Thomas Trappenberg
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Thomas Trappenberg | |
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| Leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia | |
| Assumed office 6 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Brynn Nheiley (Interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963[1] Germany |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Green Party of Nova Scotia |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Professor of Computer Science |
| Website | greenpartyns |
 | This article needs to be updated. (September 2019) |
Thomas Trappenberg is a German-Canadian politician and the leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia.[2] He is one of the provincial party's founding members. He previously ran as the Green Party of Canada candidate in the 2011 federal election for Halifax West.
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Germany, Trappenberg received a Master of Science from Aachen University in 1989.[3] He then received a Ph.D from Aachen in 1992.
Career[edit]
Trappenberg is a professor of Computer Science at Dalhousie University.[4]
Personal life[edit]
He lives in Hatchet Lake with his wife, daughter, and adopted son.
Electoral results[edit]
| Nova Scotia general election, 2017: Clayton Park West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Atlantica | Jonathan Dean | 154 | 1.8% | |||||
| Liberal | Rafah DiCostanzo | 4,035 | 46.0% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Kimball | 2,304 | 26.3% | |||||
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 506 | 5.8% | |||||
| New Democratic | Rana Zaman | 1,764 | 20.1% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,763 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 30 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,793 | 49.6% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,712 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Lisa Roberts | 2,519 | 50.97 | +6.98 | |
| Liberal | Rod Wilson | 1,662 | 33.63 | -6.77 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Arsenault | 600 | 12.14 | +1.32 | |
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 161 | 3.26 | -1.53 | |
| Total valid votes | 4,942 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.42 | -0.50 | ||
| Turnout | 4,963 | 32.50 | -17.93 | ||
| Electors on the lists | 15,270 | – | |||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.87 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Andy Fillmore | 27,431 | 51.73 | +26.08 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Megan Leslie | 19,162 | 36.13 | –15.48 | – | |||
| Conservative | Irvine Carvery | 4,564 | 8.61 | –9.41 | – | |||
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,745 | 3.29 | –1.10 | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Allan Bezanson | 130 | 0.25 | -0.09 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,032 | 100.00 | $202,243.99 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 259 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 53,291 | 74.68 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 71,363 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +20.78 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Iain Rankin | 4,471 | 51.93 | +33.78 | |
| New Democratic Party | Linda Moxsom-Skinner | 2,230 | 25.90 | -44.31 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Dr. Bruce Pretty | 1,608 | 18.86 | +10.17 | |
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 300 | 3.50 | +0.55 | |
| Canadian federal election, 2011: Halifax West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Geoff Regan | 16,230 | 35.92 | -5.64 | $61,795.88 | |||
| Conservative | Bruce Pretty | 13,782 | 30.50 | +9.37 | $51,236.29 | |||
| New Democratic | Gregor Ash | 13,239 | 29.30 | -0.30 | $42,761.72 | |||
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,931 | 4.27 | -2.81 | $860.31 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,182 | 100.0 | $84,619.08 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 239 | 0.53 | +0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,421 | 62.34 | +3.21 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,862 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -7.47 | ||||||
| Sources:[7][8] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Bill Estabrooks | 6174 | 70.21 | ||
| Liberal | Lisa Mullin | 1596 | 18.15 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Gina Byrne | 764 | 8.69 | ||
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 259 | 2.95 | – | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Bill Estabrooks | 5317 | 63.15 | +3.14 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Juanita Cirtwill | 2034 | 24.16 | +2.09 | |
| Liberal | Lisa Mullin | 851 | 10.11 | -11.63 | |
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 217 | 2.58 | – | |
| Canadian federal election, 2006: Halifax West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Geoff Regan | 21,818 | 49.36 | +1.86 | $54,533.58 | |||
| New Democratic | Alan Hill | 10,798 | 24.43 | -3.52 | $15,656.30 | |||
| Conservative | Rakesh Khosla | 10,184 | 23.04 | +2.10 | $46,536.45 | |||
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,406 | 3.18 | -0.43 | $642.68 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,206 | 100.0 | $75,552 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 147 | 0.33 | -0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,353 | 63.05 | -0.46 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,349 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.69 | ||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ Trappenberg focused on student debt, job creation Signal HFX
- ↑ Panacci, Amanda (6 November 2016). "Meet the new leader of Nova Scotia's Green Party". Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ DR. THOMAS TRAPPENBERG - Biography Dalhousie University
- ↑ "Green Leadership". Halifax, Nova Scotia: Green Party of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Halifax (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
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