Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)

Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Parti communiste du Canada (Ontario)
Active provincial party
Leader	Dave McKee
President	None
Founded	1940
Headquarters	290A Danforth Ave Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N6
Ideology	Communism
International affiliation	Solidarity Network
Colours	Red, Gold
Website
communistpartyontario.ca
Politics of Ontario Political parties Elections

The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) (French: Parti communiste du Canada (Ontario)) is the Ontario provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada. Using the name Labor-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) from 1943 until 1951 and 1955 respectively. It has not been able to win any seats at the provincial level since then. The party continued to run under the Labor-Progressive banner up to the 1959 provincial election, after which it identified itself as the Communist Party.

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 Dave McKee.

Election results

Year of election	# of candidates	# of seats won	# of votes	% of popular vote
1977	32	0	7,995	0.24%
1981	17	0	5,296	0.16%
1985	10	0	3,696	0.1%
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%
2011	9	0	1,163	0.03%
2014	11	0	2,290	0.04%

Source: Elections Ontario Vote Summary^[1]

• September 6, 2012 provincial by-elections: Kitchener—Waterloo, 87 votes (0.19%), seventh out of ten candidates.

Party leaders

• Leslie Morris (1945 election)
• A.A. MacLeod 1945-1951 (1948 election)
• Stewart Smith 1951 until he quit the party in 1957 (1951 election), (1955 election)
• Bruce Magnuson 1957-1970 (1959 election,^[2] 1963 election^[3] and 1967 election^[4])
• William Stewart 1970-1980 (1971 election, 1975 election and 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 (1999 election)
• Elizabeth Rowley c. 2001–2016 (2003 election, 2007 election and 2011 election)
• Dave McKee 2016 - present

Constituency Associations

The party has three constituency associations registered with Elections Ontario:

• Davenport
• Hamilton Centre
• Ottawa Centre

Party financing

Table - Financing of the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)

Year	Party level		Riding level		Total
	Contributions received	Number of contributors over $100	Contributions received	Number of contributors over $100	Contributions received
2007	$13,585.00	32	$1,530	3	$15,115
2008	$39,085.29	63	$3,600	10	$46,685.29
2009	$40,175.25	53	$8,630	20	$48,805.25
2010	$40,032.80	59	$6,020	13	$46,052.80
2011	$19,619.80	36	$400	1	$20,019.80
2012	$48,385.11	64	$635	3	$49,020.11
2013	$35,708.70	61	$170	0	$35,878.70
Total	$236,591.95	368	$20,985	50	$261,576.95

Source: Elections Ontario, Yearly Financial Statements, Political Parties, Constituency Associations^[5]

See also

• List of Ontario general elections
• List of Ontario political parties
• Communist Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election

References

1. http://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2014/historical-results/2014/Summary%20of%20Valid%20Ballots%20Cast.pdf 2014 Elections Ontario
2. "The Windsor Daily Star - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
3. "The Windsor Star - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
4. "The Windsor Star - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
5. http://www.elections.on.ca/en/political-entities-in-ontario/financial-statements/yearly-financial-statements.html Yearly Financial Statements

External links

• Communist Party of Ontario