Communist Party of British Columbia

Communist Party of British Columbia
Leader	Kimball Cariou
Founded	1924 (1924)
Headquarters	706 Clark Drive Vancouver, British Columbia V5L 3J1
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Communist Party of Canada
Seats in the Legislative Assembly	0 / 93
Website
www.cpcbc.ca
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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

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

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

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

References

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.

External links

• Official website