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Communist Party of British Columbia

Communist Party of British Columbia
LeaderRobert Crooks
Founded1924 (1924)
Headquarters706 Clark Drive
Vancouver, BC
V5L 3J1
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationCommunist Party of Canada
Seats in the Legislative Assembly
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Website
www.cpcbc.ca

The Communist Party of British Columbia (CPC BC) is the provincial section of the Communist Party of Canada in British Columbia. From the 1945 election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labor-Progressive Party, initially due to the Communist Party having been banned under the Defence of Canada Regulations.

Leadership

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Kimball Cariou, party leader from 2020 to 2025

Kimball was the long-time editor of People's Voice, the newspaper of the federal CPC, before he was elected as the leader of the BC section in December 2020.[1] He was succeeded by Robert Crooks, who was elected party leader at the party's provincial convention from July 5 to 6, 2025. Cariou was elected to a newly-created, five-member executive body at the same convention.[2]

Newspapers

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In contrast to other provincial sections of the Communist Party of Canada, the Communist Party of British Columbia published its own newspapers for nearly six decades, including the B.C. Worker's News (1935–1937), People's Advocate (1937–1940), Vancouver Clarion (1940–1941), Pacific Advocate (1942–1945),[3]: 185  and Pacific Tribune (1946–1992).[4][page needed]

Electoral history

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Year Candidates Seats won Votes %
1937 1 0 567 0.14
1945 21 0 16,479 3.52
1949 2 0 1,660 0.24
1952 5 0 2,514 0.33
1953 25 0 7,496 1.03
1956 14 0 3,381 0.41
1960 19 0 5,675 0.57
1963 4 0 849 0.09
1966 6 0 1,097 0.14
1969 4 0 482 0.05
1972 5 0 862 0.08
1975 13 0 1,441 0.11
1979 7 0 1,159 0.08
1983 4 0 837 0.05
1986 3 0 722 0.03
1991 3 0 92 0.01
1996 3 0 218 0.01
2001 4 0 381 0.02
2005 3 0 244 0.01
2009 3 0 433 0.03
2013 4 0 388 0.02
2017 6 0 802 0.04
2020 5 0 786 0.04
2024 3 0 617 0.03

References

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  1. ^ "BC Communists hold online convention". People's Voice. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "BC Communist convention elects new provincial leader". People's Voice. 2025-08-05. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  3. ^ Thorn, Brian (2017). ""A Colourful Crowning Ceremony": Images of Class, Gender, and Beauty in World War II-Era Canadian Communism". Labour / Le Travail. 80: 185–211. doi:10.1353/llt.2017.0047. ISSN 0700-3862. JSTOR 44820585. S2CID 149016684.
  4. ^ Communist Party of Canada (1982). Canada's Party of Socialism. Toronto: Progress Books. ISBN 0-919396-45-3.
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