Communist Party of Canada | |
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Active provincial party | |
Leader | Elizabeth Rowley |
President | None |
Founded | 1940 |
Headquarters | 290A Danforth Ave Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N6 |
Ideology | Communism |
International affiliation | Solidarity Network |
Official colours | Red, Gold |
Website | |
www.communist-party.ca | |
Politics of Ontario Political parties Elections |
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) is the Ontario, Canada provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada. In the 1940s and 1950s under the name Labour-Progressive Party, the group won two seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: A.A. MacLeod and J.B. Salsberg served as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs).
It has not been able to win any seats at the provincial level since then.
Individual members of the party have been elected to school boards in the past few decades, but have done so as independents rather than as "Communist Party" candidates. The party is led by Liz Rowley.
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Year of election | # of candidates | # of seats won | # of votes | % of popular vote |
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1977 | 32 | 0 | 7,995 | 0.24% |
1981 | 17 | 0 | 5,296 | 0.16% |
1985 | 10 | 0 | 3,696 | 0.1% |
1987 | 9 | 0 | 3,422 | 0.09% |
1990 | 4 | 0 | 1,139 | 0.03% |
1995 | 5 | 0 | 1,015 | 0.03% |
1999 | 4 | 0 | 814 | 0.02% |
2003 | 6 | 0 | 2,187 | 0.05% |
2007 | 8 | 0 | 1,715 | 0.04% |
2011 | 9 | 0 | 1,163 | 0.03% |
(Note: This list is incomplete.)
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