The Socialist Labor Party was a political party in Canada that was formed in 1898 by Canadian supporters of the ideas of American socialist Daniel De Leon and the Socialist Labor Party of America.
[1] It became a national party in the 1930s and had its headquarters in Toronto.
The party ran only a small number of candidates (listed below), all of whom placed last in their respective elections.
[2] The party dissolved in 2005 following the accidental death of its national secretary, Doug Irving.
[3] The party also unsuccessfully contested three provincial elections in British Columbia: The Socialist Labor Party ran candidates in Ontario provincial elections in 1902 and from 1934 until 1967, but never won a seat in the provincial legislature.