Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- CCF
- Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif
- FCC
- C.C.F.
- F.C.C.
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1932-1961
History
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a federal democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Canada. The CCF was founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, agrarian, co-operative, and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944, the CCF formed the first social-democratic government in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan. In 1961, the CCF was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (NDP).