Leslie Morris

Leslie Morris
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada
In office
1962–1964
Preceded byTim Buck
Succeeded byWilliam Kashtan
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ontario
In office
1945–1948
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byA.A. MacLeod
Personal details
Born
Leslie Tom Morris

(1904-10-10)October 10, 1904
Somerset, England
DiedNovember 13, 1964(1964-11-13) (aged 60)
Cause of deathCancer[1]
Political partyCommunist Party of Canada
Other political
affiliations
Labor-Progressive Party (1943–1959)
Communist Party of Ontario
Communist Party of Manitoba
OccupationPolitician

Leslie Tom Morris (October 10, 1904 – November 13, 1964) was a Welsh-Canadian politician, journalist and longtime member of the Communist Party of Canada and, its front group, the Labor-Progressive Party. He was leader of the Ontario Labor-Progressive Party in the 1940s and general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada from 1962 until his death in 1964.[2]

  1. ^ Boyd, John. "A Noble Cause Betrayed ... but Hope Lives On". socialisthistory.ca. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ Leslie Morris (1970). Look on Canada, now ...: selected writings of Leslie Morris, 1923/1964. Progress Books. ISBN 9780919396135.