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The Labour Representation Committee was a reformist labour organization in
Manitoba
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, Canada, and was the ideological successor to groups such as the
Winnipeg Labour Party
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The Winnipeg Labour Party was a reformist organization in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, representing labour interests. Founded in 1896, it was based on an earlier Winnipeg organization known as the Independent L ...
, the
Independent Labour Party
The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberal Party (UK), Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse worki ...
and the
Manitoba Labour Party
The Manitoba Labour Party (MLP) was a reformist, non-Marxist labour party in Manitoba, Canada. It was created in early May 1910 as a successor to the province's second Independent Labour Party (1906–08). Former Member of Parliament Arthur Put ...
. It was founded in late 1912, and was based on a
British organization of the same name.
The LRC cooperated with the
Social Democratic Party of Canada in the municipal elections of 1913, and the two parties did not compete against each other in the 1914 provincial election. This was a marked contrast to the hostility which had previously existed between reformist labour groups and the
Socialist Party of Canada
The Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) was a political party that existed from 1904 to 1925, led by E. T. Kingsley. It published the socialist newspaper '' Western Clarion''.
History
Establishment
The founding of the Socialist Party of Canada bega ...
(from which the SDPC had split).
The party's candidates in 1914 were W.J. Bartlett (
Assiniboia) and R.S. Ward (
Elmwood). All of these candidates placed third, behind their
Conservative
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and
Liberal opponents.
Fred Dixon was not a candidate of the LRC in 1914, but sympathized with most of its goals and was from the same reformist tradition. Unofficially supported by many in the LRC, Dixon was elected as an independent candidate in a Winnipeg constituency.
For the provincial election of 1915, the LRC supported the two SDPC candidates in
Winnipeg North (one of whom was successful), and also nominated
William Bayley
William Dowell Bayley (December 24, 1879 – November 5, 1955) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1927.
Early life and education
Bayley was born in Winnipeg, the son of William ...
in Assiniboia. Bayley finished ahead of
John Thomas Haig
John Thomas Haig, (December 15, 1877 – October 23, 1962) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as parliamentary leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1921–22.
Born in Colborne, Ontario, Haig received his BA from th ...
, the riding's Tory incumbent, and came within 55 votes of defeating Liberal John Wilton. Dixon again ran as an independent.
The candidates nominated by the LRC in 1914-15 officially ran as "Independent Labour".
This organization dissolved after the election of 1915. Three years later, some of its supporters (including Dixon and
Arthur Puttee) started the
Dominion Labour Party in
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749 ...
.
Provincial political parties in Manitoba
Socialist parties in Canada
Defunct political parties in Canada
1912 establishments in Manitoba