Matthew Green (Canadian politician)

Matthew Green MP (born September 10, 1980)[2][3] is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Hamilton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Prior to his election in the House of Commons, he was a city councillor for the Hamilton, Ontario City Council from 2014 to 2018, representing Ward 3.[4]

Matthew Green MP
Green in 2014
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hamilton Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	David Christopherson
Hamilton, Ontario City Councillor
In office December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018
Preceded by	Bob Morrow
Succeeded by	Nrinder Nann
Constituency	Ward 3 (Hamilton Centre)
Personal details
Born	September 10, 1980
Political party	New Democratic Party
Residence	Hamilton, Ontario[1]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Hamilton Centre
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matthew Green	20,368	46.2	+0.64
	Liberal	Jasper Kujavsky	12,651	28.7	-4.69
	Conservative	Monica Ciriello	6,341	14.4	+0.25
	Green	Jason Lopez	3,370	7.6	+3.27
	People's	Melina Mamone	833	1.9	–
	Christian Heritage	Gary Duyzer	182	0.4	–
	Independent	Tony Lemma	158	0.4	–
	Independent	Edward Graydon	134	0.3	–
	Independent	Nathalie Xian Yi Yan	85	0.2	–
Total valid votes			44,122	100.0
Total rejected ballots			405	0.91
Turnout			44,527	60.27
Eligible voters			73,885
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

 Candidates for the October 27, 2014 Hamilton, Ontario Ward Three Councillor Election

Candidate		Popular vote			Expenditures
		Votes	%	±%
	Matthew Green	2,852	40.72%	–	$31,380.20
	Ralph Agostino	1,229	17.55%	–	$22,900.91
	Drina Omazic	825	11.78%	–	$27,000.76
	Mark DiMillo	525	7.50%	−2.63%	n/a^1
	Sean Gibson	361	5.15%	−8.53%	n/a^1
	Tim Simmons	334	4.77%	–	$15,087.14
	Bob Assadourian	330	4.71%	–	$26,412.29
	Brian Kelly	172	2.46%	–	$5,670.73
	Maria Anastasiou	93	1.33%	–	n/a^1
	Byron Wayne Millette	73	1.04%	–	n/a^1
	Eva John	55	0.79%	–	n/a^1
	Carlos Pinho	51	0.73%	–	n/a^1
	Victor Mejia	42	0.60%	–	n/a^1
	Bernie Szajkowski	41	0.59%	–	$0
	Jol Hess	21	0.30%	–	n/a^1
Total votes		7,113	29.59%	−1.41
Registered voters		24,035	100%
^1 These candidates did not submit official Financial Statements and are, therefore, ineligible to run in the 2018 Municipal election Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates"

References

1. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
2. Craggs, Samantha (July 17, 2018). "Matthew Green to run for NDP in Hamilton Centre, aims to replace MP David Christopherson". CBC News. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
3. @MatthewGreenNDP (8 September 2020). "Thanks for all the (early) 40th Birthday love. It was *almost* a year to the day that I hosted @theJagmeetSingh for my @HamCentreNDP campaign office launch on Sept. 10th 2019 (my birthday) So his shout out tonight on my live steam was in advance of my Birthday on Thursday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. "Green keeps Hamilton's urban heartland NDP orange". Hamilton Spectator. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.