Communist Party of British Columbia
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Communist Party of British Columbia | |
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| Active provincial party | |
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| Leader | George Gidora |
| President | Timothy Gidora |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | 706 Clark Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 3J1 |
| Newspaper | People's Voice |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Colours | Red, gold |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is George Gidora.[1]
From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour-Progressive Party.
Electoral history[edit]
| Year of election | # of candidates | # of seats won | # of votes | % of popular vote |
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| Elections as "Labour Progressive Party" | ||||
| 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% |
| Elections as "Communist Party of BC" | ||||
| 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% |
References[edit]
- ^ "Registered Political Parties" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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