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The nation of Canada has seen an array of socialist political parties over the years since 1896, including organisations which are federal and provincial in scope. These have run the gamut from reformist social democratic to anti-reformist impossibilist electorally-oriented organisations to revolutionary socialist and communist groups. A list of these parties follows, listed chronologically by their date of establishment. ==Organisations== ===Established in the 1890s=== * Socialist Labour Party of Canada (SLP) — In October 1894 Canadian supporters of the Socialist Labor Party of America, a group headed by party newspaper editor Daniel DeLeon, established a Toronto section of that party — the first socialist organisation to be established in the country.〔Martin Robin, ''Radical Politics and Canadian Labour, 1880-1930.'' Kingston, ON: Industrial Relations Centre, Queen's University, 1968; pg. 34.〕 A second section of the American SLP was subsequently established in the Western Ontario city of Hamilton.〔 In 1896 the Canadian sections — which remained loyal to the American party's orthodox principles — were spun off to form a new national organisation, the Socialist Labour Party of Canada.〔Peter E. Newell, ''The Impossibilists: A Brief Profile of the Socialist Party of Canada.'' London: Athena Press, 2008; pg. 20.〕 The SLP was particularly strong in the Eastern provinces of Ontario and Quebec but by 1898 also had local units in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Vancouver, British Columbia.〔 Although impossibilist in general orientation — unwilling to support ameliorative reforms within the framework of capitalist politics — the SLP of Canada did run candidates for public office and competed head-to-head with the moderate Canadian Socialist League in four Toronto constituencies in 1902.〔Robin, ''Radical Politics and Canadian Labour,'' pg. 36.〕 * Canadian Socialist League (CSL) — In the summer of 1898 moderate dissidents from the SLP left that organisation to establish their own, calling their group the Canadian Socialist League.〔Newell, ''The Impossibilists,'' pg. 21.〕 The CSL launched its first local in the city of Montreal and followed this with other local groups across Eastern Canada.〔 The CSL was structured as a loose federation, with each local group free to implement its own programme, so long as that was 'consistent with socialist principles.'〔 These local groups were reformist in orientation, including many ethically-based Christian socialists and gradualist Fabian socialists.〔 The newspaper ''The Western Clarion'' was established in Vancouver in July 1902 as ''The Canadian Socialist'' by George Wrigley, a long-time supporter of the CSL.〔 By 1902 the CSL had more than 60 locals across Canada, primarily located in Ontario and British Columbia, but also including groups in Manitoba, New Brunswick, and the North-West Territories (present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Territories).〔Newell, ''The Impossibilists,'' pg. 22.〕 The organisation published newspapers and pamphlets and ran candidates for public office, in Ontario beginning in 1902.〔Robin, ''Radical Politics and Canadian Labour,'' pg. 35.〕 The best result was obtained by millionaire magazine publisher Gaylord Wilshire, who received 425 out of 2,000 votes cast in his district.〔 * United Socialist Labour Party of British Columbia (USLP) — In 1899 many British Columbian members of the Socialist Labour Party of Canada came into disagreement with that organisation's rather inflexible orthodoxy and they split the SLP to form a so-called 'Socialist Club' in Vancouver.〔 In April 1900 these British Columbians formally organised themselves as the United Socialist Labour Party of British Columbia.〔 The organisation differed from the DeLeonist SLP on the question of trade unionism, seeking to work with the established craft unions of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council rather than building explicitly socialist dual unions.〔 The USLP did not stand aloof from other organisations, running a joint candidate with British Columbia locals of the Canadian Socialist League in the election of 1900 — the first socialist to contest an election in the province.〔Robin, ''Radical Politics and Canadian Labour,'' pg. 51.〕 * * Socialist Party of Vancouver (SPV) — Shortly after its formation the United Socialist Labour Party of British Columbia changed its name to the Socialist Party of Vancouver.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Canadian socialist parties」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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