Editing Tim Buck (section)

{{Short description|General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada from 1929 to 1962}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name         = 
| name                = Tim Buck
| image               = TimBuck.jpg
| order               = [[Chairman]] of the [[Communist Party of Canada]]
| term_start          = 1962
| term_end            = 1973
| predecessor         = [[Bill Kardash]]
| successor           = Position abolished
| order2               = [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of Canada]]
| term_start2          = 1929
| term_end2            = 1962
| predecessor2         = [[Jack MacDonald (communist)|Jack MacDonald]]
| successor2           = [[Leslie Morris]]
| birth_name          = Timothy Buck
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1891|01|06}}
| birth_place         = [[Beccles]], [[England]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1973|03|11|1891|01|06}}
| death_cause         = 
| death_place         = [[Cuernavaca]], [[Mexico]]
| nationality         = Canadian
| awards              = [[Order of the October Revolution]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tim-buck |title=Tim Buck |encyclopedia=Canadian Encyclopaedia }}</ref> <br/> [[File:Order october revolution rib.png|80px]]
| spouse              = 
| alma_mater          = 
| occupation          = Politician
| party               = [[Communist Party of Canada]]
| otherparty = [[Labor-Progressive Party]] (1943–1959)
}}

'''Timothy Buck '''  (January 6, 1891 – 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]].