Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (French: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, from 1955 the French: Parti social démocratique du Canada) was a political party in Canada. It was a social-democratic and democratic-socialist party. Multiple groups helped form the CCF in 1932, in Calgary, Alberta. In 1961, it was succeeded by the New Democratic Party.
Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif Parti social démocratique du Canada | |
|---|---|
| Secretary | M. J. Coldwell, David Lewis, Lorne Ingle, Carl Hamilton |
| Preceded by | Ginger Group, Independent Labour Party, United Farmers of Alberta |
| Succeeded by | New Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Agrarianism[1] |
| Political position | Left-wing[2] |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours | Green and Yellow |
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Media
CCF founding meeting, Calgary, 1932
Federal CCF Caucus, in 1942 with new leader M.J. Coldwell. Left to right, Tommy Douglas, George Hugh Castleden, Angus MacInnis, Coldwell, Clarie Gillis, Joseph W. Noseworthy, Sandy Nicholoson, and Percy Wright.[3]
J S Woodsworth
This is a derivative of the National CCF Party delegation attending the conference of Commonwealth Labour Parties in London, England September 1944. The Wikimedia Commons file that it is based on is Claire Gillis, David Lewis, M.J.Coldwell c007253.jpg.
Hazen Argue
"Towards the Dawn!" – a 1930s promotional image from Saskatchewan
References
- ↑ Seymour Martin Lipset (1971). Agrarian Socialism: The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan : a Study in Political Sociology. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02056-6. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ Alvin Finkel (1979). Business and Social Reform in the Thirties. James Lorimer & Company. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-88862-235-8.
- ↑ Smith (1992), p. 88.
