Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Andrew Lewis is a former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2004 to 2006, and a prominent member of the Green Party of British Columbia. He is a 45-year-old landscaper who came from the United Kingdom to Vancouver Island in the early 1990s.He first became nationally visible in the 2001 British Columbia provincial election, winning 25% of the vote in BC's largest riding, Saanich North and the Islands. He won the most Green votes of any riding, and second-strongest percentage showing to Adriane Carr on the Sunshine Coast. The party as a whole polled 12.4% across BC.In the 2004 federal election, Lewis ran again in a substantially larger federal riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands and won 16.7% of the vote and also posted the first victory in a polling division ever for his federal party and in fact won 17 of 238 polls. The party as a whole polled 4.3% across Canada.Lewis achieved some visibility in the major media which was intrigued by the story of a Green running to win.He didn't run in the 2005 provincial election due to a "nomination freeze" imposed by the Green Party of BC, and an illness in the family. He ran again in Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2006 federal election but lost one-third of his 2004 vote share winning only 9.9% of the ballots cast.He ran again in Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2008 federal election, getting 10.5% of the vote.. }
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- Andrew_Lewis_(Canadian_politician) abstract "Andrew Lewis is a former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2004 to 2006, and a prominent member of the Green Party of British Columbia. He is a 45-year-old landscaper who came from the United Kingdom to Vancouver Island in the early 1990s.He first became nationally visible in the 2001 British Columbia provincial election, winning 25% of the vote in BC's largest riding, Saanich North and the Islands. He won the most Green votes of any riding, and second-strongest percentage showing to Adriane Carr on the Sunshine Coast. The party as a whole polled 12.4% across BC.In the 2004 federal election, Lewis ran again in a substantially larger federal riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands and won 16.7% of the vote and also posted the first victory in a polling division ever for his federal party and in fact won 17 of 238 polls. The party as a whole polled 4.3% across Canada.Lewis achieved some visibility in the major media which was intrigued by the story of a Green running to win.He didn't run in the 2005 provincial election due to a "nomination freeze" imposed by the Green Party of BC, and an illness in the family. He ran again in Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2006 federal election but lost one-third of his 2004 vote share winning only 9.9% of the ballots cast.He ran again in Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2008 federal election, getting 10.5% of the vote.".