Harold Edward Winch (18 June 1907 – 1 February 1993) was a Canadian politician active with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP).

[1] Winch was active during the relief camp strike in Vancouver that precipitated the On-to-Ottawa Trek in 1935, acting as a liaison between unemployed protesters and the government.

He performed the same role as a new MLA in 1938, and assisted the police in ending a month-long occupation at the Vancouver Art Gallery on what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

Like other CCFers (such as Grace and Angus MacInnis),[2] Winch and the BC CCF supported the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II.

The CCF emerged from the 1952 provincial election with only one less seat than the British Columbia Social Credit Party.