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 currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).
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.
Major James William Coldwell,usually known as M. J. 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.
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation –The Farmer-Labor Party of Ontario,more commonly known as the Ontario CCF,was a democratic socialist provincial political party in Ontario that existed from 1932 to 1961. It was the provincial wing of the federal Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). The party had no leader in the beginning,and was governed by a provincial council and executive. The party's first Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) was elected by voters in the 1934 Ontario general election. In the 1937 general election,no CCF members were elected to the Ontario Legislature. In 1942,the party elected Toronto lawyer Ted Jolliffe as its first leader. He led the party to within a few seats of forming the government in the 1943 general election;instead,it formed the Official Opposition. In that election,the first two women were elected to the Ontario Legislature as CCFers:Agnes Macphail and Rae Luckock. The 1945 election was a setback,as the party lost most of its seats in the Legislature,including Jolliffe's seat. The party again became the Official Opposition after the 1948 general election,and defeated the Conservative premier George Drew in his seat,when Bill Temple unexpectedly won in the High Park constituency. The middle and late 1940s were the peak years for the Ontario CCF. After that time,its electoral performances were dismal,as it was reduced to a rump of two seats in the 1951 election,three seats in the 1955 election,and five seats in the 1959 election. Jolliffe stepped down as leader in 1953,and was replaced by Donald C. MacDonald.
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).
Michael James MacDonald was a union leader,coal miner,volunteer firefighter and politician in Nova Scotia.
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.
