From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Beddome
James Beddome
James Beddome election. He traveled by bicycle in the latter campaign,
carrying a trailer and sleeping at campsites. Beddome
said that he wanted to raise awareness about clean modes
of transportation, as well as the problems faced by family
farms.[3]
Party leader
Beddome was elected to a two-year term as Manitoba
Green Party leader on November 15, 2008, defeating in-
cumbent Andrew Basham and third candidate Shane
Nestruck.[4] After his victory, he said that he would work
toward running a full slate of candidates in the next
provincial election.[5] He was the party’s candidate for a
by-election in the northeast Winnipeg division of Elm-
wood in early 2009.
Electoral record
2011 Manitoba provincial election : Wolseley
Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba
Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures
Incumbent
New Democ- Rob Alte- 4,193 60.68% −3.2
Assumed office rat meyer
2008
Green James 1,364 19.74% +7.67
Preceded by Andrew Basham Beddome
Personal details Progressive Harpreet 847 12.26% +0.95
Born October 2, 1983
Conservative Turka
Brandon, Manitoba Liberal Eric Ste- 506 7.32% −4.12
Political party Green Party of Manitoba
wart
Total valid votes
James Robert Beddome (born October 2, 1983) is a Cana- Rejected and declined votes
dian politician, and the current leader of the Green Party
Turnout
of Manitoba.
Registered voters
Early life and career Manitoba provincial by-election, March 24, 2009 : Elmwood
Beddome was born in Brandon, Manitoba, and was raised
Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures
on a livestock farm north of Rapid City. He has an Ho-
nours Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Studies and New Democ- Bill 2,325 53.76 -7.75
Economics from the University of Manitoba (2006), and ratic Party Blaikie
has worked as an administrator at Nesbitt Burns.[1] In Progressive Adrian 913 21.11 +0.10
2008, he and two partners started a bicycle taxi service in Conservative Schulz
Winnipeg.[2] Liberal Regan 877 20.28 +2.80
Beddome joined the Green Party of Manitoba in 2006, Wolfrom
and soon became the chair of its economic policy com-
Green James 210 4.86
mittee. He worked on Kaj Hasselriis’s campaign for May-
Beddome
or of Winnipeg in 2006, and stood as the Green candidate
for the rural division of Minnedosa in the 2007 provincial Total valid votes 4,325 100
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Beddome
Rejected and declined bal- 14 Mary Agnes Welch, "He’s a spot of Green in the
lots Tory blue", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 2007, A6.
[2] Meghan Hurley, "Environmentalists use pedal
Turnout 4,339 36.44 -13.54
power", Winnipeg Free Press, 19 July 2008, B1.
Electors on the lists 11,907 [3] "Biking through riding", Winnipeg Free Press, 4 May
2007 Manitoba provincial election : Minnedosa 2007, A6.
Party Candidate Votes % +/- [4] "Mba-Green-Party", Canadian Press - Broadcast Wire,
Expenditures
17 October 2008, 4:57am.
Progressive (x)Leanne 3,790 52.79 +5.42 $22,692.31"Mba-Green-Party", Canadian Press - Broadcast Wire,
[5]
Conservative Rowat 16 October 2008, 5:07am.
New Democ- Harvey 2,769 38.57 -8.62 $16,563.22
ratic Party Paterson
External links
Green James Bed- 281 3.91 +3.91 $1,661.53
dome • Party leader page
Liberal Christopher 268 3.73 Persondata
-0.17 $340.29
Baker Name Beddome, James
Independent Colin 72 1.00 Alternative names
-0.54 $1,218.45
Atkins Short description Manitoba Green Politician
Total valid votes 7,180 99.68 Date of birth October 2, 1983
Rejected and declined votes 23 Place of birth Brandon, Manitoba
Turnout 7,203 58.92 +2.77 Date of death
Electors on the lists 12,225 Place of death
References
[1] Minnedosa Green Candidate: James Beddome,
Green Party of Manitoba, accessed 28 May 2009;
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