Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan)

The Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan) was a communist political party

Political party

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in the Canadian

Canada

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province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. It was the Saskatchewan section 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...

. It nominated candidates for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

in provincial elections between 1938 and 1986.

The Communists ran three popular front

Popular front

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candidates under the name Unity
Unity (Canada)
Unity or Progressive Unity was the name used in Saskatchewan, Canada, by a popular front party initiated by the Communist Party of Canada for the 1938 Saskatchewan and 1940 Canadian election....

in 1938, electing two MLAs. They also ran two candidates under the Communist label, who failed to get elected. After the Communist Party was banned in the early years of World War II

World War II

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, it established the Labour Progressive Party as its legal face, and ran candidates under that name throughout the 1940s and 1950s. It reverted to the Communist Party label in 1960.

Electoral activity

Election	# of votes	% of popular vote	# of candidates	# elected
Unity/Communist
1938 Saskatchewan general election, 1938 The Saskatchewan general election of 1938 was the ninth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	9,848 Unity;/8,514 Communist	2.24 Unity/1.93 Communist	3 Unity/ 2 Communist	2 Unity/ 0 Communist
Labour Progressive Party
1944 Saskatchewan general election, 1944 The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	2,067	0.52	3	0
1948 Saskatchewan general election, 1948 The Saskatchewan general election of 1948 was the eleventh provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 24, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	1,301	0.26	1	0
1952 Saskatchewan general election, 1952 The Saskatchewan general election of 1952 was the twelfth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	1,151	0.21	2	0
1956 Saskatchewan general election, 1956 The Saskatchewan general election of 1956 was the thirteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 20, 1956, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.-The campaign:...	536	0.1	2	0
Communist Party
1960 Saskatchewan general election, 1960 The Saskatchewan general election of 1960 was the fourteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 8, 1960, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	380	0.06	2	0
1964 Saskatchewan general election, 1964 The Saskatchewan general election of 1964 was the fifteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on April 22, 1964, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	68	0.01	1	0
1967 Saskatchewan general election, 1967 The Saskatchewan general election of 1967 was the sixteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 11, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	–	–	–	–
1971 Saskatchewan general election, 1971 The Saskatchewan general election of 1971 was the seventeenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 23, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	46	0.01	1	0
1975 Saskatchewan general election, 1975 The Saskatchewan general election of 1975 was the eighteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan...	–	–	–	–
1978 Saskatchewan general election, 1978 The Saskatchewan general election of 1978 was the nineteenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 18, 1978, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	–	–	–	–
1982 Saskatchewan general election, 1982 The Saskatchewan general election of 1982 was the twentieth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on April 26, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	–	–	–	–
1986 Saskatchewan general election, 1986 The Saskatchewan general election of 1986 was the twenty-first provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 20, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	73	0.01	1	0
1991 Saskatchewan general election, 1991 The Saskatchewan general election of 1991 was the twenty-second provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 21, 1991, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	–	–	–	–
1995 Saskatchewan general election, 1995 The Saskatchewan general election of 1995 was the twenty-third provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 21, 1995 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	–	–	–	–
1999 Saskatchewan general election, 1999 The Saskatchewan general election of 1999 was the twenty-fourth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on September 16, 1999 to elect members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	–	–	–	–
2003	–	–	–	–

Electoral activity

See also