Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election

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The Communist Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the 1988 federal election , none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

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Quebec

Papineau—Saint-Michel: Line Chabot

Line Chabot was a Communist Party candidate in two federal elections and one provincial election. She described herself as a bookseller in 1984. [1]

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1984 federal Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic Communist 1900.475/7 Thérèse Killens, Liberal
1985 provincial Dorion Communist 760.317/11 Violette Trépanier, Liberal
1988 federal Papineau—Saint-Michel Communist 2350.606/9 André Ouellet, Liberal

Ontario

Geoffrey Da Silva (Eglinton—Lawrence)

Da Silva received 208 votes (0.52%), finishing fifth against Liberal candidate Joe Volpe. He later became a cabinet minister in Guyana.

Mike Phillips (Sudbury)

Mike Phillips was a perennial candidate for the Communist Party at the federal and provincial levels. He was a 24-year-old electrician during his first campaign, and later worked as a labour reporter for the Canadian Tribune . [2]

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1974 federal Davenport Communist 1234/6 Charles Caccia, Liberal
1975 provincial York South Communist 6094/4 Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1977 provincial York South Communist 5264/5 Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1980 federal York South—Weston Communist 995/6 Ursula Appolloni, Liberal
1981 provincial York South Communist 4724/4 Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1984 federal York South—Weston Communist 1746/6 John Nunziata, Liberal
1988 federal Sudbury Communist 1020.245/5 Diane Marleau, Liberal

John (Jack) C. Sweet (York West)

Sweet was a toolmaker, administrator and IBM clerk in private life, and was a perennial candidate for federal, provincial and municipal office in North York. [3] He joined the Communist Party at age eighteen and was a member for more than fifty years, working for a time in the organization's Toronto headquarters. [4]

Sweet contributed to "Canadian Aid for Russia" in 1943, during World War II. [5] He was president of Toronto's Tim Buck-Norman Bethune Education Centre during the 1980s. [6] A dedicated community activist, he was also president of the Humberlea Community Association and chairman of a Metro tax reform council. [7] He opposed an expansion of Pearson International Airport in 1989. [8]

He was listed as sixty-six years old during the 1984 campaign. [9]

The closest he ever came to winning election was in 1978, when he was narrowly defeated for a North York school trustee position.

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1962 North York municipal Council, Ward Sevenn/a4504/4 John Dean Booth
1964 North York municipal Council, Ward Onen/a6502/2 John Dean Booth
1966 North York municipal Council, Ward Onen/a2103/3 John Dean Booth
1969 North York municipal Council, Ward Onen/a4056/7 Fred Schindeler
1971 provincial Yorkview Communist 3914/4 Fred Young, New Democratic Party
1972 North York municipal Council, Ward Onen/a1806/6 Gord Risk
1974 North York municipal Council, Ward Onen/a1436/6 Gord Risk
1975 provincial Yorkview Communist 5944/4 Fred Young, New Democratic Party
1976 North York municipal Council, Ward Onen/a3854/4 Gord Risk
1978 North York municipal School Trustee, Ward Onen/a1,3652/2 Jo Treasure
1980 North York municipal School Trustee, Ward Onen/a4214/5 Sheila Lambrinos
1981 provincial Yorkview Communist 5035/7 Michael Spensieri, Liberal
1982 North York municipal School Trustee, Ward Onen/a7173/4 Sheila Lambrinos
1984 federal York West Communist 1477/7 Sergio Marchi, Liberal
12 November 1984 North York municipal by-electionCouncil, Ward Onen/anot listednot listed Mario Sergio
1988 federal York West Communist 1197/7 Sergio Marchi, Liberal

References

  1. ↑ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: SAINT-MICHEL--AHUNTSIC (1984/09/04), Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Judith Timson, "Inflation worries low-income Davenport", Toronto Star, 18 June 1974, B1; John Munch, "NDP still hurting over '74", Toronto Star, 14 February 1980. See also History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Sudbury (1988/11/21), Parliament of Canada, accessed 5 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "Yorkview", Toronto Star, 19 October 1971, 11; Dorothy Lipovenko and Howard Fluxgold, "13 new trustees join Toronto school board", Globe and Mail, 14 November 1978, P5.
  4. ↑ Kate Burbridge, "York West hopefuls court huge block of Italian voters", Toronto Star, 21 August 1984, A7; Paul Waldie, "Communists up in arms over party property sale", Globe and Mail, 21 October 1991, A4.
  5. ↑ "Canadian aid to Russia nears two million mark", Toronto Star, 13 February 1943, p. 33.
  6. ↑ "Communist offices vandalized", Globe and Mail, 18 April 1987, A11.
  7. ↑ "Metro area voters to decide 33 ridings", Toronto Star, 18 November 1988, A11.
  8. ↑ Gary Webb-Proctor, "Residents oppose additional runways at crowded airport ", Globe and Mail, 28 February 1999, A11.
  9. ↑ Mary Gooderham, "In York West, main candidates are Italian", Globe and Mail, 1 September 1984, P19.
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