The Socialist Labor Party was a political party in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
that was formed in 1898 by Canadian supporters of the ideas of American socialist
Daniel De Leon
Daniel De Leon (; December 14, 1852 – May 11, 1914), alternatively spelt Daniel de León, was a Curaçaoan-American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. He is regarded as the forefather o ...
and the
Socialist Labor Party of America. It became a national party in the 1930s and had its headquarters in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
. 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.
The party dissolved in 2005 following the accidental death of its national secretary, Doug Irving.
Forty-Seventh National Convention
Socialist Labor Party
The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924 ...
Federal election results
British Columbia provincial election results
The party also unsuccessfully contested three provincial elections in British Columbia:
See also
* List of political parties in Canada
This article lists political parties in Canada.
Federal parties
In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the federal level are often only loosely connected with parties at the provincial level, despite ha ...
* List of Canadian socialist parties
* Socialism in Canada
Footnotes
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Federal political parties in Canada
De Leonist organizations
1898 establishments in British Columbia
Political parties established in 1898
Political parties disestablished in 2005
2005 disestablishments in Canada