An earlier group called the Socialist Caucus was formed around 1959 and 1960 in Vancouver by a group of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation dissidents, "communists, Trotskyists, and fellow travellers" led by former CCF Member of Parliament Rod Young, and was involved in the CCF and then the NDP. The group published a journal called "Press" and then "Socialist Caucus Bulletin", which was co-edited by Ernie Tate. The group eventually had branches in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec and eventually folded into The Waffle.