votes of winning the tenth seat on the final count. Had he won, he would have been the first Communist elected to a provincial legislature in Canada. Litterick would be elected in 1936 setting that record.) Morris was a popular stump speaker for the party and toured the country speaking to left wing and labour audiences. From 1954 until 1957, he was the national organizer of the Labor-Progressive Party (as the Communist Party had been known since 1943) and, in 1962, he succeeded Tim Buck as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada (as it was again known) and held the position until his death two years later. Electoral record References 1904 births 1964 deaths Leaders of the Communist Party of Canada Canadian people of Welsh descent Welsh communists Leaders of the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1940 Canadian federal election Labor-Progressive Party candidates in the 1958 Canadian federal election Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1962 Canadian federal election Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1963 Canadian federal election British emigrants to Canada