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The United Tasmania Group is founded
A large public meeting gathered at the Hobart Town Hall in Tasmania's capital, to found the United Tasmania Group (UTG), the world's first Green political party. The UTG was formed in response to Tasmanian government proposals to flood and drown Lake Pedder, an Australian National Park, as part of a proposed dam and hydopower project. (See video retrospective about the founding of the UTG.) Dr. Richard Jones, chair of Lake Pedder Action Committee, became the inaugural leader of the UTG. He wr -
Tasmanian Greens First To Participate In Elections
"Just four weeks after its founding meeting,the United Tasmanian Group (UTG) participated in its first election, for Tasmanian Parliament. The UTG fielded 12 candidates in four out of Tasmanian five 7 member electorates, with most of them stood in the two Hobart-based urban electorates of Denison and Franklin. The first Green Party ever to contest an election, the UTG received 3.9% of the vote overall in the state, and nearly 7% in the Denison and Franklin electorates, where it concentrated its -
New Zealand Values Party Holds First National Conference
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The UK's PEOPLE party concept emerges
"A group of friends gathered at the Bridge at Napton pub near Daventry to discuss their growing concerns about the consequences of economic growth and overpopulation. Despite initial opposition from others, a “Gang of Four” – Tony and Lesley Whittaker, Michael Benfield, and Freda Sanders (now Benfield) – decided to form a new political party. It was called PEOPLE.
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New Zealand Values Party Contests National Elections
"the New Zealand Values Party received approximately 27,600 votes in its first election ever, contesting the nation's General Election for parliament. This represented 3.7% of the vote, in the forty-two seats where Values stood candidates. There were 87 seats overall.
Running on the party's manifesto ""Blueprint for New Zealand: An Alternative Future"", Values finished with the third most votes of any party in thirteen of the forty-two electorates. Overall, 55 seats were won by the Labour Party -
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New Zealand Values Party Holds National Conference
"Having been founded only eleven months earlier, and having already contested their first election, the Values Party now turned its attention to discuss ‘organisation, constitution, future directions, local government elections, proposals for a party newspaper, etc.’ A paper written by Guy Salmon of the Youth Action Centre Wellington argued for the latter and such arguments were consistent with the anarchist strain running through most of the‘ new politics’ groupings of the time. They were acce -
PEOPLE formed as first Green Party in UK
"In the West Midlands city of Coventry, the Green Party in the United Kingdom was founded, as more than 50 people met in the office of local real estate agent Mike Benfield, approved an initial program and choose PEOPLE as the party's first name. Inspired by The Blueprint for Survival, (published by The Ecologist magazine), The Limits to Growth Report (by the Club of Rome) and the writings of Paul Ehrlich, Benfield had been meeting since the summer of 1972 to discuss the ecological crisis with -
First Green Elected
"Helen Smith of the New Zealand Values Party became the first Green elected in the world, when she was won a seat on the Porirua City Council in a by-election. Porirua is a picturesque city located 20 km north of the city of Wellington, set upon the lower South Pacific Ocean around two beautiful harbours in New Zealand's lower North Island and known for its native forest, water ways and ocean views. Coming from Porirua's seaside village of Titahi Bay, Smith (1927-2007) remained in office for a -
UK's PEOPLE partyfields 5 candidates in UK General Election
PEOPLE contested a U.K. General Election for the first time, with five candidates of their own, plus two affiliates (an independent in Birmingham Northfield and a PEOPLE/Agrarian in Hornchurch). Together the five plus the PEOPLE/Agrarian candidate received 4,576 votes, led by party co-founder Lesley Whittaker in Coventry North West with 3.9% and Warwick University Technician Alan Pickard with 2.8% (1,332 votes). Both were helped by the absence of Liberal candidates -
René Dumont Runs for President in France
Ecologie et Survie When sitting French President Georges Pomidou died unexpected in April, 1974, early presidential elections were called, that not normally have been held until 1976. With the first round scheduled May 5th, journalist Jean Carlier rallied support, most notably from Les Amis de la Terre (AdlT - Friends of the Earth) and other journalist concerned with environmental matters, as well as a coalition of environmental groups - including Ecologie et Survie. -
UK's PEOPLE party contests in General Election
By 1974 PEOPLE had over 100 members and stood seven candidates in the February general election, Lesley gaining 3.9% of the vote in Coventry North West. Their manifesto stated that they sought “a transition to a stable society in which people and places matter, which recognises that the Earth’s resources are limited and that we must learn to live as part of nature, not as its master”. -
New Zealand Values Party achieves 5.2% of the vote in the General Elections
The first time the Values Party contested a New Zealand General Election was in November 1972, just six months after the party was founded. Values received 3.7% of the vote in the 42 districts they contested a seat (2.0% when spread over all 87 districts). Over the next three years, Values debated Green policies and developed and expanded them to form the basis for 'Beyond Tomorrow', the 1975 Values Party manifesto. A comprehensive statement of Green politics, Beyond Tomorrow was even widely di -
West German Greens Hold First Party Congress
"The first formal Congress of Die Grünen, the West German Green Party, was held in the city of Karlsruhe, near the French-German border in the south west of the country.
It was attended by 1,004 delegates from local and regional Green groups, each representing ten members at the local level. Another 250 representatives from alternative and counter-cultural groups participated in the discussions. Even though the first national Green meeting in West Germany was held March 17-18, 1979 (and is rec -
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Ecolo formed in Wallonia, Belgium
On March 8th a few dozen ecological activists from Wallonia and Brussels came together at Opheylissem, a village in Walloon Brabant, to wrote the founding text for Ecolo, the Green Party in Wallonia. They were joined a little over two weeks later on March 23rd by another group of like-minded activists who gathered in the village of Huy; and with that, they completed the first step in an emerging green identity movement in French-speaking Belgium which had started slightly less than ten years ear -
German Greens Win Six Seats in Baden-Württemberg, Enter First State Parliament in West Germany
Soon after their founding constitutional meeting in Karlsruhe, the Greens had a breakthrough election in the state of Baden-Wüttemberg - the third largest and most populous, located in the southwest of Germany. Local Greens there received 5.3% of the vote (241,303 votes), surpassing the 5% threshold needed to enter parliament and winning six seats. Those first six were Helgo Bran, Hans-Dietrich Erichsen, Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever, Holger Heimann, Winfried Kretschmann and Elsbeth Mordo. -
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West German Greens Approve First Federal Program
"The Second Congress of the West German Greens Die Grünen, was dedicated primarily to approving the party’s first Federal Program. Ecology, grassroots democracy, social justice, and non-violence were the ""Four Pillars"" of Die Grünen. Some quotes from the preamble to the Federal Program: ""Ecological policy rejects exploitative forms of economy and the unscrupulous plundering of natural resources and raw materials, as well as the destructive interventions into nature's ability to renew itself. -
West German Greens Receive 1.5% in First Federal Elections
n their first Federal Elections, Die Grünen polled 1.5% of the vote, less than half the 3.2% they won in in June 1979 European Parliament election. This was in part due to circumstances beyond their control. Because the ultra-conservative Franz Joseph Strauss was the right's candidate for Chancellor, many potential Green voters decided to vote for the Social Democrats (or even for the center-right Free Democratic Party) to ensure he did not succeed. Petra Kelly had personally fought Strauss in -
First Green Elected in Ireland
Twenty-three year old Marcus Counihan became the first Green to hold office in Ireland, when he elected to Killarney Urban District Council (UDC) in Kerry. Counihan, who had made his reputation campaigning in relationship to the National Park in Killarney, received 244 first preferences (7% of the vote) and was thus elected.
Counihan served on the UDC until 1988. In 1987 he was the Green candidate from Kerry in the General Election, receiving 708 votes and 2.13%. -
Swedish Greens contest National Elections
"Led by party co-spokerspersons Per Gahrton and Ragnhild Pohanka the Swedish Greens contested national elections on September 15th. Earlier in the year they had changed their name in Swedish from Miljöpartiet (Environmental Party) to Miljöpartiet de Gröna, (Environmental Party of the Greens), to emphasize their sister relationship with other Green Parties in Europe.
A comprehensive view with a coherent social and economic policy was developed in the party’s 16 page IdéProgram and the two page Va -
Green Parties in Guinea, Morrocco and Senegal are formed
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Greens Qualify as Major Party in California
By registering a record number of Green Party members over a two-year period, the Green Party qualified as a major party in California on January 1st with full ballot status. In California, political parties can qualify for statewide ballot status in either of two ways: by voter registration or petition. The number of registered voters needed is 1% of the number of persons who voted in the preceding gubernatorial election. The number of petition signers needed is 10% of the number of persons who -
Greens Hold Second Convention After German Unification
"529 delegates from across Germany came together in Berlin for the German Greens' second Congress after German unification. In the 1990 Federal Elections, the West German Greens had suffered a devastating loss, receiving 4.8%, short of the 5% needed to win seats in the newly united German Bundestag (Parliament). The Greens had not embraced unification, instead focusing on Global Warming and Climate Change. After winning 8.3% and 42 seats in 1987, this left the party with only eight seats in the -
First Planetary Meeting of Greens
250 Greens from 28 countries gathered together for two days in Rio de Janeiro, immediately preceding the United National Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), to convene the First Planetary Meeting of Greens where the first ever Global Greens statement was issued. -
Parti National des Verts founded in Morroco
After attending the First Planetary Meeting of Greens in Rio de Janeiro, Fatima Alaoui returned to Morroco with intent of starting a Green Party. Her work with the Maghrebian Forum for the Environment had already convinced her that the NGO movement needed better electoral representation. With Alaoui becoming the first Moroccan woman to be the head of a political party, the National Party of the Greens was founded on June 29, 1992. -
Australian Greens Founded
"Green representatives from Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania, with observers from Victoria, the ACT and Western Australia, gathered in Lavender Bay, North Sydney on August 30th and agreed to form the Australian Greens. Existing state Green parties were incorporated and new bodies were created to form the Greens first truly national structure. This process was completed in October 2003 when the Western Australian Greens, who had historically been the most independent, voted overwhelmingl -
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Fourth National Convention and Gathering of the Green Party of Canada - plus CANAMEX
n conjunction with the Green Party of Canada meeting was the second meeting of CANAMEX, the organization bringing together the Green Parties of Canada, the United States and Mexico, that was founded a year earlier in September 1991 in San Francisco. CANAMEX delegates met together and passed their own statement criticizing NAFTA, including its negative effects on First Nations. -
Brazilian Greens Win 54 Seats in Municipal Elections
In the October 1992 municipal elections Greens elected 54 city councilors in different states and mayors in three small towns in Säo Paulo state: Campina do Monte Alegre, Pederneiras and Macatuba. After the elections, members of the Green Party were invited to become environmental secretaries in about 100 municipalities, including such state capital cities as Rio de Janeiro (Alfredo Sirkis), Salvador (Juca Ferreira) and Natal (Eugenio Cunha). -
Finnish Greens Breakthrough in Municipal Elections
Finnish Greens won a record 343 City Council seats across the country in municipal elections, receiving a record 184,787 votes. 55% of Greens elected were women. Four years earlier in the preceding municipal elections, the Greens received 61,581 votes and won 94 seats. -
U.S. Greens run 91 candidates in 13 states
1992 was the first year Greens ran in large numbers across the US, with 91 candidates in 13 states. Twenty Green won their races, including 11 in California. Prior to 1992, the most candidates that ran in a single year was 21 in 1990, with six victories. -
Irish Greens Win a Parliamentary Seat
The 1992 General Election brought new challenges for Comhaontas Glas/the Green Party in Ireland. In the 1989 General Election, the party had won its first seat in the Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives), electing Roger Garland in Dublin South. Competing under Ireland’s Proportional Representation-Single Transferable Vote Electoral System, Garland received 8.81% of first preferences cast and finished fourth out of ten candidates for five seats But in 1992, Garland faced an uncertain re-electi -
Ralph Nadar and Winona LaDuke run in the U.S. Presidential elections for the US Green Party
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Asia Pacific Green Network meeting in Brisbane
In May 2002, 30 people representing 12 Green parties and political movements in Asia and the Pacific met for the first Asia Pacific Green Politics Workshop in Brisbane, hosted by the Australian Greens. A big contingent came to the Global Greens conference in April 2001, and some to the European Greens meeting in Berlin in 2002. At each step, there was discussion of the need to formalise and strengthen the Asia Pacific Greens Network with a follow-up conference. -
Global Greens 1st Congress 2001
Over 800 people attended from more than 70 countries. The Global Greens Charter, our founding statement of principles, was negotiated and adopted by acclamation, after years of negotiation and days of Congress debate. Resolutions to establish communication and decision-making mechanisms were passed, enabling formation of the Global Greens Coordination and the Global Greens Network. -
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Global Greens 1st Congress, Canberra, Australia
Global Greens Congress 2001Global Greens Congress 2001 was held in Canberra, Australia from 14-16 April, preceded by a meeting of Global Young Greens on 7-9 April, and the Rio+10 International Workshop, on 12-13 April (a collaboration between the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Friends of the Earth Australia and the Green Institute). Over 800 people attended from more than 70 countries. The Global Greens Charter and the Global Greens Coordination were established. -
European Green Party Founded in Rome
The founding document was signed in the same room as the Treaty of Rome in 1957, that established the European Economic Community (EEC). This time, 32 Green Parties come together from across the continent, becoming the first pan-European political party organization. Close to 1,300 participants, including 221 delegates and 200 members of the media watched this historic event. -
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Greens Win 34 Seats in European Parliament Elections
"In the first European Parliament elections after the expansion of the European Union to include ten countries in Eastern Europe, Greens won 6.6% and 34 seats in European Parliament elections.
After the election, the Greens renewed their alliance with EFA (European Free Alliance) and together with some independent MEPs, remained the fourth largest group in the 732-seat European Parliament with 42 MEPs." -
Canadian Greens Stand in all 308 Federal Ridings for First Time
United by the common campaign slogan “Someday is now” (French: L'avenir c'est maintenant), the Green Party of Canada contested all 308 Federal Ridings for the first time. The Greens received 4.3% and 582,247 votes in 2004, finishing 5th nationally and up from 111 candidates and 104,402 votes (0.81%) in 2000. -
Australian Greens Contest Federal Elections
In 2004, the Australian Greens fielded candidates in every House of Representatives seat in Australia, and for all State and Territory Senate positions. In the Senate, their primary vote rose by 2.73% to 7.67%, enabling them within the Single Transferable Voting (STV) System in use there, to double their number of Senators to four with the election of Christine Milne and re-election of Bob Brown. -
Federación de Partidos Verdes de las Americas meets in Iquitos, Perú
Among FPVA decisions taken were to issue a call to the U.N. to establish a protocol to stop the destruction of the world's rainforests and create a Kyoto-like protocol to sustain the Amazon rainforest; and a call for a delegation of elected Greens to meet in the Amazon with the objective of publicizing the extreme consequences of global warming and the contribution to the warming of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest. -
Asia-Pacific Greens Network (APGN) holds 1st Congress
The Asia-Pacific Greens Network (APGN) is formally launched at the 1st APGN Congress in Kyoto, Japan, hosted by the Rainbow and Greens Japan with the theme "Sowing Green Seeds in the Asia Pacific Region". The conference was attended by over 400 participants, including 52 delegates representing 27 Green parties and organisations based in 23 countries across the region. An interim structure for the network was established. -
Global Greens Congress Brazil 2008
Congress 2008 was held from 1-4 May 2008 in Sao Paolo, Brazil, hosted by the Partido Verde do Brasil. It was a fantastic, colourful and wonderful event attended by around 800 people from nearly 90 countries. Key resolutions were the 21 Commitments for the 21st Century and the agreement on the Next Steps for Global Greens. -
Asia-Pacific Greens hold 2nd congress.
Over 200 people attended, including representation from 17 Asia Pacific countries, 22 organisations from 15 countries who were undergoing the process of applying for APGN Membership. Participants came from Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Philippines, Korea, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Tuvalu, Tibet, the Federated States of Micronesia and Fiji; and a number of observers from Greens Parties in Egypt, EGP & USA. -
APGN Delegates decide to create a Secretariat & to incorporate as a Federation
APGF 2012-2015 PrioritiesAsia-Pacific Greens delegates attending the 2012 Global Greens 3rd Congress in Dakar, Senegal, set out the APGN's 2012-2015 priorities, including the creation of a Secretariat and an incorporated Federation. -
Global Greens 2nd Congress 2012
Over 400 Greens from 76 countries attended Dakar 2012, the third ever Global Greens Congress - and the first in Africa. Delegates discussed issues such as democracy, biodiversity, climate change and the future of the Global Greens movement, and adopted a series of resolutions (http://www.globalgreens.org/dakar2012/resolutions) to pave the way to a stronger and more cohesive green politics worldwide. -
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Incorporation options research & deliberation
Incorporation options research & deliberationThe APGCC calls for expressions of interest among APGN Members to host the Secretariat. The APGCC also researches the best place to host an international legal entity. -
APGCC decides to register in Australia
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Constitution draft version 1
Constitution draft version 1First draft of the APGN Constitution is made by the APGCC with the support of an Australiant legal advisor. -
FROGG directors discuss the 1st draft
FROGG Directors discuss the 1st draftFROGG meets to deliberate on the Constitution draft v1 and to address issues laid out in this document. -
Constitution draft version 2
Constitution draft version 2The 2nd draft of the APGN Constitution is made with legal consultation and FROGG directors continue review and refinement. -
APGF members meet to discuss the draft constitution: Round 1
APGF members meet to discuss the draft constitution: Round 1Meeting held on Skype -
Constitution draft version 3
Constitution draft version 3The Constitution Draft reaches a 3rd version and is shared with the Green MPs in Australia and New Zealand who are tithing to the APGN for their consultation and endorsement. -
GPANZ input to Constitution
Green Party Aotearea New Zealand input to constitution"The NZ caucus endorses the draft Asia-Pacific Greens Constitution and requests that:
1). Any Asia-Pacific country which has one or more MPs in a national parliament shall have at least one member on the Federation’s Board;
2). APGF accounts will be formally audited, made available upon request to all members and automatically sent to all board members." -
The name "Friends of the Global Greens Limited" is changed to "Asia-Pacific Greens Federation Limited".
"Asia-Pacific Greens Federation Limited" is createdAlthough "FROGG"'s name is changed to "APGF", FROGG's board of directors and original constitution remains unchanged. The APGN is now referred to as Asia-Pacific Greens Federation (APGF). -
An APGF Secretary is hired
The 1st APGF Secretary is hiredThe AUSAID grant to support the APGF Secretariat and congress is finalised, and APGF's first paid Secretary is hired. -
APGF adopts FROGG's bank account and book keeper
APGF adopts FROGG's bank account and book keeperFROGG's bank account is needed to process the APGF 3rd Congress' registration fees. -
Asia Pacific Green Network meeting in Brisbane
Thirty people representing 12 Green parties and green political movements in Asia and the Pacific came to the Workshop. Rresolutions:
• That we form an Asia Pacific Greens Network, comprising: 1) Green parties and 2) Green political movements. And strive to broaden its membership throughout the region.”
• That we meet in conjunction with the Global Greens Conference in 2001, with the aim of forming a Federation, based on the Global Greens Charter, comprising: 1) Green parties (members).
