Socialist Party of British Columbia | |
|---|---|
| Former provincial party | |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Dissolved | 1935 |
| Succeeded by | Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (British Columbia Section) |
| Headquarters | Vancouver |
| Ideology | Socialism Impossibilism |
The Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC) was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1901 to 1905. In 1903, the SPBC won seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
The editor of the SPBC newspaper, the Western Clarion, was E. T. Kingsley, a prominent Canadian socialist.[1]
It merged with other groups in 1905 to form a national political party, the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). In 1911, the Socialist Party of Canada (BC section) members joined the new Social Democratic Party of Canada, the earliest example of political party reform in British Columbia and Canada.[2]
The Socialist Party of Canada in British Columbia joined the BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933.
- ^ Francis, Daniel, ed. (1999). Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Harbour Publishing. p. 664.
- ^ Whitehorn, Alan (2007). "Social Democracy". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
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