Communist Party of British Columbia

Communist Party of British Columbia
Leader	Robert Crooks
Founded	1924 (1924)
Headquarters	706 Clark Drive Vancouver, British Columbia V5L 3J1
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Communist Party of Canada
Seats in the Legislative Assembly	0 / 93
Website
www.cpcbc.ca
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The Communist Party of British Columbia (CPC BC) is the provincial section of the Communist Party of Canada in British Columbia. From the 1945 election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labor-Progressive Party, initially due to the Communist Party having been banned under the Defence of Canada Regulations.

Leadership

Kimball Cariou, party leader from 2020 to 2025

Kimball was the long-time editor of People's Voice , the newspaper of the federal CPC, before he was elected as the leader of the BC section in December 2020. ^[1] He was succeeded by Robert Crooks, who was elected party leader at the party's provincial convention from July 5 to 6, 2025. Cariou was elected to a newly-created, five-member executive body at the same convention. ^[2]

Newspapers

In contrast to other provincial sections of the Communist Party of Canada, the Communist Party of British Columbia published its own newspapers for nearly six decades, including the B.C. Worker's News (1935–1937), People's Advocate (1937–1940), Vancouver Clarion (1940–1941), Pacific Advocate (1942–1945), ^{[3] : 185} and Pacific Tribune (1946–1992). ^{[4] [ page needed ]}

Electoral history

Year	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	%
1937	1	0	567	0.14
1945	21	0	16,479	3.52
1949	2	0	1,660	0.24
1952	5	0	2,514	0.33
1953	25	0	7,496	1.03
1956	14	0	3,381	0.41
1960	19	0	5,675	0.57
1963	4	0	849	0.09
1966	6	0	1,097	0.14
1969	4	0	482	0.05
1972	5	0	862	0.08
1975	13	0	1,441	0.11
1979	7	0	1,159	0.08
1983	4	0	837	0.05
1986	3	0	722	0.03
1991	3	0	92	0.01
1996	3	0	218	0.01
2001	4	0	381	0.02
2005	3	0	244	0.01
2009	3	0	433	0.03
2013	4	0	388	0.02
2017	6	0	802	0.04
2020	5	0	786	0.04
2024	3	0	617	0.03

References

1. "BC Communists hold online convention". People's Voice. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
2. "BC Communist convention elects new provincial leader". People's Voice . 2025-08-05. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
3. Thorn, Brian (2017). ""A Colourful Crowning Ceremony": Images of Class, Gender, and Beauty in World War II-Era Canadian Communism" . Labour / Le Travail. 80: 185–211. doi:10.1353/llt.2017.0047. ISSN   0700-3862. JSTOR   44820585. S2CID   149016684.
4. Communist Party of Canada (1982). Canada's Party of Socialism. Toronto: Progress Books. ISBN   0-919396-45-3.

External links

• Official website