Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election explained

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.

Quebec

Papineau—Saint-Michel

Line Chabot

Line Chabot was a Communist Party candidate in two federal elections and one provincial election. She described herself as a bookseller in 1984.[1]

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1984 federalSaint-Michel—AhuntsicCommunist1900.475/7Thérèse Killens, Liberal
1985 provincialDorionCommunist76 0.317/11Violette Trépanier, Liberal
1988 federalPapineau—Saint-MichelCommunist2350.606/9André Ouellet, Liberal

Ontario

Geoffrey Da Silva (Eglinton—Lawrence)

Da Silva received 208 votes (0.52%), finishing fifth against Liberal candidate Joe Volpe. He later became a cabinet minister in Guyana.

Mike Phillips (Sudbury)

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]

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1974 federalDavenportCommunist1234/6Charles Caccia, Liberal
1975 provincialYork SouthCommunist6094/4Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1977 provincialYork SouthCommunist5264/5Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1980 federalYork South—WestonCommunist995/6Ursula Appolloni, Liberal
1981 provincialYork SouthCommunist4724/4Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1984 federalYork South—WestonCommunist1746/6John Nunziata, Liberal
1988 federalSudburyCommunist1020.245/5Diane Marleau, Liberal

John (Jack) C. Sweet (York West)

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.

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1962 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Sevenn/a4504/4John Dean Booth
1964 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a6502/2John Dean Booth
1966 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a2103/3John Dean Booth
1969 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a4056/7Fred Schindeler
1971 provincialYorkviewCommunist3914/4Fred Young, New Democratic Party
1972 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a1806/6Gord Risk
1974 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a1436/6Gord Risk
1975 provincialYorkviewCommunist5944/4Fred Young, New Democratic Party
1976 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a3854/4Gord Risk
1978 North York municipalSchool Trustee, Ward Onen/a1,3652/2Jo Treasure
1980 North York municipalSchool Trustee, Ward Onen/a4214/5Sheila Lambrinos
1981 provincialYorkviewCommunist5035/7Michael Spensieri, Liberal
1982 North York municipalSchool Trustee, Ward Onen/a7173/4Sheila Lambrinos
1984 federalYork WestCommunist1477/7Sergio Marchi, Liberal
12 November 1984 North York municipal by-electionCouncil, Ward Onen/anot listednot listedMario Sergio
1988 federalYork WestCommunist1197/7Sergio Marchi, Liberal

Notes and References

  1. http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=9481 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: SAINT-MICHEL--AHUNTSIC (1984/09/04)
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Canadian aid to Russia nears two million mark", Toronto Star, 13 February 1943, p. 33.
  6. "Communist offices vandalized", Globe and Mail, 18 April 1987, A11.
  7. "Metro area voters to decide 33 ridings", Toronto Star, 18 November 1988, A11.
  8. Gary Webb-Proctor, "Residents oppose additional runways at crowded airport ", Globe and Mail, 28 February 1999, A11.
  9. Mary Gooderham, "In York West, main candidates are Italian", Globe and Mail, 1 September 1984, P19.

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