Communist Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election
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The Communist Party of Canada - Ontario ran candidates in the 2007 Ontario provincial election
, none of whom were elected. Some of these candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Johan Boyden (Toronto Centre
A 26-year-old resident of St. Jamestown, Boyden had union experience as an assistant shop steward and supported the Communist Party's efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15.
Sam Hammond (St. Catharines
Sam Hammond is a retired industrial worker, activist and journalist living in Hamilton
, Ontario
. His campaign biography indicates that he has over forty years' experience in the labour and social justice movements. He has sought office as a candidate of the Communist Party of Canada
and the provincial Communist Party of Canada - Ontario.
Hammond was chair of the Hamilton Tax Reform Movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and represented the concerns of mostly low-income residents who faced dramatic assessment increases. He was named chair of the Communist Party's Central Labour Commission in 2004. Hammond has written on various subjects for the party journal People's Voice, and has also served as its business manager. He cited Vladimir Lenin
as his favourite historical communist in a 2006 interview, and named Poundmaker, Tommy Douglas
and Norman Bethune
as his favourite Canadians.
Stuart Ryan (Ottawa Centre
President of his Canadian Auto Workers
local, also works for a Canadian Union of Public Employees
local at Carleton University
(from which he has a degree in journalism). His father was a law professor at Queen's University. Active in the Committee for Peace in Iraq
, and the Network Opposing War and Racism (NOWAR-PAIX). A delegate to the Ottawa District Labour Council.
Ontario general election, 2007
The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...
, none of whom were elected. Some of these candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Johan Boyden (Toronto CentreToronto CentreToronto Centre is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto , Toronto Centre , Rosedale and Toronto Centre—Rosedale .Toronto Centre covers the heart of...
)
A 26-year-old resident of St. Jamestown, Boyden had union experience as an assistant shop steward and supported the Communist Party's efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15.Sam Hammond (St. CatharinesSt. Catharines (electoral district)St. Catharines is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.It consists of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north of a line drawn from west to east along St. Paul Street West, St...
)
Sam Hammond is a retired industrial worker, activist and journalist living in HamiltonHamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. His campaign biography indicates that he has over forty years' experience in the labour and social justice movements. He has sought office as a candidate of the Communist Party of Canada
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...
and the provincial Communist Party of Canada - Ontario.
Hammond was chair of the Hamilton Tax Reform Movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and represented the concerns of mostly low-income residents who faced dramatic assessment increases. He was named chair of the Communist Party's Central Labour Commission in 2004. Hammond has written on various subjects for the party journal People's Voice, and has also served as its business manager. He cited Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
as his favourite historical communist in a 2006 interview, and named Poundmaker, Tommy Douglas
Tommy Douglas
Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...
and Norman Bethune
Norman Bethune
Henry Norman Bethune was a Canadian physician and medical innovator. Bethune is best known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War and with the Communist Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War...
as his favourite Canadians.
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St. Catharines St. Catharines (electoral district) St. Catharines is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.It consists of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north of a line drawn from west to east along St. Paul Street West, St... |
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Stuart Ryan (Ottawa CentreOttawa CentreOttawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...
)
President of his Canadian Auto WorkersCanadian Auto Workers
The Canadian Auto Workers is one of Canada's largest and highest profile social unions. While rooted in Ontario's large auto plants of Windsor, Brampton, Oakville, St...
local, also works for a Canadian Union of Public Employees
Canadian Union of Public Employees
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector - although it has in recent years organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well...
local at Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
(from which he has a degree in journalism). His father was a law professor at Queen's University. Active in the Committee for Peace in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, and the Network Opposing War and Racism (NOWAR-PAIX). A delegate to the Ottawa District Labour Council.