Socialist Party of British Columbia
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Socialist Party of British Columbia
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| Former provincial party | |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Dissolved | 1905 |
| Succeeded by | Socialist Party of Canada |
| Headquarters | Vancouver |
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Socialism Impossibilism |
| International affiliation | historically and culturally British Socialism, with links to labor and socialism in the US |
The Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC) (later Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia)) was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, that merged in 1905 into a national political party, the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). Two years earlier, the SPBC won seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia to oppose the provincial government. The SPC was not successful in winning seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
The Socialist Party of Canada in British Columbia joined the BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933.
In 1872, unification of labour began in Canada with a regionally popular Trades Union Bill (also published as Trade Union Act), by the Conservative Party of the 1st Canadian Parliament: The federal Trades Union Bill removed penalties for being a member of a union, which were capable of striking for improved employment, closing a company, and/or disrupting access to goods and services in Canada.
In 1898, the first Canadian Socialist League branch and headquarters opened in Montreal, Quebec. Over the next four years, over 60 branches of Canadian Socialist Leagues were opened in Canada. A new branch of the Socialist Labour Party, was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia. On November 23, 1899, a new socialist organization was formed in Vancouver:
On November 25, 1899, The Province newspaper reported:
On June 9, 1900, during the ninth BC general election, the first socialist candidates sought election without success: Labour and Socialist candidates finished last of twelve in the electoral district of Vancouver City.
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