Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan)

Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan)
Former provincial party
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
National affiliation	Communist Party of Canada
Politics of Saskatchewan Political parties Elections

The Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan) was a communist party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada.

The party nominated candidates for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in provincial elections between 1938 and 1986. It ran three popular front candidates under the name "Unity" in 1938, electing two MLAs. It also ran two candidates under the Communist label, who failed to get elected. After the Communist Party was banned in the early years of World War II, it established the Labor-Progressive Party as its legal front, and ran candidates under that name throughout the 1940s and 1950s. It reverted to the Communist Party label in 1960. In 1982, it was deleted from the Register of Political Parties after failing to nominate 10 candidates to the general election. ^{[1] [ additional citation(s) needed ]} As of 2025, it is inactive. ^[2]

Electoral history

Election	# of votes	% of popular vote	# of candidates	# elected
Unity / Communist
1938	18,362 [a]	4.17 [b]	5 [c]	2 [d]
Labor-Progressive Party
1944	2,067	0.52	3	0
1948	1,301	0.26	1	0
1952	1,151	0.21	2	0
1956	536	0.1	2	0
Communist Party
1960	380	0.06	2	0
1964	68	0.01	1	0
1971	46	0.01	1	0
1986	73	0.01	1	0

See also

• List of Canadian political parties
• Politics of Saskatchewan

Notes

1. 9,848 Unity / 8,514 Communist
2. 2.24 Unity / 1.93 Communist
3. 3 Unity / 2 Communist
4. 2 Unity / 0 Communist

References

1. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Part II)" (PDF). cdn.elections.sk.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
2. "Communist Party of Canada – Provincial Divisions". elections.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2025.