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
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
Trappenberg is a professor of Computer Science at Dalhousie University.[4]
Personal life
He lives in Hatchet Lake with his wife, daughter, and adopted son.
Electoral results
| Nova Scotia general election, 2017: Clayton Park West | ||||||||
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| 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 | |
| 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
- ↑ 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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