Tim Buck
1891–1973
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- politician
Timothy Buck (January 6, 1891 â March 11, 1973) was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada (known as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1943 to 1959) from 1929 until 1962.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Kingston PenitentiaryDates unknown
Biography
Timothy Buck (January 6, 1891 â March 11, 1973) was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada (known as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1943 to 1959) from 1929 until 1962. Together with Ernst Thälmann of Germany, Maurice Thorez of France, Palmiro Togliatti of Italy, Earl Browder of the United States, and Harry Pollitt of Great Britain, Buck was one of the top leaders of the Joseph Stalin-era Communist International.
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