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Labor-Progressive Party (Quebec)

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The Parti ouvrier-progressiste (French pronunciation: [paʁti uvʁije pʁɔɡʁɛsist]; English: Labor-Progressive Party) was the name under which the Parti Communiste du Québec ran candidates from 1944 to 1956, after the banning of the Communist Party of Canada in 1941. Its federal counterpart was the Labor-Progressive Party, whose candidate Fred Rose, was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Montreal riding of Cartier in 1943.

The POP took its current name, the Parti Communiste du Québec, in 1960.

Election results

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Year of election Leader # of candidates # of seats won ± # of votes % of popular vote ± (pp)
19441 2 Paul Moisan
3 / 91
0 / 91
Steady 7,873 0.59% 0.56Increase
19481 Guy Caron
1 / 92
0 / 92
Steady 4,899 0.32% 0.27Decrease
19521
4 / 92
0 / 92
Steady 3,932 0.23% 0.09Decrease
19561
32 / 93
0 / 93
Steady 6,517 0.35% 0.12Increase

Notes

1 Candidates ran under the Labor-Progressive Party (Parti ouvrier-progressiste) banner as the Communist Party had been banned in 1941 under the Defence of Canada Regulations. The party kept this name until 1959 when it reverted to the Communist Party name.
2 Results compared to Communist candidates in 1939.

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