Charles Boylan is a Canadian radio broadcaster and political activist. He produces and hosts Wake up with co-op and Discussion, programs on CFRO 100.5FM; a community-run, co-operatively-owned, non-corporate radio station broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia. Boylan has a BA (honours) in English, a master's degree in Canadian literature and TESL and has been a College teacher for 10 years. Boylan has also run for political office federally and provincially as a representative of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada and respectively. He currently serves as leader of People's Front. Boylan is also known as an electoral reform activist, active in the movement for proportional representation since 1997 when he became a director of the BC Electoral Change Coalition led by Troy Lanigan of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation. He was also an active campaigner for Adriane Carr's Free Your Vote initiative in 2001 and 2002. In 2013, he was honoured by Fair Vote Canada with a Movement Founder Award at the organization's national convention. Electoral history Provincial elections Federal elections *2004,2006,2008 Federal Elections (Vancouver South) *2000 Federal Election (Vancouver South—Burnaby) *1997 Federal Election (Vancouver East) Bibliography *(1986). "How the Votes Were Cast." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 24. *Mulgrew, Ian (1981). "A mysterious party keeps the pot boiling." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 28.
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