Paul Manly (born April 19, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nanaimo—Ladysmith from 2019 until 2021. A member of the Green Party of Canada, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on May 6, 2019, making him the second elected Green federal MP in Canadian history, following party leader Elizabeth May's first election victory in the 2011 federal election.[5]
Paul Manly | |
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.jpg) Manly in 2021 | |
| Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith | |
| In office May 6, 2019 – September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Sheila Malcolmson |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Marie Barron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19, 1964 Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada[1] |
| Political party | Green (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | New Democratic (prior to 2015)[2] |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Parent(s) | James and Eva Manly[3] |
| Residence | Nanaimo, British Columbia[4] |
| Profession | Filmmaker, researcher and communications specialist |
Early and personal life
editManly was born in Port Alice, British Columbia. His grandfather had a farm just outside of Nanaimo and Manly spent his formative years growing up in Ladysmith. He has been living in Nanaimo since 2002. His father, James Manly was a United Church minister and a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons for the 32nd and 33rd Canadian Parliaments. His mother Eva Manly, a graduate of the University of Ottawa (BFA '85) is a multi-disciplinary artist who has collaborated with him on several video and documentary projects.
Manly graduated from Algonquin College in Ottawa with a diploma in broadcasting and went on to earn a degree in media studies and global studies from Vancouver Island University.[6] Manly is married to Samantha Letourneau, and has two daughters and one granddaughter.[7]
Career
editManly started making documentary films 1991.[8][9] His first major film was a collaboration with his parents on a historic documentary about residential schools, entitled the Awakening of Elizabeth Shaw. This video documents one white woman’s response to the unfair and inhumane treatment of First Nations children in British Columbia’s residential schools.[10] He collaborated with his parents again on a film about human rights workers in Guatemala entitled ‘Bringing Truth to Light’.
His film Sombrio documents the end of a community of surfers and squatters on the south west coast of Vancouver Island.[11] In 2007, Manly videotaped one police provocateur inciting violence at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) leaders event. He included that footage in his film ‘You, Me and the SPP’, which he released in 2009. Manly has made two films about water issues on Vancouver Island, ‘Voices of the River’ about the Nanaimo River, and ‘Troubled Water’ about the community drinking-water watershed on the east coast of the island.
In 2010, Manly produced a video about the export of raw bitumen out of the Port of Vancouver and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. He then produced a PSA with Pamela Anderson about the issue.[12]
He was an equipment manager at the Satellite Video Exchange Society for six years.
He was a director on the board of the development company for the Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, a multi-million dollar housing project. He served 11 years as a board director of Mid Island Consumer Services Cooperative. Previously, Manly was also a director on the national board of the Council of Canadians representing the B.C. Yukon region.
Politics
editManly initially sought the NDP nomination for Nanaimo—Ladysmith in the 2015 election. He was denied by the party's federal executive for publicly criticizing the NDP because the party did not advocate on behalf of his father Jim when the former MP was detained for four days by the Israeli military in 2012.[2] He ran for the Green Party in that election, finishing in fourth place.
Manly was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on May 6, 2019, making him the second elected Green MP in Canadian history, following party leader Elizabeth May's first election victory in the 2011 federal election.[5]
He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election.[13] Manly has been a critic of the extradition case against Meng Wanzhou.[14][15]
During the 43rd Parliament Manly introduced two private member bills (though neither came to a vote): Bill C-261 to prohibit marine vessels from loading thermal coal that is to be transported outside Canada,[16][17] and Bill C-252 that would require public consultation during the course of international trade negotiations.[18][19]
Manly was defeated in the 2021 federal election.[20][21][22][23]
In 2022, he was elected to Nanaimo City Council in the 2022 British Columbia municipal elections.
Parliamentary Work
editIn February 2020, Manly submitted an amendment to Bill C-4, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act, to the Standing Committee on International Trade.[24]
In February 2021, Manly submitted five amendments to Bill C-18, the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act, to the Standing Committee on International Trade.[25]
In April 2021, 4 of Manly’s 29 submitted amendments were adopted by the members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act.[26][27][28]
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Nanaimo—Ladysmith | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Marie Barron | 19,826 | 28.8 | +5.2 | $79,614.79 | |||
| Conservative | Tamara Kronis | 18,627 | 27.1 | +1.2 | $134,837.55 | |||
| Green | Paul Manly | 17,640 | 25.7 | -8.9 | $118,140.35 | |||
| Liberal | Michelle Corfield | 9,314 | 13.5 | -0.1 | $33,839.39 | |||
| People's | Stephen Welton | 3,358 | 4.9 | +3.4 | $8,293.38 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 68,765 | 99.6 | – | $133,040.55 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 277 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 69,042 | 64.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 107,926 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Green | Swing | +2.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[29] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Nanaimo—Ladysmith | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Paul Manly | 24,844 | 34.57 | –2.69 | $113,671.60 | |||
| Conservative | John Hirst | 18,634 | 25.93 | +1.05 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Bob Chamberlin | 16,985 | 23.63 | +0.63 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Michelle Corfield | 9,735 | 13.55 | +2.55 | $54,697.02 | |||
| People's | Jennifer Clarke | 1,049 | 1.46 | –1.63 | none listed | |||
| Independent | Geoff Stoneman | 235 | 0.33 | none listed | ||||
| Progressive Canadian | Brian Marlatt | 207 | 0.29 | –0.33 | none listed | |||
| Communist | James Chumsa | 104 | 0.14 | none listed | ||||
| Independent | Echo White | 71 | 0.10 | $360.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 71,864 | 99.69 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 255 | 0.31 | -0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 72,089 | 68.87 | +27.70 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 104,678 | |||||||
| Green hold | Swing | -1.87 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[30][31] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, May 6, 2019: Nanaimo—Ladysmith Resignation of Sheila Malcolmson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Green | Paul Manly | 15,302 | 37.26 | +17.51 | ||||
| Conservative | John Hirst | 10,215 | 24.88 | +1.52 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Chamberlin | 9,446 | 23.00 | –10.20 | ||||
| Liberal | Michelle Corfield | 4,515 | 10.99 | –12.52 | ||||
| People's | Jennifer Clarke | 1,268 | 3.09 | |||||
| Progressive Canadian | Brian Marlatt | 253 | 0.62 | |||||
| National Citizens Alliance | Jakob Letkemann | 66 | 0.16 | |||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,065 | 99.68 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 130 | 0.32 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,195 | 41.16 | -33.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 100,074 | |||||||
| Green gain from New Democratic | Swing | +13.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[32]; Maclean's[33] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Nanaimo—Ladysmith | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sheila Malcolmson | 23,651 | 33.20 | -12.06 | $136,135.63 | |||
| Liberal | Tim Tessier | 16,753 | 23.52 | +16.84 | $21,699.17 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Allen MacDonald | 16,637 | 23.35 | -17.04 | $132,376.87 | |||
| Green | Paul Manly | 14,074 | 19.76 | +12.58 | $145,016.61 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jack East | 126 | 0.18 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 71,241 | 99.78 | $236,098.07 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.22 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 71,399 | 75.00 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,200 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | -14.45 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[34][35][36] | ||||||||
References
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- ^ a b Mas, Susana (July 2, 2014). "NDP blocks Paul Manly, son of former MP, from seeking 2015 bid in B.C." CBC News. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ Manly, Paul (May 7, 2019). "Paul Manly". Manly Media. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ a b Ghoussoub, Michelle (May 6, 2019). "Green Party wins byelection in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, CBC projects". CBC News.
- ^ Gorman, Toby (September 21, 2010). "Documentarian looks to tell untold stories on community TV". Nanaimo News Bulletin. p. 1.
- ^ "Meet Paul". Green Party candidate webpage. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "CanadiansNanaimo". YouTube.
- ^ "Manly Media Sombrio".
- ^ "The Awakening of Elizabeth Shaw in Manly Media Films and Video". 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Manly Media :: Sombrio".
- ^ "Pamela Anderson Says No Tanks to South Coast Oil Spill | The Common Sense Canadian". 8 December 2010.
- ^ Egan-Elliott, Roxanne (October 21, 2019). "Nanaimo-Ladysmith: Green Party's Paul Manly goes two-for-two in 2019 elections". Times Colonist. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ Hill, Brian (July 15, 2020). "Canada should 'demand' the U.S. drop all charges against Meng Wanzhou: Green Party". Global News. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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- ^ "LEGISinfo - Private Member's Bill C-261 (43-2)". parl.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ Bill C-261 Parliamentary Status Canada
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