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 | 1 August 1932 |
Dissolved | 3 August 1961 |
Preceded by | Ginger Group Independent Labour Party United Farmers of Alberta (political wing) |
Succeeded by | New Democratic Party |
Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Ideology | Democratic socialism Social democracy Agrarianism[1] |
Political position | Left-wing[2] |
International affiliation | Socialist International |
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The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; French: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC) was a federal democratic socialist[3] and social-democratic[4] political party in Canada. The CCF was founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, agrarian, co-operative, and labour groups,[5] and the League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944, the CCF formed one of the first social-democratic governments in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan.[6]
The full, but little used, name of the party was Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist).[7]
In 1961, the CCF was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (NDP).