Labor-Progressive Party
Labor-Progressive Party Parti ouvrier-progressiste | |
|---|---|
| Former federal party | |
| Abbreviation | LPP |
| Leader | Tim Buck |
| Founder | Tim Buck |
| Founded | August 1943 |
| Dissolved | June 1959 |
| Preceded by | Communist Party of Canada |
| Succeeded by | Communist Party of Canada |
| Youth wing | National Federation of Labor Youth |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Communist Party of Canada |
The Labor-Progressive Party (LPP; French: Parti ouvrier-progressiste) was the legal front of the Communist Party of Canada and its provincial wings from 1943 to 1959. It was established amid World War II after a number of prominent Communist Party members were released from wartime internment, with Communist Party general secretary Tim Buck serving as the LPP's leader. The LPP had one elected member of parliament during its history, trade unionist Fred Rose, who won a 1943 federal by-election in Montreal. The party also saw provincial- and municipal-level victories, particularly in Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.