Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif Parti social démocratique du Canada | |
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Political party | |
| Chairman | J. S. Woodsworth M. J. Coldwell F. R. Scott Percy Wright David Lewis |
| Secretary | M. J. Coldwell David Lewis Lorne Ingle Carl Hamilton |
| Founded | 1 August 1932 |
| Dissolved | 3 August 1961 |
| Preceded by | Ginger Group Independent Labour Party United Farmers of Alberta (political wing) |
| Succeeded by | New Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Think tank | League for Social Reconstruction |
| Ideology | Co-operative commonwealth Democratic socialism Social democracy Social Gospel Agrarianism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
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The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; French: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC) was a federal democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Canada. The CCF was founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, agrarian, co-operative, and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944, the CCF formed one of the first social-democratic governments in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan.
The full, but little used, name of the party was Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist).
In 1961, the CCF was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (NDP).