Leslie Morris
Leslie Morris | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada | |
| In office 1962 – 13 November 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Buck |
| Succeeded by | William Kashtan |
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ontario | |
| In office 1945–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | A.A. MacLeod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leslie Tom Morris October 10, 1904 |
| Died | November 13, 1964 (aged 60) |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Party | Communist Party of Canada |
| Other political affiliations | Labor-Progressive Party (1943–1959) Communist Party of Ontario Communist Party of Manitoba |
| Occupation | Politician |
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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.