Item AAAB0164 - Harold Winch interview : [Jenkinson, 1973]

CALL NUMBER: T0148:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life as a Socialist MLA and MP : youth PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1931 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family and childhood. His father Ernest Winch as a socialist, labour leader and MLA. J.S. Woodsworth. TRACK 2: Harold Winch's schooling. Early jobs. Work as an electrician. The Depression and politics. How he became active in politics, demonstrations, unemployed organizations and the Communist Party. CALL NUMBER: T0148:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life of a Socialist MLA and MP : the depression PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Depression in B.C.: relief camps; the Socialist Party of B.C.; founder and editor of the Socialist Party paper "The Western Clarion". Provincial election 1933. First speech in the Legislature. TRACK 2: Special powers act. Efforts to secure collective bargaining, minimum wage, changes in workman's compensation, health insurance. House whip. April 1935 demonstration, joining the C.C.F. in 1935. Party problems 1936. Elected C.C.F. leader in 1938. Vancouver sit-down strike 1938. CALL NUMBER: T0148:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life as a Socialist MLA and MP : 1938 to 1970 PERIOD COVERED: 1941-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The C.C.F. in the 1941 General Election. The provincial coalition government transferable ballot. Provincial election of 1952. Leadership of the C.C.F. Father and son team. Accomplishments as an MLA. TRACK 2: Federal politics in the '50s. The pipeline debate. Transformation of C.C.F. into NDP. Opinions of federal politics in the '60s and '70s. The waffle. CALL NUMBER: T0148:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life of a Socialist MLA and MP : philosophy PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Personal philosophy and opinions concerning riding, socialism and the socialist movement. (End of interview)