Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election


The Communist Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the 1988 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

[Quebec]

[Papineau—Saint-Michel]: Line Chabot

Line Chabot was a Communist Party candidate in two federal elections and one provincial election. She described herself as a bookseller in 1984.
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1984 federalSaint-Michel—AhuntsicCommunist1900.475/7Thérèse Killens, Liberal
1985 provincialDorionCommunist760.317/11Violette Trépanier, Liberal
1988 federalPapineau—Saint-MichelCommunist2350.606/9André Ouellet, Liberal

[Ontario]

[Geoffrey Da Silva] (Eglinton—Lawrence">Eglinton—Lawrence (federal electoral district)">Eglinton—Lawrence)

Da Silva received 208 votes, finishing fifth against Liberal candidate Joe Volpe. He later became a cabinet minister in Guyana.

Mike Phillips (Sudbury">Sudbury (federal electoral district)">Sudbury)

Mike Phillips was a perennial candidate for the Communist Party at the federal and provincial levels. He was a 24-year-old electrician during his first campaign, and later worked as a labour reporter for the Canadian Tribune.
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1974 federalDavenportCommunist1234/6Charles Caccia, Liberal
1975 provincialYork SouthCommunist6094/4Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1977 provincialYork SouthCommunist5264/5Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1980 federalYork South—WestonCommunist995/6Ursula Appolloni, Liberal
1981 provincialYork SouthCommunist4724/4Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party
1984 federalYork South—WestonCommunist1746/6John Nunziata, Liberal
1988 federalSudburyCommunist1020.245/5Diane Marleau, Liberal

John (Jack) C. Sweet ([York West])

Sweet was a toolmaker, administrator and IBM clerk in private life, and was a perennial candidate for federal, provincial and municipal office in North York. He joined the Communist Party at age eighteen and was a member for more than fifty years, working for a time in the organization's Toronto headquarters.
Sweet contributed to "Canadian Aid for Russia" in 1943, during World War II. He was president of Toronto's Tim Buck-Norman Bethune Education Centre during the 1980s. A dedicated community activist, he was also president of the Humberlea Community Association and chairman of a Metro tax reform council. He opposed an expansion of Pearson International Airport in 1989.
He was listed as sixty-six years old during the 1984 campaign.
The closest he ever came to winning election was in 1978, when he was narrowly defeated for a North York school trustee position.
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes%PlaceWinner
1962 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Sevenn/a4504/4John Dean Booth
1964 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a6502/2John Dean Booth
1966 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a2103/3John Dean Booth
1969 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a4056/7Fred Schindeler
1971 provincialYorkviewCommunist3914/4Fred Young, New Democratic Party
1972 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a1806/6Gord Risk
1974 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a1436/6Gord Risk
1975 provincialYorkviewCommunist5944/4Fred Young, New Democratic Party
1976 North York municipalCouncil, Ward Onen/a3854/4Gord Risk
1978 North York municipalSchool Trustee, Ward Onen/a1,3652/2Jo Treasure
1980 North York municipalSchool Trustee, Ward Onen/a4214/5Sheila Lambrinos
1981 provincialYorkviewCommunist5035/7Michael Spensieri, Liberal
1982 North York municipalSchool Trustee, Ward Onen/a7173/4Sheila Lambrinos
1984 federalYork WestCommunist1477/7Sergio Marchi, Liberal
12 November 1984 North York municipal by-electionCouncil, Ward Onen/anot listednot listedMario Sergio
1988 federalYork WestCommunist1197/7Sergio Marchi, Liberal