Dan Goldstick

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Dan (Danny) Goldstick is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada, and member of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Canada for whom he has been a frequent candidate at the federal and provincial level.

Goldstick is also active in the Council of Canadians, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Anti-Poverty Organization.

His work in philosophy centres on topics in metaphysics and epistemology. You can read a funny article by him here: [1] And a serious academic article, Introduction to The Spark, No. 10, here: [2], and a news-paper article here: [3].

Federal electoral record:

• Canadian federal election, 1974, Rosedale, 136 votes (winner: Donald Stovel Macdonald, Liberal)
• by-election 1978, Rosedale, 120 votes (winner: David Crombie, Progressive Conservative)
• Canadian federal election, 1979, Rosedale, 80 votes (winner: David Crombie, Progressive Conservative)
• Canadian federal election, 1980, Rosedale, 85 votes (winner: David Crombie, Progressive Conservative)
• Canadian federal election, 1988, Etobicoke Centre, 81 votes (winner: Michael Wilson, Progressive Conservative)
• Canadian federal election, 1993, York South—Weston, 119 votes (winner: John Nunziata, Liberal) (note: Goldstick ran as an independent in this election, as the Communist Party of Canada was not recognized as an official party. He was listed on the ballot as "Danny Red Goldstick")
• Canadian federal election, 2000, Toronto Centre—Rosedale, 121 votes (winner: Bill Graham, Liberal)
• Canadian federal election, 2004, Toronto Centre, 106 votes (winner: Bill Graham, Liberal)