Andrew Lewis (Canadian politician)

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Andrew Lewis is a Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada and a prominent member of the Green Party of British Columbia.

He is a 41-year-old landscaper who came from the United Kingdom to Vancouver Island in the early 1990s.

He first became nationally visible in the 2001 British Columbia provincial election, winning 25% of the vote in BC's largest riding, Saanich North and the Islands. He won the most Green votes of any riding, and second-strongest percentage showing to Adriane Carr on the Sunshine Coast. The party as a whole polled 12.4% across BC.

In the 2004 federal election, Lewis ran again in a substantially larger federal riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands and won 16.7% of the vote and also posted the first victory in a polling division ever for his federal party and in fact won 17 of 238 polls. The party as a whole polled 4.3% across Canada.

Lewis achieved some visibility in the major media which was intrigued by the story of a Green running to win.

He didn't run in the 2005 provincial election due to a "nomination freeze" imposed by the Green Party of BC, and an illness in the family. He ran again in Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2006 federal election but lost one-third of his 2004 vote share winning only 9.9% of the ballots cast.

[edit] Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gary Lunn	24,416	37.15%		$80,272.01
	New Democratic Party	Jennifer Burgis	17,455	26.54%		$50,411.63
	Liberal	Sheila Orr	17,144	26.08%		$79,489.42
	Green	Andrew Lewis	6,533	9.94%
	Western Block	Patricia O'Brien	183	0.27%
Total valid votes			65,721	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			134
Turnout			65,855	73.2%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gary Lunn	22,050	34.57%		$81,613
	Liberal	David Mulroney	17,082	26.78%		$61,819
	New Democratic Party	Jennifer Burgis	13,763	21.58%		$40,318
	Green	Andrew Lewis	10,662	16.71%		$79,731
	Independent	Mary Moreau	214	0.33%		$12
Total valid votes			63,771	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			159	0.25%
Turnout			63,930	73.97%

B.C. General Election 2001: Saanich North and the Islands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Murray Robert Coell	15,406	54.29%		$31,904
	Green	Andrew Lewis	7,211	25.41%		$9,124
	NDP	Paul Sam	5,011	17.66%		$17,902
	Marijuana	Christina Racki	491	1.73%		$1,833
	Independent	Balther Johannes Jensen	257	0.91%		$120
Total Valid Votes			28,376	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			86	0.30%
Turnout			28,462	75.94%