Socialist Labor Party (Canada)

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

1944 Edward A. Irving Ottawa South

# 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

See also

Footnotes
  1. Cronin, Sean (1977). "The Rise and Fall of the Socialist Labor Party of North America". Saothar. 3: 21–33. JSTOR 23195205.
  2. "Socialist Labor Party of Canada collection". McMaster.ca. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. Forty-Seventh National Convention, Socialist Labor Party
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