# Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election

The Communist Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the 1988 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

## Quebec
### Papineau—Saint-Michel: Line Chabot

Line Chabot was a Communist Party candidate in two federal elections and one provincial election. She described herself as a bookseller in 1984.
Electoral record :
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
| 1984 federal | Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic | Communist | 190 | 0.47 | 5/7 | Thérèse Killens, Liberal |
| 1985 provincial | Dorion | Communist | 76 | 0.31 | 7/11 | Violette Trépanier, Liberal |
| 1988 federal | Papineau—Saint-Michel | Communist | 235 | 0.60 | 6/9 | André Ouellet, Liberal |

## Ontario
### Geoffrey Da Silva (Eglinton—Lawrence)

Da Silva received 208 votes (0.52%), finishing fifth against Liberal candidate Joe Volpe. He later became a cabinet minister in Guyana.

### Mike Phillips (Sudbury)

Mike Phillips was a perennial candidate for the Communist Party at the federal and provincial levels. He was a 24-year-old electrician during his first campaign, and later worked as a labour reporter for the Canadian Tribune.
Electoral record :
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
| 1974 federal | Davenport | Communist | 123 | | 4/6 | Charles Caccia, Liberal |
| 1975 provincial | York South | Communist | 609 | | 4/4 | Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party |
| 1977 provincial | York South | Communist | 526 | | 4/5 | Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party |
| 1980 federal | York South—Weston | Communist | 99 | | 5/6 | Ursula Appolloni, Liberal |
| 1981 provincial | York South | Communist | 472 | | 4/4 | Donald C. MacDonald, New Democratic Party |
| 1984 federal | York South—Weston | Communist | 174 | | 6/6 | John Nunziata, Liberal |
| 1988 federal | Sudbury | Communist | 102 | 0.24 | 5/5 | Diane Marleau, Liberal |

### John (Jack) C. Sweet (York West)

Sweet was a toolmaker, administrator and IBM clerk in private life, and was a perennial candidate for federal, provincial and municipal office in North York. He joined the Communist Party at age eighteen and was a member for more than fifty years, working for a time in the organization's Toronto headquarters.
Sweet contributed to "Canadian Aid for Russia" in 1943, during World War II. He was president of Toronto's Tim Buck-Norman Bethune Education Centre during the 1980s. A dedicated community activist, he was also president of the Humberlea Community Association and chairman of a Metro tax reform council. He opposed an expansion of Pearson International Airport in 1989.
He was listed as sixty-six years old during the 1984 campaign.
The closest he ever came to winning election was in 1978, when he was narrowly defeated for a North York school trustee position.
Electoral record :
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | Place | Winner |
| 1962 North York municipal | Council, Ward Seven | n/a | 450 | 4/4 | John Dean Booth |
| 1964 North York municipal | Council, Ward One | n/a | 650 | 2/2 | John Dean Booth |
| 1966 North York municipal | Council, Ward One | n/a | 210 | 3/3 | John Dean Booth |
| 1969 North York municipal | Council, Ward One | n/a | 405 | 6/7 | Fred Schindeler |
| 1971 provincial | Yorkview | Communist | 391 | 4/4 | Fred Young, New Democratic Party |
| 1972 North York municipal | Council, Ward One | n/a | 180 | 6/6 | Gord Risk |
| 1974 North York municipal | Council, Ward One | n/a | 143 | 6/6 | Gord Risk |
| 1975 provincial | Yorkview | Communist | 594 | 4/4 | Fred Young, New Democratic Party |
| 1976 North York municipal | Council, Ward One | n/a | 385 | 4/4 | Gord Risk |
| 1978 North York municipal | School Trustee, Ward One | n/a | 1,365 | 2/2 | Jo Treasure |
| 1980 North York municipal | School Trustee, Ward One | n/a | 421 | 4/5 | Sheila Lambrinos |
| 1981 provincial | Yorkview | Communist | 503 | 5/7 | Michael Spensieri, Liberal |
| 1982 North York municipal | School Trustee, Ward One | n/a | 717 | 3/4 | Sheila Lambrinos |
| 1984 federal | York West | Communist | 147 | 7/7 | Sergio Marchi, Liberal |
| 12 November 1984 North York municipal by-election | Council, Ward One | n/a | not listed | not listed | Mario Sergio |
| 1988 federal | York West | Communist | 119 | 7/7 | Sergio Marchi, Liberal |