Ernest Winch

Education

The younger Winch apprenticed in the trade.

Career

He was a British Columbia Company-operative Commonwealth Federation Modern Language Association in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1933 until his death in 1957. Born in England, Winch"s father was a master bricklayer. In 1899 he went to Australia briefly and returned again in 1903 but again went back to England.

In 1909, he came to Canada with his young family.

In July 1918, he became president of the Vancouver Trade and Labour Council, he endorsed the Vancouver General Strike on 1918 and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. He refounded the Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) in 1932 and, with it, joined the new Company-operative Commonwealth Federation.

Achievements

• Winch was founder of the New Vista Society of Burnaby in 1948, a founder member of the Association for the Protection of Fur bearing Animals of British Columbia.

Politics

Winch began studying socialism in 1910 and joined the Social Democratic Party of Canada the next year becoming its provincial secretary by 1913.

Membership

He was an active member of various left wing parties including the Socialist Party of Canada and the Independent Labour Party.