Former MP Mike Morrice has been elected leader of the Green Party of Canada after the leadership race left him as the sole remaining candidate.
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Former federal Green MP Mike Morrice has been elected leader of the Green Party of Canada after becoming the only candidate in the party’s leadership race.
Morrice previously served as MP for Kitchener Centre from 2021 to 2025, when he lost the seat to Conservative MP Kelly DeRidder by fewer than 400 votes.
The party’s leadership race was set in motion when another candidate, Nira Dookeran, withdrew in September for “personal and family reasons.” Even with only one leadership candidate remaining, the party’s constitution requires a vote, and Morrice’s election followed.
In a video posted to social media on Saturday night, Morrice said there is “renewed energy” in the party to focus on making life more affordable for Canadians while taking on what he called “the oil and gas giants.” He added, “Tonight is the start of all of that, and I’m so excited for it.”
Outgoing leader Elizabeth May said in her own video that Morrice has worked very hard for his community and that his election is “a dream come true.” May said, “Thank goodness the party is in good shape,” adding that she is passing the torch while noting the party has “a great team,” “no debt,” and supporters “from coast to coast to coast.”
May is the sole Green MP in the House of Commons. Morrice had said earlier in the fall that he hopes to win back his seat in Kitchener Centre, and that he does not plan to run in any of the six pending byelections. “The plan is to win back Kitchener Centre at the first opportunity, recognizing how important it is to have the leader of the party in the House of Commons,” he said in that earlier interview. “And for my community, how much more of a platform I hope to give folks in Kitchener Centre to hopefully be back in the House of Commons as leader of the party.”
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