- Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)
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Communist Party of Canada Active provincial party Leader Elizabeth Rowley President None Founded 1940 Headquarters 290A Danforth Ave
Toronto, Ontario
M4K 1N6Ideology Communism International affiliation Solidarity Network Official colours Red, Gold Website www.communist-party.ca Politics of Ontario
Political parties
ElectionsThe 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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Recent election results
Year of election # of candidates # of seats won # of votes % of popular vote 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% Party leaders
(Note: This list is incomplete.)
- Leslie Morris (1945 election)
- A.A. MacLeod 1945-1951 (1948 election, 1951 election)
- Stewart Smith 1950s until he quit the party in 1957
- William Stewart (1977 election)
- Mel Doig (1981 election)
- Gordon Massie (1985 and 1987 elections)
- Elizabeth Rowley (1990 election)
- Darrell Rankin (1995 election)
- Hassan Husseini 1998-c. 2001
- Elizabeth Rowley (c. 2001-)
See also
- List of Ontario general elections
- List of Ontario political parties
- Communist Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election
External links
Provincial political parties in Ontario 
Legislative Assembly Other parties recognized by Elections Ontario Communist · Confederation of Regions · Family Coalition · Freedom · Green · Libertarian · Northern Ontario Heritage · People with Special Needs · Reform · Republican · SocialistHistorical parties represented in the legislature Co-operative Commonwealth Federation · Labour (Independent) · Labor-Progressive · Liberal-Labour · Liberal-Progressive · Patrons of Industry · Soldier · Protestant Protective Association · United FarmersPre-confederation parties Categories:- Communist parties in Canada
- Provincial political parties in Ontario
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