The Communist Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the 1988 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Papineau—Saint-Michel: Line Chabot
editLine Chabot was a Communist Party candidate in two federal elections and one provincial election. She described herself as a bookseller in 1984.[1]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 federal | Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic | Communist | 190 | 0.47 | 5/7 | Thérèse Killens, Liberal |
| 1985 provincial | Dorion | Communist | 76 | 0.31 | 7/11 | Violette Trépanier, Liberal |
| 1988 federal | Papineau—Saint-Michel | Communist | 235 | 0.60 | 6/9 | André Ouellet, Liberal |
Da Silva received 208 votes (0.52%), finishing fifth against Liberal candidate Joe Volpe. He later became a cabinet minister in Guyana.
Mike Phillips was a perennial candidate for the Communist Party at the federal and provincial levels. He was a 24-year-old electrician during his first campaign, and later worked as a labour reporter for the Canadian Tribune.[2]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 federal | Davenport | Communist | 123 | 4/6 | Charles Caccia, Liberal | |
| 1975 provincial | York South | Communist | 609 | 4/4 | Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party | |
| 1977 provincial | York South | Communist | 526 | 4/5 | Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party | |
| 1980 federal | York South—Weston | Communist | 99 | 5/6 | Ursula Appolloni, Liberal | |
| 1981 provincial | York South | Communist | 472 | 4/4 | Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party | |
| 1984 federal | York South—Weston | Communist | 174 | 6/6 | John Nunziata, Liberal | |
| 1988 federal | Sudbury | Communist | 102 | 0.24 | 5/5 | Diane Marleau, Liberal |
Sweet was a toolmaker, administrator and IBM clerk in private life, and was a perennial candidate for federal, provincial and municipal office in North York.[3] He joined the Communist Party at age eighteen and was a member for more than fifty years, working for a time in the organization's Toronto headquarters.[4]
Sweet contributed to "Canadian Aid for Russia" in 1943, during World War II.[5] He was president of Toronto's Tim Buck-Norman Bethune Education Centre during the 1980s.[6] A dedicated community activist, he was also president of the Humberlea Community Association and chairman of a Metro tax reform council.[7] He opposed an expansion of Pearson International Airport in 1989.[8]
He was listed as sixty-six years old during the 1984 campaign.[9]
The closest he ever came to winning election was in 1978, when he was narrowly defeated for a North York school trustee position.
References
edit- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: SAINT-MICHEL--AHUNTSIC (1984/09/04), Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2011.
- ^ Judith Timson, "Inflation worries low-income Davenport", Toronto Star, 18 June 1974, B1; John Munch, "NDP still hurting over '74", Toronto Star, 14 February 1980. See also History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Sudbury (1988/11/21), Parliament of Canada, accessed 5 May 2008.
- ^ "Yorkview", Toronto Star, 19 October 1971, 11; Dorothy Lipovenko and Howard Fluxgold, "13 new trustees join Toronto school board", Globe and Mail, 14 November 1978, P5.
- ^ Kate Burbridge, "York West hopefuls court huge block of Italian voters", Toronto Star, 21 August 1984, A7; Paul Waldie, "Communists up in arms over party property sale", Globe and Mail, 21 October 1991, A4.
- ^ "Canadian aid to Russia nears two million mark", Toronto Star, 13 February 1943, p. 33.
- ^ "Communist offices vandalized", Globe and Mail, 18 April 1987, A11.
- ^ "Metro area voters to decide 33 ridings", Toronto Star, 18 November 1988, A11.
- ^ Gary Webb-Proctor, "Residents oppose additional runways at crowded airport ", Globe and Mail, 28 February 1999, A11.
- ^ Mary Gooderham, "In York West, main candidates are Italian", Globe and Mail, 1 September 1984, P19.