Communist Party of British Columbia

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Communist Party of British Columbia
Active provincial party
LeaderKimball Cariou
Founded1924 (1924)
Headquarters706 Clark Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5L 3J1
Ideology
National affiliationCommunist Party of Canada
Seats in the Legislative Assembly
0 / 87
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 Labour-Progressive Party.

Kimball Cariou, formerly the long-time editor of People's Voice, became the party's leader in December 2020.[1]

Newspapers[edit]

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] and Pacific Tribune (1946–1992).[3][page needed]

Electoral history[edit]

Election Candidates Seats won Votes %
Elections as "Labour-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%

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ "BC Communists hold online convention". People's Voice. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Thorn 2017, p. 185.
  3. ^ Communist Party of Canada 1982.

Sources[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Communist Party of Canada (1982). Canada's Party of Socialism. Toronto: Progress Books. ISBN 0-919396-45-3.

Journal articles[edit]