Communist Party of British Columbia

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Communist Party of British Columbia
Active provincial party
Leader Kimball Cariou
Founded1924 (1924)
Headquarters706 Clark Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5L 3J1
Ideology
National affiliation Communist Party of Canada
Seats in the Legislative Assembly
0 / 87
Website
www.cpcbc.ca

The Communist Party of British Columbia 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.

Contents

Kimball Cariou, formerly the long-time editor of People's Voice, became the party's leader in December 2020. [1]

Newspapers

In contrast to other provincial sections of the Communist Party of Canada, the Communist Party of British Columbia published many newspapers of its own 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), [2] and Pacific Tribune (1946–1992). [3] [ page needed ]

Electoral history

ElectionCandidatesSeats wonVotes %
1937 105670.14%
1941 1
Elections as "Labor-Progressive Party"
1945 21016,4793.52%
1949 201,6600.24%
1952 502,5140.33%
1953 2507,4961.03%
1956 1403,3810.41%
Elections as "Communist Party of BC"
1960 1905,6750.57%
1963 408490.09%
1966 601,0970.14%
1969 404820.05%
1972 508620.08%
1975 1301,4410.11%
1979 701,1590.08%
1983 408370.05%
1986 307220.03%
1991 30920.01%
1996 302180.01%
2001 403810.02%
2005 302440.01%
2009 304330.03%
2013 403880.02%
2017 608020.04%
2020 507860.04%

Notes

1 Communist Party banned under the Defence of Canada Regulations

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References

Citations

  1. "BC Communists hold online convention". People's Voice. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. Thorn 2017, p. 185.
  3. Communist Party of Canada 1982.

Sources

Books

  • Communist Party of Canada (1982). Canada's Party of Socialism. Toronto: Progress Books. ISBN   0-919396-45-3.

Journal articles