Peter Bevan-Baker

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The Honourable
Peter Bevan-Baker
MLA
File:Peter Bevan-Baker.jpg
Leader of the Opposition in
Prince Edward Island
Assumed office
9 May 2019
Premier Dennis King
Preceded by James Aylward
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Assumed office
23 April 2019
Preceded by Riding established
Constituency New Haven-Rocky Point
In office
4 May 2015 – 26 March 2019
Preceded by Valerie Docherty
Succeeded by Riding dissolved
Constituency Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island
Assumed office
3 November 2012
Preceded by Darcie Lanthier (interim)
Personal details
Born Peter Stewart Bevan-Baker
(1962-06-03) 3 June 1962 (age 61)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Political party Green
Residence Prince Edward Island, Canada
Education University of Glasgow
Occupation Dentist
Website peterbevanbaker.ca

Peter Stewart Bevan-Baker[1] (born 3 June 1962) is a Scottish-Canadian politician, currently the leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island[2] and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island representing New Haven-Rocky Point (formerly representing Kellys Cross-Cumberland.) He previously stood as a candidate for both the Green Party of Ontario and the Green Party of Canada. Bevan-Baker is a dentist by profession as well as being an active writer, musician and public speaker. As a result of the 2019 election, Bevan-Baker is the current Leader of the Official Opposition in the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island.[3]

Personal life

He holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Glasgow. He immigrated to Canada in 1985, living in Lewisporte, Newfoundland and then Brockville, Ontario before settling in Prince Edward Island in 2003. He became a Canadian citizen in 1992.[4][5][6]

Political career

Bevan-Baker joined the Green Party of Canada in 1992, and has run as a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in the elections of 1993, 1997 in the riding of Leeds—Grenville and provincially in 1995 in the riding of Leeds-Grenville in Ontario, and 2008 and 2011 in Malpeque, PEI.[7]

In 1997, he ran on a platform that advocated establishing a Genuine Progress Index (GPI). This was proposed to replace the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the standard measure for assessing national progress with an index that gauged the health and well-being of people, communities and eco-systems. Though not elected from 1997 to 2001, he forged an alliance with Liberal MP Joe Jordan to draft the Canada Well-Being Measurement Bill (C-268), which incorporated many of the central tenets of the GPI. The bill received first reading on 14 February 2001, but did not become law.

Bevan-Baker has also run three times as a candidate in provincial elections in Ontario, and on Prince Edward Island in the riding of Kelly’s Cross-Cumberland in 2007 and 2011.[8]

In 2012 he spearheaded a coalition from a broad spectrum of Islanders against a project known as "Plan B", which involved rerouting a portion of the Trans Canada Highway through a section of ancient Acadian forest, citing negative environmental and fiscal implications for the province.

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Bevan-Baker won every polling division in the riding of Kellys Cross-Cumberland in his run for MLA in 2015

In 2015, Bevan-Baker was elected to the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly with 54% of the vote, winning the first-ever seat for the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.[2][6] It was his tenth attempt at winning a seat.[9] He is the third member of a provincial Green Party to win a seat in a provincial legislature in Canada, following Andrew Weaver in British Columbia and David Coon in New Brunswick.

In 2019 the Green Party under Bevan-Baker was elected with enough seats to form the Official Opposition, making it the first Green Party Official Opposition in Canada.

Electoral history

Prince Edward Island general election, 2019: New Haven-Rocky Point
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 1,869 53.7% –
Progressive Conservative Kris Currie 1,068 30.7% –
Liberal Judy MacNevin 515 14.8% –
Independent Don Wills 26 0.7% –
Green pickup new district.
[10]
Prince Edward Island general election, 2015: Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 2,077 54.80 +45.44
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,046 27.60 -26.48
Progressive Conservative Randy Robar 609 16.07 -13.33
New Democratic Jesse Cousins 58 1.53 -4.04
Total valid votes 3,790 100.0  
Green gain from Liberal Swing +35.96
[11]
Canadian federal election, 2011: Malpeque
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 8,605 42.40 -1.79 $47,363.15
Conservative Tim Ogilvie 7,934 39.10 -0.18 $62.426.68
New Democratic Rita Jackson 2,970 14.63 +4.96 $5,426.11
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 785 3.87 -2.99 $1,367.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit 20,294 100.0     $69,634.73
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 90 0.44 -0.16
Turnout 20,384 77.47 +6.06
Eligible voters 26,311
Liberal hold Swing -0.80
Sources:[12][13]
Prince Edward Island general election, 2011: Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,768 54.08 +1.57
Progressive Conservative Neila Auld 961 29.40 -6.73
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 306 9.36 +2.95
New Democratic Jesse Reddin Cousins 182 5.57 +0.61
Island Paul Smitz 37 1.13
Independent Arthur C. Mackenzie, Sr. 15 0.52
Total valid votes 3,269 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +4.15


Canadian federal election, 2008: Malpeque
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Wayne Easter 8,312 44.19 -6.29 $51,835.54
Conservative Mary Crane 7,388 39.28 +4.65 $56,705.00
New Democratic J'Nan Brown 1,819 9.67 -0.57 $5,225.01
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 1,291 6.86 +2.21 $3,626.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,810 100.0     $67,177
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 113 0.60 +0.01
Turnout 18,923 71.41 -3.69
Eligible voters 26,498
Liberal hold Swing -5.47


Prince Edward Island general election, 2007: Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Liberal Valerie Docherty 1,811 52.51 +1.86
Progressive Conservative Steven Stead 1,246 36.13 -10.48
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 221 6.41
New Democratic Lorraine Begley 171 4.96 +2.22
Total valid votes 3,449 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing 6.17


Canadian federal election, 1997: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Joe Jordan 19,123 39.47 -13.10 $48,446
Progressive Conservative Sandra Lawn 15,636 32.27 +5.34 $58,733
Reform Doug Aldridge 10,476 21.62 +5.65 $18,190
New Democratic Jennifer Breakspear 1,757 3.63 +1.60 $3,522
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 1,102 2.27 +1.21 $1,427
Christian Heritage Donny F. Platt 241 0.50 * $544
Natural Law Wayne Foster 119 0.25 -0.14 $0
Total valid votes 48,454 100.00
Liberal hold Swing -9.22


Ontario general election, 1995: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Bob Runciman 21,763 63.27 +14.20 $ 44,550.77
Liberal Peter McKenna 8,955 26.03 −0.68 45,063.22
New Democratic Charles Stewart 2,316 6.73 −17.48 3,608.98
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 927 2.69   1,692.83
Independent Phillip Blancher 438 1.27   669.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit 34,399 100.0   +0.20 $ 47,488.00
Total rejected ballots 255 0.74
Turnout 34,654 63.06
Eligible voters 54,953  
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Canadian federal election, 1993: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Jordan 26,567 52.57 +9.17 $49,114
Progressive Conservative Sandra Lawn 13,608 26.93 -11.97 $53,521
Reform Paul West 8,071 15.97 * $8,164
New Democratic Mary Ann Greenwood 1,026 2.03 -9.05 $6,686
Green Peter Bevan-Baker 538 1.06 * $0
National Holly Baker 474 0.94 * $490
Natural Law Richard Beecroft 196 0.39 * $0
Abolitionist Christine Richardson 59 0.12 * $200
Total valid votes 50,539 100.00
Liberal hold Swing +10.57


References

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  3. ↑ "Seven things to know about the P.E.I. election results". CTV News, 23 April 2019.
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  9. ↑ Tenth time lucky for the Green Party’s Peter Bevan-Baker. Macleans. 2015-05-06.
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  12. ↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  13. ↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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