Green Party of South Africa
| Green Party of South Africa | |
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| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Noordhoek, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ideology | Environmentalism |
| International affiliation | Federation of Green Parties of Africa |
| Politics of South Africa Political parties Elections |
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The Green Party of South Africa (GPSA) is a small political party in the Western Cape province. It has similar policies to Green parties around the world, and is a member of the Federation of Green Parties of Africa.
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History of Green politics in South Africa
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Ecology Party was established in November 1989, but disbanded after recruiting only 1 800 members.[1]
Ian Brownlie launched the Green Party (GRP) in July 1992, but it too disbanded after failing to win a seat in the 1994 Western Cape provincial elections under the leadership of Nathan Grant.[1]
Judy Sole founded the Government by the People Green Party (GPGP) in 1999, and the party has contested elections as the Green Party of South Africa since the 2000 local elections.
Election results
| Year | National | Western Cape provincial |
City of Cape Town | References | |||||
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| Ward | Proportional | ||||||||
| 1994 | 2 611 | 0.1% | [2] | ||||||
| 1999 | 9 193 | 0.06% | 2 453 | 0.15% | [3][4] | ||||
| 2000 | 477 | 0.07% | 1 973 | 0.28% | [5] | ||||
| 2004 | 3 317 | 0.21% | [6] | ||||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Álvarez-Rivera, Manuel (2004-01-05) Republic of South Africa 1994 General Election. Election Resources on the Internet
- ↑ National and Provincial Elections Results, 1999. IEC
- ↑ Western Cape Results. IEC
- ↑ Party Support, Province: Western Cape, Ward: All Wards, Party: The Green Party of South Africa. IEC
- ↑ 2004 Provincial election, Western Cape. IEC
