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Elected Greens
Green Party members holding elected office
Greens have run for office since the first Green Parties were founded in Tasmania and New Zealand in 1972. The first Green elected was Helen Smith in 1973 when she won a seat on the Porirua City Council (New Zealand.) The first Green elected to a national parliament was Daniel Brelaz of Switzerland in 1979.
Since then, Greens have been elected to thousands of seats around the globe in local, regional, national and international parliaments. On the national level, Greens hold a total of 296 seats as of July 2011. This includes 229 seats in 17 European nations and another 67 seats in Australia (10), Brazil (14), Canada (1), Chad (1), Colombia (8), Madagascar (2), México (22), New Zealand (9). There are also 46 Greens holding seats in the European Parliament. Use the links below to find out about more about elected Greens around the world.
- Elected Greens - by federation
- Greens elected in national elections
- Greens elected in state/provincial elections
- Greens elected in local/county elections
- Links to other Green Party election results
Most Greens elected at the regional, national or international level have been elected in multi-seat electorates (districts/constituencies/ridings) through systems of proportional representation. However Greens have increasingly been winning direct election in single-seat electorates, most recently Elizabeth May to the Canadian House of Commons in May 2011. For more information on individual Green victories see:
Greens elected in national elections
- New Zealand Green MPs (Aotearoa/New Zealand)
- Australian Greens in Parliament (Australia)
- Der Grüne Klub im Parlament (Austria)
- Local officeholders in municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (Austria)
- Parlement Fédéral: la Chambre, Ecolo (Belgium)
- Parlement Fédéral: le Sénat, Ecolo (Belgium)
- Deputados Federais (Brazil)
- Congrés i Senate (Catalonia, Spain)
- Câmara (Colombia)
- Senado (Colombia)
- Green members of European Parliament (Europe)
- Green members of National Parliaments (Europe)
- Finnish Green MPs (Finland)
- Les Elus Verts (France)
- German Green MPs (Germany)
- Diputados Federales Verdes (México)
- Senadores Verdes (México)
- GroenLinks Tweede Kamerleden (Netherlands)
- GroenLinks Eerste Kamerleden (Netherlands)
- Member of Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)
- Members of Scottish Parliament (Scotland)
- Swedish Green MPs (Sweden)
- Conseil National (Lower House/Camara Baja) (Switzerland)
- Conseil des Etats (Upper House/Camara Alta) (Switzerland)
- Fraktion, 2007-2011 (Switzerland)
- Groupe parlementaire, 2007-2011 (Switzerland)
- Nationalrat (Lower House/Camara Baja) (Switzerland)
- Ständerat (Upper House/Camara Alta) (Switzerland)
Greens elected in state/provincial elections
• Diputados Locales Verdes (México)
• Gobernadores (Colombia)
• Deputados Estaduais (Brazil)
• Parlement Wallon, Ecolo (Belgium)
• Parlement Bruxellois, Ecolo (Belgium)
• Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (Australia)
• New South Wales State Parliament (Australia)
• Queensland State Parliament (Australia)
• South Australia State Parliament (Australia)
• Tasmania State Parliament (Australia)
• Victoria State Parliament (Australia)
• Western Australia State Parliament (Australia)
Greens elected in municipal/county elections
• Tasmania Local Government (Australia)
• Victoria Local Government (Australia)
• Parlement Bruxellois, Ecolo (Belgium)
• Parlement de la Communauté française, Ecolo (Belgium)
• Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft (Parlement de la Communauté germanophone), Ecolo (Belgium)
• Conselheiros (Brazil)
• Alcaldables (Catalonia, Spain)
• Alcaldes (Colombia)
• Diputados (Colombia)
• Concejales (Colombia)
• Ediles (Colombia)
• Councillors (England)
• Comhaotas Glas/Green Party TDs, MLA, Senators, Councillors (Ireland)
• Councillors (Scotland)
• Green Party members holding elected office (United States)
• Green Party Mayors (United States)
