New Party Canada 1958 NDP Democratic Socialist Canadian Labour CFF Democrat 1413

Description

DETAILS:
Original pinback button issued by the New Party, Canada. Circa 1958. The New Party was the precursor to the New Democratic Party which was formed in 1961. Measures 1" inch. Has wonderful maple leaf design with a fork pitch (agriculture) candle (faith) and wrench (mechanical). Side curl reads: Booth Kent Toronto. Rare.
BACKGROUND:
New Party was the interim name used by the new political party established in Canada in 1958 by the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
(CCF) and the
Canadian Labour Congress
(CLC), which eventually defined itself as a social democratic party. In 1958 a joint CCF-CLC committee, the National Committee for the New Party (NCNP), was formed and spent the next three years laying down the foundations of the "New Party". During the process of founding the party, the New Party name was used in the October 1960 Peterborough, Canadian federal by-election; which was won by its candidate, Walter Pitman. During the parties 1961 convention, the
New Democratic Party
(NDP) was born and Tommy Douglas was elected its first leader.
GUARANTEE:
We offer a lifetime guarantee on all of our items to be authentic originals issued by the organization stated. They are not later re-issues or reproductions. We forensically examine all of our items prior to listing to make certain they are authentic.
LEFT WING POLITICAL GROUPS
Circa 1950-1979
Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a particular focus on counter culture and progressive left wing materials.
We are one of the few retailers in the country that regularly deals in such political groups.
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