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Communist Party of British Columbia

Communist Party of British Columbia
LeaderKimball Cariou
Founded1924 (1924)
Headquarters706 Clark Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5L 3J1
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationCommunist Party of Canada
Seats in the Legislative Assembly
0 / 93
Website
www.cpcbc.ca

The Communist Party of British Columbia is the provincial section of the Communist Party of Canada in British Columbia. From the 1945 election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labor-Progressive Party, initially due to the Communist Party having been banned under the Defence of Canada Regulations. The party is led by Kimball Cariou, who was the long-time editor of People's Voice before he took the leadership position in December 2020.[1]

Newspapers

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In contrast to other provincial sections of the Communist Party of Canada, the Communist Party of British Columbia published many newspapers of its own for nearly six decades, including the B.C. Worker's News (1935–1937), People's Advocate (1937–1940), Vancouver Clarion (1940–1941), Pacific Advocate (1942–1945),[2]: 185  and Pacific Tribune (1946–1992).[3][page needed]

Electoral history

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Election Candidates Seats won Votes %
1937 1 0 567 0.14
1941[a] — — — —
Elections as "Labor-Progressive Party"
1945 21 0 16,479 3.52
1949 2 0 1,660 0.24
1952 5 0 2,514 0.33
1953 25 0 7,496 1.03
1956 14 0 3,381 0.41
Elections as "Communist Party of BC"
1960 19 0 5,675 0.57
1963 4 0 849 0.09
1966 6 0 1,097 0.14
1969 4 0 482 0.05
1972 5 0 862 0.08
1975 13 0 1,441 0.11
1979 7 0 1,159 0.08
1983 4 0 837 0.05
1986 3 0 722 0.03
1991 3 0 92 0.01
1996 3 0 218 0.01
2001 4 0 381 0.02
2005 3 0 244 0.01
2009 3 0 433 0.03
2013 4 0 388 0.02
2017 6 0 802 0.04
2020 5 0 786 0.04
2024 3 0 617 0.03

Notes

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  1. ^ The Communist Party was banned in 1939 under the Defence of Canada Regulations.

References

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  1. ^ "BC Communists hold online convention". People's Voice. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Thorn, Brian (2017). ""A Colourful Crowning Ceremony": Images of Class, Gender, and Beauty in World War II-Era Canadian Communism". Labour / Le Travail. 80: 185–211. doi:10.1353/llt.2017.0047. ISSN 0700-3862. JSTOR 44820585. S2CID 149016684.
  3. ^ Communist Party of Canada (1982). Canada's Party of Socialism. Toronto: Progress Books. ISBN 0-919396-45-3.
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