Communist Party of British Columbia
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.
Communist Party of British Columbia | |
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| Active provincial party | |
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| Leader | Kimball Cariou |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | 706 Clark Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 3J1 |
| Newspaper | Pacific Advocate (defunct)[1] |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Colours | Red and gold |
| Website | |
| www | |
Alternative logo as seen on the party's website
Kimball Cariou, formerly the long-time editor of People's Voice, became the party's leader in December 2020.[2]
Electoral history
| Year of election | # of candidates | # of seats won | # of votes | % of popular vote |
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| 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
- 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. ISSN 0700-3862 – via JSTOR.
- "BC Communists hold online convention". People's Voice. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
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