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.
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, QC,referred to as A. E. B. Davie,was the eighth premier of British Columbia. He served in office from 1887 until his death in 1889.
Gulzar Singh Cheema is an Indian-born Canadian physician and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993,and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004,making him one of only a few Canadian politicians to have sat in two provincial legislatures since Confederation. He is the first Indian-born provincial legislator in Canada. He was also a cabinet minister in the government of Premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell from 2001 to 2004,and was a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal election of 2004.
Jackson Alexander "Jack" Hardy was a politician in Manitoba,Canada. He was the mayor of St. Vital,and served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1971 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
The 1956 British Columbia general election was the 25th general election in the Province of British Columbia,Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 13,1956,and held on September 19,1956. The new legislature met for the first time on February 7,1957.
Donovan Swailes was a Canadian politician and musician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation from 1945 to 1959.
Thomas Hubert Uphill was a socialist politician in British Columbia. He served a long time as mayor of Fernie and also represented the riding of Fernie in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for forty years,most of them as the legislature's sole Labour Party MLA.
Donald Andrew Ross was a realtor,farmer and politician in Manitoba,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1920 and again from 1922 to 1927.
Save-On-Foods is a chain of supermarkets located across Western Canada,owned by the Pattison Food Group.
Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. In a redistribution after the 1963 election the area covered by this riding was incorporated into the new Kootenay riding.
The Province of Manitoba,similar to other Canadian provinces and territories,is governed through a Westminster-based parliamentary system. The Manitoba government's authority to conduct provincial affairs is derived from the Constitution of Canada,which divides legislative powers among the federal parliament and the provincial legislatures. Manitoba operates through three branches of government:the executive,the legislative,and the judicial. The executive branch—the Government of Manitoba—consists of the Executive Council and the Premier,who is the head of government and the President of the Executive Council. The legislative branch—the Manitoba Legislature—is composed of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly,which is composed of the 57 members (MLAs) elected to represent the people of Manitoba,as well as the Speaker,the Clerk,the Officers of the Legislative Assembly,and the employees of the legislative service.
Emilio Picariello was an Italian-Canadian bootlegger and convicted murderer,who was hanged at Fort Saskatchewan in 1923 for killing an Alberta Provincial Police constable the previous year.
William Manson was a Scottish-born accountant,notary public and political figure in British Columbia,Canada. He represented Alberni from 1905 to 1907 and Skeena from 1909 to 1915 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.
Robert Leslie Thomas "'R.L.T." Galbraith was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1877 to 1886.
Colin Campbell McKenzie was an educator,real estate and insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. After being an unsuccessful candidate in the 1886 provincial election and an 1887 byelection,he represented Nanaimo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1894. He did not seek a second term in the 1894 provincial election. He was Métis,and was likely the first Indigenous Member of British Columbia's Legislative Assembly.
Robert Hanley Hall was an Irish-born fur trader and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cassiar in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1894. He did not seek a second term in the Legislature in the 1894 provincial election.
Price Ellison was an English-born blacksmith,farmer,rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-East from 1898 to 1903 and Okanagan from 1903 to 1916 as a Conservative in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
John Walter Weart was a lawyer,businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented South Vancouver in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1916 until his retirement at the 1920 provincial election as a Liberal.
Malcolm Bruce Jackson was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented The Islands from 1916 to 1924 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal.
Victor Albert Long was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits of politicians and community leaders. His works hang in universities,in city halls,in provincial legislatures and in Canada's Parliament Buildings.
