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Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia)
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The Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC) (later Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia)) was a provincial political party in British Columbia
, Canada
, that merged in 1905 into a national political party, the Socialist Party of Canada
(SPC). Two years earlier, the SPBC successfully won seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
to oppose the provincial government. The SPC was not successful in winning seats in the Canadian House of Commons
.
The Socialist Party of Canada in British Columbia joined the BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933.
Popularity of, and sympathies towards, revolutionary agendas of the Socialist and Communist political parties in Canada, gained and declined during economic prosperity; as well as during the Cold War against the WWII defense, and imperialism, of Soviet Russia.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that merged in 1905 into a national political party, the Socialist Party of Canada
Socialist Party of Canada
There have been two different but related political parties in Canada that called themselves the Socialist Party of Canada . The current Socialist Party is an electorally inactive and unregistered federal political party in Canada...
(SPC). Two years earlier, the SPBC successfully won seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....
to oppose the provincial government. The SPC was not successful in winning seats in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
.
The Socialist Party of Canada in British Columbia joined the BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933.
History
- see main article First Socialist Party of Canada: 1904-1925
Popularity of, and sympathies towards, revolutionary agendas of the Socialist and Communist political parties in Canada, gained and declined during economic prosperity; as well as during the Cold War against the WWII defense, and imperialism, of Soviet Russia.
Timeline
A chronology of socialist political party origins, activity, and history in the province of British Columbia, Canada- 1872, Beginnings of a national state of labour unification, with a regionally popular Trades Union Bill (also published as Trade Union ActTrade Union ActTrade Union Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and Australia which relates to trade unions....
), by the Conservative PartyConservative Party of Canada (historical)The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
of the 1st Canadian Parliament1st Canadian ParliamentThe 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867 until July 8, 1872. The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was prorogued prior to the 1872 election.It was...
, Dominion Parliament, Parliament HillParliament HillParliament Hill , colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildingsthe parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural...
, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,
- Federal Trades Union Bill removes penalties for being a member of a union, which are capable of striking for improved employment, closing a company, and/or disrupting access to goods and services in Canada.
- 1898, The first Canadian Socialist League branch and headquarters opened in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. Over the next four years, over 60 branches of Canadian Socialist Leagues were opened in Canada.
- A new branch of the Socialist Labour PartySocialist Labour Party (Canada)The Socialist Labour Party was a political party in Canada that was formed by Canadian supporters of the ideas of American socialist Daniel De Leon and the Socialist Labor Party of America. The party never won any seats...
, was formed in VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
.
- 1899, November 23, Thursday, A new socialist organization was formed in VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
:
- On Thursday, the 23rd inst., there was started on Mt. PleasantMount Pleasant (Vancouver)Mount Pleasant is a neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, stretching from Cambie Street to Clark Drive and from Great Northern Way and 2nd, to 16th and Kingsway...
an organization to be known as "The Vancouver Socialist Club". There was not a very large attendance but those who were there all fighters and mean business. The objects of the organization are to organize educate and agitate the cause of socialism, and in any matters of public interest the Vancouver Socialist Club propose to be heard from.
- November 25, Saturday, Link from new Canadian socialist organization to American socialists, Seattle to Vancouver:
- A Labor Leader
- Mr. I. Olcovick, president of the Seattle Socialist Trade Union Alliance, paid a flying visit to Mr. W. Maclain of this city on Saturday last. Mr. Olcovick was formerly a captain in the United States army, and it was his company of troops which refused to shoot down striking workmen during the famous railway strikeGreat Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1885 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. In March 1886, railroad workers in the Southwest United States conducted an unsuccessful strike against railroads owned by Jay Gould,...
of a few years ago. The soldiers were ordered to shoot by their senior officer, but on Capt. Olcovick’s orders they did not do so. He visited the Socialist organization in this city and was well pleased with the progress being made by the members. He left for Seattle yesterday morning.
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- Trivia and sources of links between Socialist politics in the province British Columbia and US states:
- During year, the word socialism is included in the title of twenty articles in the New York Times.
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- During year, beginnings of the Union Record newspaper for Seattle Labor politics, and a competing newspaper The Socialist (The New Light) for a Social Democrat Party of Washington state.
- 1900, June 9, Ninth BC general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1900The British Columbia general election of 1900 was the ninth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 24, 1900, and held on June 9, 1900...
resulted in the first provincial representation of socialism in British Columbia, without gaining a seat for a Socialist Party candidate in the 2-year-old British Columbia Parliament BuildingsBritish Columbia Parliament BuildingsThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings are located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia....
in the capital Victoria. Labour and Socialist candidates finished last of twelve in the electoral district of Vancouver CityVancouver City (electoral district)Vancouver City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was a multiple member riding based in the newly-created city of Vancouver....
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- William MacClain, 683 votes (also published as 684), 4.46 percent of vote, Vancouver. Nominee of the United Socialist Labour Party and Canadian Socialist League. Supported by the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council. First socialist to contest a British Columbia election.,
- 1901, Beginnings of the use of the political party title Socialist Party of British Columbia. Provincial branch of the four-year-old national Canadian Socialist League is refounded as the independent Socialist Party of British Columbia with provincial headquarters in Vancouver, BC, western Canada.
- 1902, New political party formed by members of the Socialist Party of British Columbia as the Revolutionary Socialist Party.
- 1903, May 8, First issue of the Western Clarion. -combining Canadian Socialist League member Pettipiece's ownership of the Revolutionary Socialist Party's publication The Clarion of Nanaimo, plus Pettipiece's project the Western Socialist of Vancouver, and the Strike Bulletin of the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees. -for socialist and labour politics news.
- September 8, After the Revolutionary Socialist Party rejoins the Socialist Party of British Columbia, RSP political agenda replaces SPBC agenda at convention.
- During year, the Socialist Party of British Columbia nominates thirteen candidates for provincial election, including for the electoral district of provincial capital VictoriaVictoria City (provincial electoral district)Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent Members of the Legislative Assembly and...
, British Columbia, Canada. - October 3, Tenth general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1903The British Columbia general election of 1903 was the tenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903...
for Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is a first that begins a list of British Columbia general elections including provincial political parties of British Columbia, Canada. - Next four years, two Socialists, from a Regional District of NanaimoRegional District of Nanaimo, British ColumbiaThe Regional District of Nanaimo is a regional district located on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the south by the Cowichan Valley Regional District, to the west by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, and to the northwest by the Comox Valley...
electoral area, sit with fifteen Liberals as opposition to provincial government, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1904, December 30, 31, Beginnings of the Socialist Party of CanadaSocialist Party of CanadaThere have been two different but related political parties in Canada that called themselves the Socialist Party of Canada . The current Socialist Party is an electorally inactive and unregistered federal political party in Canada...
to unify provincial socialists to gain legislative assembly seats and sit in opposition to the national government of Canada in OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
. Fourth annual convention of the Socialist Party of British Columbia. British Columbia socialists comparatively represent socialism the most in Canada.
- 1905, February 19, First meeting of a national revolutionaryRevolutionaryA revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.-Definition:...
Marxist organization in Canada, 7-years after beginnings of a national agenda for the Socialist League in the province Quebec. The first Socialist Party of Canada is formed by the Dominion Executive Committee of the Socialist Party of Canada. By merging the provincial Socialist Party of British Columbia and related groups representing socialists in the provinces of ManitobaSocialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba)The Socialist Party of Canada was a revolutionary Marxist organization, founded in 1904 as a merger of the Socialist Party of British Columbia and related groups in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada....
and OntarioSocialist Party of OntarioThe Socialist Party of Ontario, or Socialist Party, also know by its acronym SPO, was founded in 2011 by political activists, trade unionists, community leaders, feminists and socialists, many of whom were former members of the Ontario New Democratic Party . They decided to launch a new leftist...
. The revolutionary Socialist Party, with links to manifestoManifestoA manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related.-Etymology:...
s for a national state of workers (workers' state), gains popularity. Socialist Party gains especially with employees of coal mines and railways, and with immigrants of non-English speaking Europe. Notably in the region of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. 2-year-old Western Clarion newspaper of province BC becomes part of national socialist propaganda in Canada, circulation 4-10,000, published by E.T. KingsleyE.T. KingsleyEugene Thornton Kingsley was a founder and leader of the Socialist Party of Canada and an editor of the Western Clarion newspaper in the first decade of the 20th century...
. 2-years continues of James Hawthornthwaite and Parker Williams with opposition seats in the provincial legislature of BC, for the national party SPC, Canada. Popularity of the national Socialist Party continues in the province BC until the beginnings of losses to a moderate socialist party in 6-years.
- 1903-1986
- abbreviations of socialist parties include
- SPBC: Socialist Party of British Columbia
- SPC: Socialist Party of Canada (old)
- SPC: Socialist Party of Canada (new)
- SPC(BC): Socialist Party of Canada (B.C. section)
- 1907, February 3, Eleventh general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1907The British Columbia general election of 1907 was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907...
for Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Next two years, three Socialists, of a Regional District of Nanaimo electoral area and GrandforksGreenwood (provincial electoral district)Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was located in the Boundary Country west of Grand Forks around the city of Greenwood. It first appeared on the hustings in the large redistribution prior to the 1903 election...
(West KootenayWest KootenayWest Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was formed along with East Kootenay from a redistribution of the old Kootenay riding, which was one of the province's original twelve.- Demographics :...
, central BC), sit with thirteen Liberals as opposition to provincial government. - Socialist Party of Canada (B.C. section) splits into revolutionary SPCBC and moderate Social Democratic Party of Canada.
- 1909, November 25, Twelfth general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1909The British Columbia general election of 1909 was the twelfth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 20, 1909, and held on November 25, 1909'...
for Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Next three years, two Socialists, of a Regional District of Nanaimo electoral area, sit with two Liberals as opposition to 30 Conservatives of the provincial government.
- 1911, Socialist Party of Canada (B.C. section) members joining new Social Democratic Party of CanadaSocial Democratic Party of CanadaThe Social Democratic Party was a social democratic political party in Canada founded in 1911 by members of the right wing of the Socialist Party of Canada. these members were dissatisfied with what they saw as that party's rigid, doctrinaire approach...
is an earliest example of political party reformReformReform means to put or change into an improved form or condition; to amend or improve by change of color or removal of faults or abuses, beneficial change, more specifically, reversion to a pure original state, to repair, restore or to correct....
in British Columbia and Canada.
- 1912, March 28, Thirteenth general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1912The British Columbia general election of 1912 was the thirteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912...
for Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Next four years, one Socialist and one Social Democrat, from a Regional District of Nanaimo electoral area, sit as opposition to thirty-nine Conservatives and one Independent Conservative of the provincial government.
- September 16, Beginnings of Vancouver Island Coal Strike, Cumberland, Vancouver IslandVancouver IslandVancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
, province of British Columbia, western Canada.
- 1913, May 1, Labor DayLabor DayLabor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:...
meeting to begin general strikeGeneral strikeA general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region, or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or class sympathies of the participants...
to shut down all Vancouver Island coal mining, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
- Strike-breakersStrike actionStrike action, also called labour strike, on strike, greve , or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became...
continue mine operations against 3,500 miners, incidents of destruction, violence, rioting, arrests, Vancouver Island.
- July, Minister of Labour for province of British Columbia visits mine strike, Vancouver Island.
- August 18, State of provincial military occupationMilitary occupationMilitary occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory passes to a hostile army. The territory then becomes occupied territory.-Military occupation and the laws of war:...
ends strike meeting of 1,200 in town of Nanaimo.
- Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 'called out to aid civil power during strike in Nanaimo district.' Scotland regiment province detachment remains in Nanaimo.
- End of organized coal mine labor on Vancouver Island, union loss to owners and strikebreakers, British Columbia, Canada.
- Until WWI, United Mine Workers of America continue strike pay for Vancouver Island miners.
- Socialist Party loss of 1 seat of representation before strike not regained in next general election of British Columbia.
- 1914, Next three years, William Arthur Pritchard is editor of the socialist and labour politics newspaper Western Clarion, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1916, September 14, Fourteenth general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1916The British Columbia general election of 1916 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 5, 1916, and held on September 14, 1916...
for Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Next four years, eleven sitting in opposition to a provincial Liberal government includes one Independent Socialist, of a Regional District of Nanaimo electoral area, British Columbia, Canada.
- 13-years ends of revolutionary Socialist Party of Canada sitting in opposition to provincial government and 4-years in opposition to moderate Social Democratic Party of British Columbia, capital Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1918, January, British Columbia Federation of LabourBritish Columbia Federation of LabourBritish Columbia Federation of Labour is the voice of the Labour movement in British Columbia, Canada.Founded in 1910 and now having over 470,000 individual members and 1100 locals or union sections, the BC Federation of Labour is the provincial Canadian Labour Congress affiliate and the umbrella...
forms the Federated Labour Party. Socialists join Federated Labour Party in British Columbia.
- Fifteen-year-old socialist newspaper, the Western Clarion of the province British Columbia, is closed (banned) by federal government in capital Ottawa, province Ontario, Canada.
- 1919, May 15 - June 26, Winnipeg General Strike, WinnipegWinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
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- June 17, Eight (also published as ten) strike leaders arrested and imprisoned, five are members of the Socialist Party of Canada, Winnipeg.
- Winnipeg General Strike arises from increasing popularity of a national revolutionary communist party in Canada, and decreasing popularity of a national socialist party in Canada. The arrested SPC leaders change their goal to achieving representation of workers for nationally unified employee management named Labour instead of Socialist.
- 1920, December 1, Fifteenth general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1920The British Columbia general election of 1920 was the fifteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 23, 1920, and held on December 1, 1920...
for Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Next four years, no Socialists sit as opposition to provincial government.
- Federated Labour Party created by the eighteen-year-old British Columbia Federation of Labour by absorbing the nine-year-old Social Democratic Party of CanadaSocial Democratic Party of CanadaThe Social Democratic Party was a social democratic political party in Canada founded in 1911 by members of the right wing of the Socialist Party of Canada. these members were dissatisfied with what they saw as that party's rigid, doctrinaire approach...
and part of the fifteen-year-old Socialist Party of Canada.
- 1921, The two-year-old One Big UnionOne Big Union (Canada)The One Big Union was a Canadian syndicalist trade union active primarily in the Western part of the country. It was formally founded in Calgary on June 4, 1919 but lost most members by 1922. It finally merged into the Canadian Labour Congress in 1956.-Background:Towards the end of World War I, a...
(labour representation project of the Socialist Party of Canada) with over 40,000 members reduced by the departure of the more than 20,000 members of the lumber industry union (IWAIWAIWA may refer to:*Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South*Indian Workers' Association*Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada , an autonomous branch of the former International Woodworkers of America trade union...
) of British Columbia.
- 1924, June 20, Sixteenth general electionBritish Columbia general election, 1924The British Columbia general election of 1924 was the sixteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924...
for Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Next four years, no Socialists sit as opposition to provincial government.
- 1925, Declining SPC membership, and closing of the Western Clarion after twenty-two years of publishing socialist and labour news.
- Socialist Party of Canada closes, reduced to small discussion groups in a number of cities.
- 1926, Independent Labour Party opens as the combined eight-year-old Federated Labour Party and Canadian Labour Party (B.C. section) branches.
- 1931, June, A second Socialist Party of Canada is re-founded in WinnipegWinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
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- 1932, The Independent Labour Party in Vancouver, led by Ernest WinchErnest WinchErnest Edward Winch was a British Columbia politician, trade unionist and socialist. He was a BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLA in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1933 until his death in 1957....
, changes its name to the ILP (Socialist) and then, in June 1932 re-founds the Socialist Party of Canada (BC Section). It is unrelated to the Winnipeg-based group which starts its own Vancouver local in 1933.
- July 30 (August 1), Provincial SPC(BC) meets for a national political agendaPolitical agendaA political agenda is a set of issues and policies laid out by an executive or cabinet in government that tries to influence current and near-future political news and debate....
in western Canada. Socialist and labour party delegates include SPCBC at 13-year-old Western Labour Conference, in CalgaryCalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta, Canada. Fourteen UAFUAFUAF may refer to:* University Admissions Finland* University Assistance Fund, Netherlands* University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States* University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan* Unite Against Fascism, United Kingdom...
delegates included in choosing new name for the beginnings of a national socialist-labour party, Co-operative Commonwealth FederationCo-operative Commonwealth FederationThe Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
. Delegates include nineteen jobless men and women of The Great Depression.
- 1933 The Socialist Party of Canada (BC Section) merges with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to become the British Columbia section of the CCF (beginning of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, BCNDP).
- August, SPCBC and the CCF (BC) become Associated CCF Clubs. SPC members Ernest Winch and Harold Winch are elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as CCF MLAs.
- 1935, Another merger of the Socialist Party of Canada with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation but retains its own organization within the CCF for several years. The CCF eventually becomes the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
- 1936 SPC supporters dominate the BC CCF's provincial executive and play a crucial role in a split in the CCF that results in the expulsion of moderate CCF leader Robert ConnellRobert ConnellRobert Connell was a clergyman and politician in British Columbia. He was the first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia ....
and the departure of 4 of 7 members CCF MLAs who form the British Columbia Social Constructive PartyBritish Columbia Social Constructive PartyThe British Columbia Social Constructive Party was formed in 1936 by a breakaway from the British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation after Reverend Robert Connell was expelled from the party over doctrinal differences. Connell had been leader of the CCF until his expulsion...
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- 1938 Harold Winch becomes BC CCF leader. He holds the position until 1953.
External links
- "Socialist History Project", "Documenting the revolutionary socialist tradition in Canada", copyright South Branch Publishing. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
- Note: Paste or type: 1899 site:www.socialisthistory.ca/
- into Google for year 1899 search results within "Socialist History Project" web site.
- Nicol, Janet Mary. "Frank Rogers" reprinted from BC Historical News - v. 36 NO. 2 2, by permission, City of VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, with reference to William MacClain. Retrieved November 19, 2006. - World Socialist Party (US) WSPUSWorld Socialist Party of the United StatesThe World Socialist Party of the United States is a socialist political organization established in Detroit, Michigan as the Socialist Party of the United States in 1916 and which operated as the Socialist Educational Society in the 1920s and later the Workers' Socialist Party...
Wiki retrieved December 13, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- Nicol, Janet Mary. "Frank Rogers" reprinted from BC Historical News - v. 36 NO. 2 2, by permission, City of Vancouver
Other resources
- University of British Columbia LibraryUniversity of British Columbia LibraryThe University of British Columbia Library is the library system of the University of British Columbia . In 2004, UBC Library ranked 22nd among members of the Association of Research Libraries....
, Vancouver, BC, Canada. - Malaspina University-College, Political Science list of links for Canadian government, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.