SIX new Greens candidates have joined the four existing Greens MLAs to vie for seats at the upcoming ACT election.

James Higgins, who ran in the 2008 election, and Hannah Parris, who shared the Greens Senate ticket with Lin Hatfield-Dodds in 2010, will join Greens Leader Meredith Hunter in Ginninderra.

Gungahlin community campaigner Alan Kerlin and Adriana Siddle will run in Molonglo with Caroline Le Couteur and Shane Rattenbury.

In Brindabella, electrician and teacher Ben Murphy and real estate agent and GLBTI campaigner Johnathan Davis join Amanda Bresnan.

“It’s very exciting to see such a great Greens team for 2012,” Ms Hunter said.

“The people standing for the Greens include an economist, community activists, a student, a tradie and business people. It reflects the Greens diversity and broad appeal.”