provincial organizer before the year was over. He coordinated the CPC-M's 75th anniversary banquet in early 1996, and was elected party leader later in the year. He subsequently led the party in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 provincial elections. In January 2004, Rankin was challenged for the CPC-M leadership by Paul Sidon. He received 79 per cent of delegate support, against 21 per cent for Sidon. Rankin is a founding member of Peace Alliance Winnipeg and a member of the No War Coalition (Manitoba). He helped organize protests against the 1999 Kosovo Conflict, the 2001 NATO invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He wrote an article for the People's Voice, the newspaper of the Communist Party, supporting Slobodan Milošević's policies in Kosovo in order to protect Serbians from Albanians in the region whom Rankin labelled as "Fascists". He continued to write occasional articles for People's Voice. In November 2007, he organized a party at Winnipeg's Ukrainian Labour Temple to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Rankin has campaigned for public office several times, although he has never been elected. In March 2006, he was the leader of Communist Party of Canada's Peace and Disarmament Coalition. He is not related to Naomi Rankin, the leader of the Communist Party of Canada - Alberta. Rankin ran in Winnipeg Centre during the 2015 federal election. Electoral record All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada, Elections Ontario, and Elections Manitoba. Provincial election expenditures in Manitoba refer to individual candidate expenses. Italicized expenditures refer to submitted totals, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. See also List of peace activists References 1957 births Living people Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Canadian anti-war activists Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 2000 Canadian federal election Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election Communist Party of Canada (Manitoba) candidates in Manitoba provincial elections Independent candidates in the 1993 Canadian federal election Independent candidates in the 1997 Canadian federal election Leaders of the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Manitoba political party leaders Politicians from Edmonton University of Alberta alumni