Socialist Labor Party (Canada)

Defunct political party in 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

British Columbia provincial election results

The party also unsuccessfully contested three provincial elections in British Columbia:

Ontario provincial election results

The Socialist Labor Party ran candidates in Ontario provincial elections in 1902 and from 1934 until 1967, but never won a seat in the provincial legislature.

See also

• List of political parties in Canada
• List of Canadian socialist parties
• Socialism in Canada

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