The Communist Party has Negtted 30 candidates in the Ii election. Running on a nt program to turn the *ttion of politics in Canada the left, the candidates are in Jatt team is led by William , an, the general secretary leader of the party, who has 1 nominated in Toronto- Nport. VILLIAM KASHTAN began fecctory worker in Montreal me he joined the Communist Ment in 1927 at the age of oe Soon became the general "tary of the Young Commu- . “ague, helped to establish Aanadian Youth Congress Worked to organize the Mac- ¢-Papineau Battalion which on Spain against. Franco’s 5 a Prolific writer, Bill has tine the problems of labor, , 8 an end to the cold war pee arms race. He is con- ame a powerful Canada-wide paign which has gained wide Thaition across the country. ae are eight Communist Idates in Toronto. aN “WEIR, Toronto-High i editor of the Canadian ae was born in Manitoba, 4 in B.C., moved to On- °in the early 1920’s worked a Tailroad and in an auto » joined the Communist vot Movement in 1924, has €d most of his life to labor " alism, : Wice elected to the Toronto of Education, he is also author of several political S and books of translation, well as of songs of peace and ess. He is closely con- ii with Slavic activities,. et in the World Con- m Of Slavists, the . World mes of Sociologists, etc. tt ae member of the Commu- th arty’s Central Executive. mWARD McDONALD, Wind- 2 alkerville, after emigrat- to Canada from Glasgow, Ase in 1951, soon became bn In the United Steelworkers esti, He worked at Canadian INghouse and later became ie representative of the line Electrical, Radio and Ma- t Workers Union. Ed is pre- ad Ontario provincial organ- 4 “2d a member of the Cen- Ommittee of the Commu- R arty of Canada. ORDON MASSIE, Toronto- 4 nore, was born in Scot- , ‘*Migrated to Canada where ame a member of the ba Auto Workers, working 4. Machinist in the aircraft ers: Gordon is: presently Om Toronto organizer of the , Nunist Party, a member of Ntario Executive and of dmecntral Committee of the Derunist Party of Canada. ,ONALD STEWART, Hamil- eth est, is a member of the Sot wonal Brotherhood of ; a Workers. He has been ami} in municipal affairs in ton, running for alderman ( Board of Control. He has 4 consistent fight to have School costs removed from Perty taxes and to shift the Urden to the big companies telco and Dofasco. He is Im, ional secretary of the » UUnist Party, a member of Ntario Executive and the tal Executive of the Com- 'St Party. SS ALFRED DEWHURST, con- testing Toronto-Broadview rid- ing was born in England, came to Canada with his parents at the age of three. When he was 12 he became a worker in the logging industry in B.C. where he later became a founding member of the International Woodworkers of America. Alf served the union as a full-time business agent and secretary until. he undertook full-time work for the Communist Party of Canada. In 1957 he was elected to the Central Executive of the Party and moved to Toronto, has served in many leading posi- tions, was on the Editorial Board of the World Marxist Review, is presently the executive secre- tary of the party. MAGGIE BIZZELL, Toronto- Spadina, at 34 years of age has already a lifetime of experience in political struggle. She grew up in South Africa where she became a high school teacher of French and English. She worked both in South Africa and Zam- bia, and took an active part in the struggle against racism. Coming to Canada in 1966, she taught English to newly arrived immigrants, worked as educa- tional consultant for the Stu- dents’ Administrative Council at the University of Toronto, and was elected vice-president of her local of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. She is active in the Anti-Apartheid movement in Canada, and in support of the African National Congress. She is the manager of Bookworld. JOHN CLOUT, St. Catharines, a General Motors employee, is a prominent member of United Auto Workers Local 199 and financial secretary of the St. Catharines and District Labor Council. He is an active peace worker and a champion of trade union unity both in Canada and on an international scale. . ELIZABETH HILL, Toronto- St. Paul’s, grew up in Toronto in a working class family. She is secretary of the Young _Com- munist League, and a member of the Central Executive of the Communist Party. Beginning with student activities, she has been very active in public affairs. : JOHN’ BIZZELL, Toronto- York West, was born and raised in South Africa, has been an active champion against racial discrimination and a fighter for equality of rights of all peoples. Before becoming chairman and organizer of the Young Com- munist League John was an urban planner. He is a member of the Central Executive of the Communist Party of Canada. BOB JAGGARD, Hamilton West, was born in Hamilton to a family whose background goes back in the city to 1845. Bob is an active trade unionist and a member of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 107. Em- ployed as a bus operator for 20 years, Bob has helped to organ- ize international and national unions. Recently Bob was an ex- ecutive member of the Hamil- ton and District Labor Council and the Hamilton Civic Federa- tion. He is an active fighter for peace and jobs at trade union wages. f CLIFFORD WAHL, Port Ar- thur, was born in Carnduff, Sas- katchewan, where he attended public and high school. He is a trade unionist, a former mem- ber of the Steelworkers and the Newspaper Guild. With a long history of militant workers’ and political activity, he is a mem- ber of the Social Planning Coun- cil, Anti-pollution Committee and the Thunder Bay Peace Council. ia NORMAN FREED, Toronto- Trinity, is an authority on civic affairs, served as alderman on the Toronto City Council for several terms. Widely travelled, he has expert knowledge of both domestic and international affairs, is a member and edu- cational director of the Central Executive of the Communist Party. MAURICE RUSH, Vancouver East, editor of the Pacific Trib- une, served against fascism in World War II and was liberated from a German prisoner of war camp. In November 1965 he met with Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi as a member of a delegation to the Democratic Republic of Viet- nam. He has played a leading role as founder of the campaign for medical aid to Vietnam. Maurice is chairman of the B.C. provincial organization and a member of the Central Commit- tee of the Communist Party of Canada. CLAUDE DEMERS, Labelle, was born into a working class. and trade union family. He gra- vitated towards socialism and joined the Parti Communiste du Quebec in 1968. Claude is Pre- sident of the Young Communist League of Quebec and assistant editor of the French-language paper Combat. CLAIR DEMERS, Montreal- St. Jacques, a Communist Party member since 1963, and organ- izer of the Young Communist League, for five years has been active among youth, tenants and in the peace movement. She represents the Parti Communis- te du Quebec in the Vietnam Moratorium Committee of the Communist Party of Canada. GARETH BLYTHE, Welling- ton. A member of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Pulp, Sul- fite and Paper Mill Workers Local 202, Gareth served as an apprentice electrician in Wales before coming to Canada. He graduated from Guelph Univer- sity with an Honors BA in soci- ology and anthropology in 1972. He is presently working at the Continental Can Co. Ltd. in Guelph. SEAN GRIFFIN, Vancouver South, a 26-year old boilermak- er is plant chairman at Allied Engineering. He is a graduate from the UBC with honors de- gree in English. Sean is an ac- tive worker in the Young Com- munist League and he has de- veloped an interest in the estab- lishment of a .Canadian Mer- chant Marine to create thou- sands of new jobs for Canadian youth. WILLIAM JOHN TURNER, Vancouver-Kingsway, a promin- ent trade unionist, was the sec- retary of the International As- sociation of Machinists. He has also been a member of the Marine and Boilermakers Union, and the International Brother- hood of Electrical workers. He is a member of the B.C. Provin- cial Committee of the Commu- nist Party.’ ERIC WAUGH, Burnaby-Sey- mour, has held official positions in the IWA, Vancouver Civic Workers, Fishermens Union, IBEW, and is presently a dele- gate to the Vancouver Labor Council from the Marine Work- ers and Boilermakers Industrial Union. He is also chairman of the Merchant Marine Commit- tee of this union. MARK MOSHER, Comox Al- berni, was active for many years as organizer and business agent for the International Woodwork- ers of America and later on the Local Executive and B.C. Area Council of the International Longshoremen’s Union. He was recently named Chairman of the Alberni and District School Board when he polled the larg- est vote ever accorded a rural representative. He is a member of the B.C. Provincial Commit- tee of the Communist Party of Canada. JEANNETTE WALSH, Mon- treal-Laurier. Active in combat- ting human exploitation Jean- nette helped to organize her union in 1943 and joined the Communist Party the’ same year. She has championed many cam- paigns for human _ betterment and for national self-determina- tion. She is presently a member of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Communist Party of Canada and the National Or- ganizer of the Parti Communis- te du Quebec. RODERICK DORAN, New Westminster, is a longshoreman and a delegate from his union to the New Westminster Labor Council where he serves as chairman of the Council’s Legis- lative Committee. He is a mem- ber of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cana- da and organizer of the party’s Frazer Valley regional organiza- tion. RUSSELL RAK, Oshawa Whit- by, is an active trade unionist working in the General Motors plant in Oshawa and a member of the Oshawa and_ District Labor Council. An active parti- -cipant in civic affairs, he ran for alderman in 1970. As a fight- er for peace, Russ is on the ex- ecutive of the Oshawa Commit- tee to End the War in Vietnam. WILLIAM A. TUOMI, Edmon- ton-East, spent his early work- ing life in labor journalism. He saw service with the Canadian army in Italy and North-West- ern Europe during World War II. For the past 15. years he has been provincial leader of the Communist Party in Alberta. ELIZABETH ROWLEY, Ed- monton-Strathcona, is active on the Jobs for Youth Committee and has acted as vice-president of the Campus Co-op Housing at the University of Alberta where she is a student. She is a past executive member of the Edmonton Committee to End the War in Vietnam and is pre- sently Chairman of the Edmon- ton Vietnam Children’s Hospi- tal Committee. Liz is also a member of the Alberta Provin- cial Executive of the Commu- nist Party of Canada. NEIL STENBERG, Vegreville is an active farmer and coor- erative builder in the Thorhild district, where he served as Dis- trict Director of the Farmers Union of Alberta. He was vice- president of the large National Farmers’ Union local at Thor- hild until he asked to be re- leased of this post when asked to run as a Communist Party candidate in the Vegreville con- stituency. WILLIAM BEECHING, Re- gina-East, is a member of the Central Committee of the Com- munist Party of Canada. Bill was Saskatchewan Party Leader from 1967-69, then worked two years as editor of the Canadian Tribune in Toronto and is pres- ently again Provincial Leader in Saskatchewan. A close student of prairie and farm affairs, Bill prepared the party’s brief to the => Royal Commission on Farm Machinery. WILLIAM C.»ROSS, Winnipeg North, has been Provincial Lead- er of the Communist Party in Manitoba since 1948, and has been active in the labor move- ment for more than 40 years. He has been very active in cam- paigns for tax reform and low rental housing. Bill is also a member of the Central Commit- tee of the Communist Party of Canada. DONALD CURRIE, Winnipeg- North Centre, has been active in Manitoba for the past 15 years, except for two years in Toronto as the National Organ- izer of the Communist Party. Don is a former railway and paper-mill worker and is now chairman of the Trade Union Commission of the Manitoba Committee of the Communist Party. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1972—PAGE 5 ney