Green Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election

The Green Party of Ontario ran 58 candidates in the 1999 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Some of these candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

McColl was 56 years old at the time of the election, and had recently retired from a teaching position at Mohawk College (Hamilton Spectator, 1 June 1999). She received 495 votes (1.20%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate David Christopherson.

Larry Tyldsley is an activist, director, and producer. He became active with the social justice movement in Central America in the 1980s, and later started a shelter for street alcoholics, worked as a community education coordinator in Ottawa, and served as executive director of the New Canadians Centre in Peterborough. He later produced a documentary film entitled, Searching for Buddha. He has been a Green Party candidate in two provincial elections.

When attending the Green Party's 1997 convention, Tyldsley mentioned that he no longer owned a car due to the pollution and social costs associated with automobile use. In 2001, he accused the government of British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell of promoting environmentally harmful practices through its taxation policies. He has also written in support of the Canadian Firearms Registry.

Woodard was born in Alberta in 1942, and was raised in Quebec. He is now retired, and is a resident of St. Catharines. Woodard is a contributor to the Babble.ca forum, where he has written a number of articles advocating the single transferable vote.

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