Communist Party of Ontario
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The Communist Party of Ontario is the Ontario, Canada provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada. In the 1940s and 1950s under the name Labour 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).
It has not been able to win any seats at the provincial level since then.
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 Liz Rowley.
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Recent election results
| Election | Candidates elected | Total votes | % of popular vote |
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| 1985 | - | 3,696 | 0.1% |
| 1987 | - | 3,422 | 0.1% |
| 1990 | - | 1,139 | 0.1% |
| 1995 | - | 1,015 | - |
| 1999 | - | 814 | - |
| 2003 | - | 2,187 | - |
Party Leaders
(Note: This list is incomplete.)
- Leslie Morris (1945 election)
- William Stewart (1970s)
- Elizabeth Rowley (1990 election)
- Darrell Rankin (1995 election)
- Hassan Husseini 1998-c. 2001
- Elizabeth Rowley (c. 2001-)
See also
External link
- Communist Party of Ontario (http://ontario.communist-party.ca/)