Communist Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election
- Communist Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election
The Communist Party of Canada - Ontario ran candidates in the 2007 Ontario provincial election, none of whom were elected. Some of these candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
=Sam Hammond (St. Catharines)=
Sam Hammond is a retired industrial worker, activist and journalist living in Hamilton, Ontario. His campaign biography indicates that he has over forty years' experience in the labour and social justice movements. He has sought office as a candidate of the Communist Party of Canada and the provincial Communist Party of Canada - Ontario. [ [http://votecommunist.ca/2007/09/samhammond/ Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Candidate Runs in St. Catherine’s on Saving Jobs] , Communist Party of Canada, 2007, accessed 18 March 2008.]
Hammond was chair of the Hamilton Tax Reform Movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and represented the concerns of mostly low-income residents who faced dramatic assessment increases. ["Hamiltonians deride phased-in tax plan", "Globe and Mail", 30 March 1979, P3; Kevin Marron, "Hamilton is swamped by taxpayers' appeals", "Globe and Mail", 22 January 1980, P4] He was named chair of the Communist Party's Central Labour Commission in 2004. [ [http://www.communist-party.ca/news/Statements/2004/steel.htm Sam Hammond, "Solidarity grows around Steelworkers Fightback"] , Communist Party of Canada, accessed 18 March 2008.] Hammond has written on various subjects for the party journal "People's Voice", and has also served as its business manager. [ [http://www.communist-party.ca/news/Statements/2007/35th_pv.html "Communists hold united and militant convention"] , Communist Party of Canada, 2007, accessed 18 October 2008. For a sampling of Hammond's writings, see [http://www.peoplesvoice.ca/Pv16oc06.html Support for Six Nations of the Grand River] , "People's Voice", 16-31 October 2006; [http://www.peoplesvoice.ca/Pv01no06.html The good papers of labour] , "People's Voice", 1-15 November 2006; [http://www.peoplesvoice.ca/Pv01de06.html There were three; now there are two "There were three, now there are two] , "People's Voice", 1-31 December 2006.] He cited Vladimir Lenin as his favourite historical communist in a 2006 interview, and named Poundmaker, Tommy Douglas and Norman Bethune as his favourite Canadians. ["Lenin best Communist, Sudbury candidate says", "Sudbury Star", 4 January 2006, A3.]
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