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The Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (USDP), originally called the Federation of Ukrainian Social Democrats (FUSD), was a Ukrainian Canadian socialist political party that existed from 1910 to 1918. ==Origins== In the first decade of the twentieth century, many recent Ukrainian immigrants to Canada who were on the left wing of the political spectrum joined the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). Ukrainian branches of the SPC were founded in Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, and Nanaimo in 1907, and four more followed in early 1908. There was also an unsuccessful attempt to launch a Ukrainian Socialist Alliance within the SPC during the same period.〔Peter Krawchuk, ''The Ukrainian Socialist Movement in Canada (1907–1918)'', (Toronto: Progress Books, 1979), pp. 3-5).〕 Relations with the SPC's predominantly anglophone leadership were sometimes difficult, and on some occasions Ukrainian party members accused their English comrades of chauvinism.〔Krawchuk, p. 12.〕 The SPC leadership was, for its part, reluctant to sanction official networks for cultural communities in the party. In November 1909, several Ukrainian members of the SPC convened a special Socialist Convention of Canadian Ukrainians in Winnipeg. Delegates advocated for a new organization that would facilitate effective communication among Ukrainian branches of the SPC, while also threatening to withdraw from the party if the Ukrainian community's requests for autonomy were not recognized.〔Krawchuk, pp. 13-14.〕 The FUSD was formally constituted shortly thereafter and held its first convention in Edmonton in August 1910. At this meeting, the party formally severed its ties to the SPC and aligned itself with the newly formed Social Democratic Party of Canada (SDPC).〔Krawchuk, pp. 15, 19.〕 The FUSD fielded one candidate in the 1911 Canadian federal election: Wasil Holowacky in the Manitoba division of Selkirk.〔Krawchuk, p. 28.〕 He appeared on the ballot as an independent and received 234 votes for a third-place finish.〔(History of Federal Ridings since 1867: General Elections, 12th Parliament, Manitoba ), Parliament of Canada, accessed 4 December 2011.〕 The FUSD changed its name to the USDP in early 1914.〔Krawchuk, p. 42.〕 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「Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (Canada)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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