The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a federal democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Canada. The CCF was founded in 1932 in Calgary,Alberta,by a number of socialist,agrarian,co-operative,and labour groups,and the League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944,the CCF formed one of the first social-democratic governments in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan.
The Regina Manifesto was the programme of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and was adopted at the first national convention of the CCF held in Regina,Saskatchewan,in 1933. The primary goal of the Regina Manifesto was to eradicate the system of capitalism and replace it with a planned socialist economy. The CCF was a Canadian democratic socialist party founded in 1932 by farmers,workers,and socialist groups against the backdrop of the Great Depression.
The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Ontario,Canada. The party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum and currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party.
David Lewis was a Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician. He was national secretary of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1936 to 1950 and one of the key architects of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1961. In 1962,he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP),in the House of Commons of Canada,for the York South electoral district. While an MP,he was elected the NDP's national leader and served from 1971 until 1975. After his defeat in the 1974 federal election,he stepped down as leader and retired from politics. He spent his last years as a university professor at Carleton University,and as a travel correspondent for the Toronto Star. In retirement,he was named to the Order of Canada for his political service. After suffering from cancer for a long time,he died in Ottawa in 1981.
Hazen Robert Argue was a Canadian politician who served in the House of Commons and the Senate. He was first elected as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Member of Parliament (MP) in 1945 and was the last leader of the party,from 1960 to 1961. He crossed the floor to the Liberal Party in 1962 and was defeated in 1963. In 1966 he was appointed to the Senate. He entered the federal cabinet in 1980,as the only Saskatchewan representative,with responsibilities for the Canadian Wheat Board. He is well known for being a strong proponent of the proposed Canadian annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He was the first senator ever to have been charged with fraud,in 1989. The charges were eventually dropped.
Major James William Coldwell was a Canadian democratic socialist politician,and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) party from 1942 to 1960.
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party,or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Party or Independent Labour Party name,backed by local labour councils made up of many union locals in a particular city,or individual trade unions. There was an attempt to create a national Canadian Labour Party in the late 1910s and in the 1920s,but these were only partly successful.
Donald Cameron MacDonald was a Canadian politician. Referred to in the media as the "best premier Ontario never had," he represented the provincial riding of York South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1982. From 1953 to 1970 he was the leader of the social democratic Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and its successor,the Ontario New Democratic Party.
The Canadian Labour Congress,or CLC is a national trade union centre,the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.
Ross Jewitt Dowson was a Canadian Trotskyist political figure and perennial candidate.
Murray Cotterill was a Canadian trade union activist and organizer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).
Samuel Lawrence was a Canadian politician and trade unionist. He was the first member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and subsequently served as Mayor of Hamilton,Ontario.
Charles Hibbert (Charlie) Millard was a Canadian trade union activist and politician.
Socialism in Canada has a long history and along with conservatism and liberalism is a political force in Canada.
Robert Hugh Carlin was a Canadian labour union organizer and politician,who represented the electoral district of Sudbury in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1948. He was a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).
The New Democratic Party is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,the party sits at the centre-left to left-wing of the Canadian political spectrum,with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).
The 1961 New Democratic Party founding convention was held in Ottawa from July 31 to August 4 to elect a leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada. This convention formally closed down the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) party,the New Party clubs,and merged them with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) to form the NDP. It is also known for the divisive leadership vote in which Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas was elected over national CCF leader Hazen Argue. Over 2000 delegates attended the five-day convention held at the Ottawa Coliseum.
Walter Kenneth (Ken) Bryden was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation/NDP member of the Ontario legislature from 1959 to 1967,an economist,academic,civil servant and author.
Fred Dowling (1902–1982) was a Canadian trade unionist who is best known for leading the effort to organize meatpacking workers in Canada during the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was a founding leader of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA),and served the union as international vice-president and Canadian director for nearly 30 years.
