Jonathan Pedneault resigns as Greens co-leader after failing to secure seat for 2nd time

Peter Zimonjic · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 10:06 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Jonathan Pedneault has announced that helium is stepping down arsenic co-leader of the Green Party aft failing to unafraid a spot successful the House of Commons connected his 2nd attempt. 

"While I stay arrogant of the programme the enactment built and the values we brought guardant during this campaign, I admit that we were not capable to interruption done successful a mode that could displacement the people of our state — and that is simply a work I indispensable carry," helium said successful a missive posted online. 

"Twice now, I person failed to person my chap citizens to nonstop maine to Ottawa," helium said. "I truthful hereby taxable my resignation arsenic co-Leader of the Green Party of Canada, effectual immediately."

Pedneault previously worked arsenic a writer and an activist, including with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, successful struggle zones astir the satellite earlier entering politics.

Pedneault archetypal won the enactment of the enactment successful the autumn of 2022 connected a co-leadership summons with May, who had antecedently served arsenic enactment person from 2006 to 2019.

Pedneault archetypal ran for a spot successful the House successful a national byelection successful the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount successful June 2023, but mislaid to Liberal Anna Gainey who won with astir 51 per cent of the vote.

In June, 2024 Pedneault announced helium was stepping down from his co-leadership presumption for "personal reasons." He returned to the Greens successful January 2025. 

After being removed from the debates for failing to conscionable information requirements, Pedneault, who would person represented his enactment connected the statement stage, failed to unafraid a spot successful the national election. 

Pedneault came 5th successful the Montreal riding of Outremont, securing conscionable 9.6 per cent of the vote. Liberal Rachel Bendayan won the riding with 55.2 per cent of the vote.