The Socialist Labor Party was a political party in Canada that was formed in 1898 by Canadian supporters of the ideas of American socialist Daniel De Leon and the Socialist Labor Party of America.[1] It became a national party in the 1930s and had its headquarters in Toronto. 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.[2]
The party dissolved in 2005 following the accidental death of its national secretary, Doug Irving.[3]
| Election | Candidate | Riding |
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Paul Debragh | Vancouver—Burrard | 140 | |
| 1945 | Robert Gordon McQuillan | Vancouver Centre | 319 | |
| 1949 | William Blackwood Hendry | Broadview (Toronto) | 271 | |
| 1953 | Alan Sanderson | Broadview (Toronto) | 130 | |
| 1963 | Alan Sanderson | Broadview (Toronto) | 43 | |
| 1965 | William Blackwood Hendry | Broadview (Toronto) | 147 | |
| 1968 | William Blackwood Hendry | Broadview (Toronto) | 202 |
The party also unsuccessfully contested three provincial elections in British Columbia:
| Election | Candidate | Riding |
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | John Marshall | Kamloops | 19 | |
| 1941 | John Alexander Fedoruk | Vancouver-Burrard | 267 | |
| 1941 | Eric Thomas Reaville | Vancouver Centre | 393 | |
| 1941 | Robert McQuillan | Vancouver East | 271 | |
| 1945 | John Alexander Fedoruk | Vancouver-Burrard | 107 | |
| 1945 | Horace Warner | Vancouver Centre | 122 | |
| 1945 | Robert McQuillan | Vancouver East | 56 | |
| 1949 | John Alexander Fedoruk | Vancouver Centre | 286 |
The Socialist Labor Party ran candidates in Ontario provincial elections in 1902 and from 1934 until 1967, but never won a seat in the provincial legislature.
| + Election results | ||||||||
| Election year | No. of overall votes | % of overall total | No. of candidates run | No. of seats won | Presence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 277 | 0.06% | 4 | |||||
| 1934 | 1,626 | 0.10% | 5 | |||||
| 1937 | 2,199 | 0.14% | 11 | |||||
| 740 | 0.06% | 3 | ||||||
| 976 | 0.06% | 4 | ||||||
| 1948 | 913 | 0.05% | 5 | |||||
| 371 | 0.02% | 1 | ||||||
| 1955 | 124 | 0.01% | 1 | |||||
| 1959 | align=right | - | align=right | - | align=right | - | ||
| 1963 | 103 | 0.008% | 1 | |||||
| 1967 | 287 | 0.01% | 1 | |||||