Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
former political party in Canada
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.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif Parti social démocratique du Canada | |
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| 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 | 1932 (Revived 2018) |
| Dissolved | 1961 |
| 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 |
References
change- ↑ 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.
