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Stewart Smith (politician)

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fled to New York City to escape arrest. Smith, Ryerson and Morris were made leaders of the party's "operations centre" and effectively led the party until Buck, Carr and Simms returned from exile when the
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minister who became a leading figure in the Communist Party. Stewart Smith was one of the main figures in the faction, led by
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were propelled into the leadership of the party in 1940 when the Communist Party was banned and
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held in Moscow. When he returned, he echoed the Comintern's new line rejecting the previous
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and was elected again in 1946 before being defeated in 1947 as the result of a strong
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led Smith to join the exodus from the party, led by the resignations of Smith,
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industry. He built a chain of discount drugstores, selling his business to
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Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1940 Canadian federal election
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Labor-Progressive Party candidates in the 1953 Canadian federal election
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In 1935, Smith led the Canadian delegation to the world congress of the
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After leaving the party, Smith found success as an entrepreneur in the
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sectarianism of the party and advocating class unity and ultimately
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Comrades and Komsomolkas, My Years in the Communist Party of Canada
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which promoted the Communist Party's view that the newly formed
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factions from the party. In 1934, Smith wrote the pamphlet
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in its stead resulting in the dissolution of the party's
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