Peter Bevan-Baker

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]

The Honourable

Peter Bevan-Baker

MLA
Leader of the Opposition in
Prince Edward Island
Assumed office
9 May 2019
Preceded byJames Aylward
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Assumed office
23 April 2019
Preceded byRiding established
ConstituencyNew Haven-Rocky Point
In office
4 May 2015 – 26 March 2019
Preceded byValerie Docherty
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
ConstituencyKellys Cross-Cumberland
Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island
Assumed office
3 November 2012
Preceded byDarcie Lanthier (interim)
Personal details
Born
Peter Stewart Bevan-Baker

(1962-06-03) 3 June 1962
Aberdeen, Scotland
Political partyGreen
ResidencePrince Edward Island, Canada
EducationUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationDentist
Websitepeterbevanbaker.ca

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. 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's leadership witnessed the best electoral performance of any Green Party in Canada, finishing with enough seats to form the Official Opposition, marking the first time that the Green Party has formed the Official Opposition at any level in Canadian history.

Electoral history
2019 Prince Edward Island general election: New Haven-Rocky Point
Party Candidate Votes%±%
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker1,86953.7%–
Progressive ConservativeKris Currie1,06830.7%–
LiberalJudy MacNevin51514.8%–
IndependentDon Wills260.7%–
Green pickup new district.
[10]
2015 Prince Edward Island general election: Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes%±%
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker2,07754.80+45.44
LiberalValerie Docherty1,04627.60-26.48
Progressive ConservativeRandy Robar60916.07-13.33
New DemocraticJesse Cousins581.53-4.04
Total valid votes 3,790100.0  
Green gain from Liberal Swing +35.96
[11]
2011 Canadian federal election: Malpeque
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalWayne Easter8,60542.40-1.79$47,363.15
ConservativeTim Ogilvie7,93439.10-0.18$62.426.68
New DemocraticRita Jackson2,97014.63+4.96$5,426.11
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker7853.87-2.99$1,367.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit 20,294100.0   $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]
2011 Prince Edward Island general election: Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalValerie Docherty1,76854.08+1.57
Progressive ConservativeNeila Auld96129.40-6.73
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker3069.36+2.95
New DemocraticJesse Reddin Cousins1825.57+0.61
IslandPaul Smitz371.13
IndependentArthur C. Mackenzie, Sr.150.52
Total valid votes 3,269100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +4.15
2008 Canadian federal election: Malpeque
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalWayne Easter8,31244.19-6.29$51,835.54
ConservativeMary Crane7,38839.28+4.65$56,705.00
New DemocraticJ'Nan Brown1,8199.67-0.57$5,225.01
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker1,2916.86+2.21$3,626.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,810100.0    $67,177
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1130.60+0.01
Turnout 18,923 71.41-3.69
Eligible voters 26,498
Liberal hold Swing -5.47
2007 Prince Edward Island general election: Kellys Cross-Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalValerie Docherty1,81152.51+1.86
Progressive ConservativeSteven Stead1,24636.13-10.48
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker2216.41
New DemocraticLorraine Begley1714.96+2.22
Total valid votes 3,449100.0  
Liberal hold Swing 6.17
1997 Canadian federal election: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJoe Jordan19,12339.47-13.10$48,446
Progressive ConservativeSandra Lawn15,63632.27+5.34$58,733
ReformDoug Aldridge10,47621.62+5.65$18,190
New DemocraticJennifer Breakspear1,7573.63+1.60$3,522
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker1,1022.27+1.21$1,427
Christian HeritageDonny F. Platt2410.50*$544
Natural LawWayne Foster1190.25-0.14$0
Total valid votes 48,454100.00
Liberal hold Swing -9.22
1995 Ontario general election: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Progressive ConservativeBob Runciman21,76363.27+14.20$ 44,550.77
LiberalPeter McKenna8,95526.03−0.6845,063.22
New DemocraticCharles Stewart2,3166.73−17.483,608.98
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker9272.69 1,692.83
IndependentPhillip Blancher4381.27 669.80
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  
Source(s)
"General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved 8 June 2014.
"General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario.
"1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).
1993 Canadian federal election: Leeds—Grenville
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJim Jordan26,56752.57+9.17$49,114
Progressive ConservativeSandra Lawn13,60826.93-11.97$53,521
ReformPaul West8,07115.97*$8,164
New DemocraticMary Ann Greenwood1,0262.03-9.05$6,686
GreenPeter Bevan-Baker5381.06*$0
NationalHolly Baker4740.94*$490
Natural LawRichard Beecroft1960.39*$0
AbolitionistChristine Richardson590.12*$200
Total valid votes 50,539100.00
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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  5. "Dental Council of Prince Edward Island". Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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  7. Fraser, Sara (19 October 2015). "Federal Election 2015: Wayne Easter wins Malpeque riding". CBC. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. Gardiner, Nick (14 October 2015). "Rekmans' history anything but green". Brockville, ON: Brockville Recorder and Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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  12. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
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