The Socialist Labor Party was a political party in Canada that was formed in 1898 by Canadian supporters of the ideas of American socialist Daniel De Leon and the Socialist Labor Party of America.[1] It became a national party in the 1930s and had its headquarters in Toronto. The party never won any seats. The party ran only a small number of candidates (listed below), all of whom placed last in their respective elections.[2]
The party dissolved in 2005 following the accidental death of its national secretary, Doug Irving.[3]
Federal election results
| Election | Candidate | Riding | # of votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Paul Debragh | Vancouver—Burrard | 140 |
| 1945 | Robert Gordon McQuillan | Vancouver Centre | 319 |
| 1949 | William Blackwood Hendry | Broadview (Toronto) | 271 |
| 1953 | Alan Sanderson | Broadview (Toronto) | 130 |
| 1963 | Alan Sanderson | Broadview (Toronto) | 43 |
| 1965 | William Blackwood Hendry | Broadview (Toronto) | 147 |
| 1968 | William Blackwood Hendry | Broadview (Toronto) | 202 |
British Columbia provincial election results
The party also unsuccessfully contested three provincial elections in British Columbia:
| Election | Candidate | Riding | # of votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | John Marshall | Kamloops | 19 |
| 1941 | John Alexander Fedoruk | Vancouver-Burrard | 267 |
| 1941 | Eric Thomas Reaville | Vancouver Centre | 393 |
| 1941 | Robert McQuillan | Vancouver East | 271 |
| 1945 | John Alexander Fedoruk | Vancouver-Burrard | 107 |
| 1945 | Horace Warner | Vancouver Centre | 122 |
| 1945 | Robert McQuillan | Vancouver East | 56 |
| 1949 | John Alexander Fedoruk | Vancouver Centre | 286 |
Ontario provincial election results
The Socialist Labor Party ran candidates in Ontario provincial elections in 1902 and from 1934 until 1967, but never won a seat in the provincial legislature.
| Election year | No. of overall votes |
% of overall total |
No. of candidates run |
No. of seats won |
Presence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 277 | 0.06% | 4 | 0 / 98
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1934 | 1,626 | 0.10% | 5 | 0 / 90
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1937 | 2,199 | 0.14% | 11 | 0 / 90
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1943 | 740 | 0.06% | 3 | 0 / 90
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1945 | 976 | 0.06% | 4 | 0 / 90
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1948 | 913 | 0.05% | 5 | 0 / 125
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1951 | 371 | 0.02% | 1 | 0 / 90
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1955 | 124 | 0.01% | 1 | 0 / 98
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1959 | - | - | - | 0 / 98
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1963 | 103 | 0.008% | 1 | 0 / 108
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1967 | 287 | 0.01% | 1 | 0 / 117
|
Extra-parliamentary |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Cronin, Sean (1977). "The Rise and Fall of the Socialist Labor Party of North America". Saothar. 3: 21–33. JSTOR 23195205.
- ^ "Socialist Labor Party of Canada collection". McMaster.ca. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Forty-Seventh National Convention, Socialist Labor Party
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