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.

Contents 1 Recent election results 2 Party leaders 3 See also 4 External link

[edit] Recent election results

Election	Candidates elected	Total votes	% of popular vote
1985	-	3,696	0.1%
1987	-	3,422	0.1%
1990	-	1,139	0.1%
1995	-	1,015	-
1999	-	814	-
2003	-	2,187	-

[edit] Party leaders

(Note: This list is incomplete.)

• Leslie Morris (1945 election)
• William Stewart (1977 election)
• Mel Doig (1981 election)
• Gordon Massie (1985 and 1987 elections)
• Elizabeth Rowley (1990 election)
• Darrell Rankin (1995 election)
• Hassan Husseini 1998-c. 2001
• Elizabeth Rowley (c. 2001-)

[edit] See also

• List of Ontario general elections
• List of Ontario political parties
• Communist Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election

[edit] External link

• Communist Party of Ontario

Ontario Political Parties
Represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: PC Liberal NDP
Other parties recognized by Elections Ontario: Green Freedom COR Family Communist Libertarian
Provincial Elections