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The Parti national social chrétien was a Canadian political party formed by Adrien Arcand in February 1934. It was known in English as the Christian National Socialist Party. Arcand was a Quebec-based fascist and anti-semite. An admirer of Adolf Hitler, Arcand referred to himself as the "Canadian führer". A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...
Adrien Arcand in 1933. ...
1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...
Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards Jews (not: Semites - see the Misnomer section further on). ...
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ...
The party was later known as the Canadian National Socialist Unity Party.
In October 1934, the party merged with the Canadian Nationalist Party, which was based in the Prairie provinces. A prairie is an area of land of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. ...
By the mid 1930s, the party had some success, with a few thousand members mainly concentrated in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) - Land 925,186 km² - Water 19,549 km² (2. ...
Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th) - Land 642,317 km² - Water 19,531 km² (2. ...
In June 1938, it merged with Nazi and fascist clubs in Ontario and Quebec, many of which were known as Swastika clubs, to form the National Unity Party. At a time of English-French Canadian tension, Arcand tried to create a pan-Canadian (English and French) nationalist political movement. His party was also anti-semitic, anti-democratic and racist. It was based on the National Socialist (Nazi) Party in Germany. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) - Land 917,741 km² - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...
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The Swastika in traditional Hindu form The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either clockwise or anticlockwise. ...
The group was known colloquially as the "Blue Shirts", and commonly fought with immigrants, Canadian minorities and Leftist groups. The group boasted that it would seize power in Canada, but the party exaggerated its own influence.
On December 2, 1937, P.M. Campbell ran in a by-election in the Lethbridge district under the Unity Party of Alberta banner, and won by 700 votes over A.J. Burnapp from the Alberta Social Credit Party. Campbell was re-elected as an independent in the 1940 Alberta election. 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Social Credit Party of Alberta is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values. ...
The Alberta general election of 1940 was the ninth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 21, 1940 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ...
On May 30, 1940, the party was banned under the War Measures Act, and Arcand and many of his followers were arrested and detained for the duration of the war. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The War Measures Act was a Canadian statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Arcand ran in the 1949 federal election in the riding of Richelieu-Verchères as a candidate for the National Unity Party. Arcand placed second, winning 5,590 votes (29.1% of the total). The Canadian federal election of 1949 was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberals were not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. ...
This page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. ...
The National Unity Party should not be confused with the Unity Party of Canada. The Unity Party of Canada was a Third Way, Nationalist political party in Canada formed by David Lafferty in 2000. ...
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