The Historic 2006 Federal Election -- Our Best Result Ever 
Though we had no wish for a Christmas election, we were well prepared and we waged the best, most complete campaign in the history of the Kingston Greens.

Below are just a few of the highlights of the 2006 campaign.

The Kingston Whig-Standard editorial board selected our candidate Eric Walton as their choice over incumbent Peter Milliken. Click here for more info.
We improved upon our campaign office from the last election, found an excellent location, had it better staffed, and it was voted best Campaign Office by the Whig.
We had many more interested voters visit our office who, if they weren't a Green supporter to begin with, usually left the office ardent supporters, decked out with a Green Party t-shirt, toque or button.
We identified many more hundreds of new supporters and volunteers in this election, at a greater rate than any previous election.
After spear-heading the "no signs on public property" agreement between all the local candidates except Lou Grimshaw, we think we had as many, if not more, signs on private lawns than any of the other parties in many neighbourhoods - demonstrating our momentum and the commitment of our core supporters.
In this campaign we have focused on doing politics differently, to reflect Green Party values and our election platform. It's about positive change, innovation, and a long-term vision for a sustainable future.

That's why:
  • we urged the other parties to forgo sign use on public property
  • our candidate Eric Walton visited with voters the other candidates initially dismissed, such as Wolfe Islanders
  • we held two online, virtual Town Halls, a first for Kingston, to make Eric as accessible to the voters of Kingston as possible
We hand-delivered our pamphlets to 30 000 Kingston residences, relying on our committed volunteers only, our greatest distribution yet.
The on-campus Queen's Greens have been at their strongest ever, with a level of student involvement that has far exceeded any previous election. 33 of 308 Queen's students involved in a model parliament taking place at the House of Commons have chosen the Green Party as their affiliation, an indication of Green Party strength within the student population at large.
We have the best candidate. In our opinion, Eric Walton won or tied all of the local all-candidates debates, of all the candidates he has the best grasp of federal issues being a key member of the GPC platform/policy development team and GPC Advocate for Foreign Affairs, and he more than held his own in a roundtable radio discussion on foreign affairs with Stockwell Day, Alexa McDonough, and sitting Foreign Affairs minister Dan McTeague.
We have increased our vote percentage in each of the last 10 years of provincial and federal elections (1997-1.7%, 2000-5%, Prov2003-6%, 2004-6.2%), in some cases doubling or tripling the previous vote. This election was no exception, we increased our vote share by 1667 or 50% to an 8% share of the popular vote.