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Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ5602987
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The Green Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here.

The candidates are listed by province and riding name.

Prince Edward Island

Sharon Labchuk (Malpeque)

Sharon Labchuk previously ran for the Green Party in the 2004 federal election, also in Malpeque. She lost to Wayne Easter of the Liberal Party of Canada. Labchuk received 1,037 votes to Easter's 9,782.

Nova Scotia

Chris Milburn (Sydney—Victoria)

Chris Milburn is a physician. He was born in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and trained in emergency and family medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Milburn held several medical positions in and around the Kingston area after graduating, including a stint as a clinic doctor in Lansdowne after the small community lost its previous doctor (KWS, 22 November 2000). He is also a skilled athlete, and has participated in several triathlons.

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