Camil Samson (born January 3, 1935) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and leader of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec and other political parties. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... During the early 1970s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... The Quebec Parliament Building at night The National Assembly of Québec (French: Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a political party in Québec, Canada that operated under several names from 1970-1980. ...

He was born in Shawinigan, Quebec to Wilbroy Samson, a journalist and farmer, and Irène Carle. He completed his studies in Shawinigan, Cléricy and at the Duchesnay forestry station. rom 1952 to 1956, he worked in the forestry industry. From 1956 to 1970, he worked in the automobile industry as a salesman, service manager, and sales manager. he was also an insurance agent. Shawinigan is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River. ...

In 1963 and 1964, he was the president of the Jeunesse créditiste du Canada, the youth wing of the Ralliement créditiste, a political party that nominated candidates in federal elections and promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. He later became the Secretary and Vice President of the party. He was unsuccessful as the party's candidate in the Pontiac-Témiscamingue riding in the 1965 federal election. In the 1966 Quebec provicial election, he was the unsuccessful candidate for the Quebec separatist Ralliement national party in Témiscamingue riding. He was the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Rouyn-Noranda en 1969. Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. ... Social Credit is an economic theory and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. ... This page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. ... In the Canadian federal election of 1965, the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ... In the Quebec general election on June 5, 1966, the Union Nationale under Daniel Johnson, Sr. ... The Quebec sovereignty movement, also commonly referred to as the Quebec separatist movement and the Quebec Independence movement, is a political movement for the attainment of independence for the Province of Quebec from the nation of Canada. ... The Ralliement national was political party that advocated the political independence of Quebec from Canada in the 1960s. ...

He founded the Ralliement créditiste du Québec party, and was named president of the party on January 24, 1970. This party was the provincial counterpart of the Ralliement créditiste du Canada, founded to promote social credit policies at the provinicial level in Quebec. He was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election in Rouyn-Noranda riding later that year. The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a political party in Québec, Canada that operated under several names from 1970-1980. ... Rouyn-Noranda (2001 population 39,621) is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada. ...

In the 1970 Quebec election campaign, in an unfortunate moment of rhetorical transport, delivered this line in reference to the government against which he was running: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Union Nationale has brought you to the edge of the abyss. With Social Credit, you will take one step forward." The créditistes nonetheless benefited from the decline of the conservative Union Nationale party and made a modest breakthrough, winning 12 seats in the National Assembly and 11.2% of the vote. The party was never able to build on this initial success because it was wracked continually by internal divisions. In the Quebec general election on April 29, 1970, the Quebec Liberal Party under Robert Bourassa defeated the incumbent Union Nationale under Jean-Jacques Bertrand. ... Union Nationale logo. ...

Samson served as leader of the party from March 22, 1970 to February 13, 1972. On March 16, Camil Samson was expelled from the party by nine of the créditiste MNAs (organized by interim leader Armand Bois) for criticizing some of the caucus members, and for not attending party meetings. On March 19, Samson declared himself to be the leader of a new créditiste group, and demanded to be seated in the National Assembly as a member of the "Registered Ralliement créditiste du Québec", along with two other créditiste MNAs, Aurèle Audet (Abitibi-Ouest) and Bernard Dumont (Mégantic). However, the speaker of the National Assembly recognized Armand Bois as parliamentary leader of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec. On August 11, Samson, Dumont and Audet rejoined the Ralliement créditiste.

He ran again for the leadership of the party at its convention on February 4, 1973, but was defeated by former federal Liberal cabinet minister Yvon Dupuis. Because Dupuis was not a sitting member of the National Assembly, Samson served as parliamentary leader of the renamed Parti créditiste from March 15 to September 25, 1973. He was re-elected in the 1973 provincial election, along with only one other créditiste, Fabien Roy. Before the 1976 election, there was a further split as the only two sitting Parti créditiste MNAs went their separate ways. Samson became leader of the part, once again called the Ralliement créditiste du Québec again on May 11, 1975, while Fabien Roy was expelled from the party. The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas largest political party. ... Yvon Dupuis (born in 1926) was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in 1952 in Montréal-Sainte-Marie as a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec. ... In the Quebec general election on October 29, 1973, the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party under Robert Bourassa won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois under René Lévesque and the Union Nationale. ... Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ...

Samson was re-elected in the 1976 provincial election as the only créditiste MNA. (Fabien Roy was the only MNA elected for his new prty, the Parti nationale populaire.) The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... Parti national populaire was a provincial political party in Québec, Canada from 1975 to 1979. ...

On November 12, 1978, Samson founded a new party, Les Démocrates, with Pierre Sévigny, who had been a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament from 1958 to 1963. This party was renamed on January 1, 1980, the Parti démocrate créditiste. Les Démocrates was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, founded by former Ralliement créditiste du Québec leader Camil Samson on November 18, 1978. ... Pierre Sévigny, Officer of the Order of Canada (September 12, 1917 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada-March 20, 2004 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian politician and war hero. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...

On October 15, 1980, Samson joined the Parti libéral du Québec, bringing the Parti démocrate créditiste to an end. He was defeated in his bid for re-election to the National Assembly in Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue riding in the 1981 provincial election. The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... In the Quebec general election on April 13, 1981, the incumbent Parti Québécois under René Lévesque won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Claude Ryan. ...

He worked as a radio announcer for CKCV from 1981 to 1984, and for CHRC in Québec City from 1984. He also participated in numerous televisions broadcasts on the Télévision Quatre-Saisons network from 1989 to 1991. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put Gods gift to good use) Ville de Québec, Québec, Canada Location. ...

He ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in Québec-Est riding in the 1993 federal election, and was named special advisor to the federal minister responsible for the Quebec City region in 1994. The 1993 Canadian federal election, which took place on October 25th, 1993, was one of the most eventful in Canadian history. ...

Bibliography: Camil Samson et le défi créditiste: l'homme, le parti et l'équipe, Québec, Éditions du Griffon, 1970, 195 p.

Source: Quebec National Assembly website