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The Canadian Labour Party (CLP) was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925, and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement. In Alberta, the CLP and its ally, the Dominion Labour ...
The Federated Labour Party was created by the British Columbia Federation of Labour in 1920, absorbing the Social Democratic Party and part of the Socialist Party of Canada. From 1906 to 1909, there was a Canadian Labour Party of B.C. (CLP(BC)). This party was a split from and rival to a group calling itself the Independent Labour Party.
The Liberal Party of Canada is holding a leadership election to elect a successor to Justin Trudeau following his announcement on January 6, 2025, of his intention to resign as party leader and as prime minister of Canada as soon as his successor is elected.
The Canadian Party of Labour was a Marxist–Leninist political party in Canada. [1] The CPL was not an electoral party, but a revolutionary party attempting to assemble a mass movement of workers and affiliated organizations who could lead a communist revolution .
Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada (founded in 2005) Action Canada (founded in 1971) Canadian Labour Party, 1917–1929; Canadian Renewal Party, 1993; Canadian Union of Fascists, 1930s; Christian Credit Party, 1982–1983; Christian Freedom Party of Canada, c. 1988 – c. 1996 (an extension of the Social Credit Party)
1917 – The Canadian Labour Party is founded on the initiative of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada. [24] 1918 – The shooting death of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin sparks the Vancouver general strike, the first general strike in Canadian history. 1918 – Protection Island (BC) mining disaster. 16 were killed when a miine shaft elevator fell.
With the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada–Canadian Congress of Labour merger complete in 1956, a further step was taken. Although political discussion was downplayed during the merger talks, in 1958 the Canadian Labour Congress and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation set up a 20-person joint committee to discuss the foundation of a new ...
For a list of all single-candidate parties, see List of federal political parties in Canada. Bridge Party of Canada; Canada Party (2015) Christian Democrat Party of Canada; Democratic Representative Caucus; Equal Rights Party (Canada) League for Socialist Action (Canada) McCarthyites (Canada) National Credit Control; Nationalist Party of Canada