MP

May announced on August 19, 2025 that she would step down as leader after the 2025 election while remaining the Greens' sole MP. She had led the party since 2006, the longest-serving federal party leader in Canada. Morrice becomes the second federal party leader without a seat in Parliament, alongside NDP leader Avi Lewis. The Green Party said in a news release that Morrice's campaign had brought "renewed energy" to the party.