The Canadian social credit movement was a Canadian political movement originally based on the Social Credit theory of Major C. H. Douglas. Its supporters were colloquially known as Socreds. It reached its height of popularity in the 1930s, as a result of the Great Depression. Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... Social Credit is an economic theory and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. ... Major C. H. (Clifford Hugh) Douglas MIMechE, MIEE, (January 20, 1879-September 29, 1952) son of Hugh Douglas and Louisa Horfdern, was a Scottish engineer and pioneer of the Social credit concept. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to approximately 1939. ...

Federal politics

The Social Credit Party of Canada was formed in 1935, taking many voters from the Progressive Party of Canada and the United Farmers movement. In the 1940 federal election, Socreds ran with supporters of William Duncan Herridge as New Democracy, but reverted to the Social Credit name in subsequent elections. The party was generally fairly small, and gradually declined. The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. ... 1935(MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. ... The United Farmers movement in Canada rose to prominence after World War I with the failure of the wartime Union government to alter a tariff structure that hurt farmers, various farmers movements across Canada became more radical and entered the political arena. ... The Canadian parliament after the 1940 election The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. ... Hon. ... New Democracy was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939. ...

In the 1960s, the Québécois wing of the party split off to form the Ralliement créditiste, and although the two wings reunited in 1971, the party was ultimately left without any parliamentary seats following the 1980 federal election, and thereafter declined into irrelevance. The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The House of Commons after the 1980 election The 1980 Canadian federal election was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. ...

Alberta

The ideology was embraced by the Reverend "Bible Bill" William Aberhart, who formed the Alberta Social Credit League based on Douglas' ideology and conservative Christian social values. He was elected Premier of Alberta in the 1935 provincial election. His government was probably the only one in the world that adhered to the social credit ideology. In fact, he once tried to implement social credit by issuing "Prosperity Certificates" to Albertans, although this measure was disallowed by the Supreme Court of Canada on the basis that only the federal government of Canada was authorized to issue currency. Aberhart died in office, and was replaced by Ernest Manning, who discarded the theory and attempted to purge the party of anti-Semites, but kept the Social Credit name. William Aberhart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 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. ... This is a list of the premier of the province of Alberta, Canada, since its creation in 1905. ... The Alberta general election of 1935 was the eighth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. ... The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada (French: Cour suprême du Canada) is Canadas highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa. ... Ernest Charles Manning The Honourable Senator Ernest Charles Manning, CC, PC (September 20, 1908 - February 19, 1996), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968, the longest term of office of any Alberta premier, and the second longest serving premier in Canada. ... Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards Jews (not: Semites - see the Misnomer section further on). ...

The Social Credit Party of Alberta formed nine consecutive majority governments spanning 36 years, one of the longest spans of a single party in government in Canadian history. 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 the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. ...

See: Social Credit Party of Alberta 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. ...

British Columbia

In the 1930s and 1940s, the social credit movement in British Columbia was largely fractious, and made up of various small groups, the largest of which being the Social Credit League. The British Columbian movement was largely at odds with the Albertan wing, and sought to distance itself from William Aberhart's religious preaching. 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. ...

The effective death of the movement came when W. A. C. Bennett was elected leader of the League in 1951. Bennett joined in order to use the party as a political vehicle, and was quick to dump the original ideology, and reorganize into the conservative populist British Columbia Social Credit Party. William Andrew Cecil Bennett (September 6, 1900 - February 23, 1979) was a Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election, although there was a break between the 1972 and 1975 elections when the New Democratic Party...

Social Credit's first government in BC was a very small minority, but they were elected to a majority a year later. After the minority, and 20 years of majority government, the party was defeated by the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. The NDP served only one term in Government, before the Social Credit Party was returned to office for four more terms of majority government under W.A.C. Bennett's son, Bill Bennett. Bennett was succeeded by Bill Vander Zalm in 1986, but Vander Zalm was forced to resign in 1991 in favor of Rita Johnston. A minority government, or a minority cabinet, is a cabinet of a parliamentary system which does not represent a majority in the parliament — or in bicameral parliaments, in that chamber whose confidence is considered most crucial. ... The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. ... For other men named William Bennett, see William Bennett (disambiguation). ... Bill Vander Zalm (center) inspects construction at Whistler Village Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm, commonly known as Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934) became 28th premier of Canada in 1986. ... Rita Johnston (born April 22, 1935) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. ...

The Social Credit government was defeated by the NDP in the 1991 election. The party effectively came to an end in the 1996 election when it failed to win a single seat in the legislature, and received only 0.4% of votes cast. Many of the party's mainstream members left to join the British Columbia Liberal Party, which emerged in the early 1990s as the new "free enterprise" coalition opposing the NDP. The 35th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, was called on September 19, 1991, and held on October 17, 1991. ... The British Columbia general election of 1996 was the 36th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. ... The British Columbia Liberal Party (usually called the BC Liberal Party) is a right-of-centre provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, differing from some other right-of-centre parties in being fiscally conservative and socially moderate (or neoliberal). ...

However, a small Social Credit Party remains. It ran only two candidates in the 2001 election. The strongest candidate of the two, Grant Mitton, a former radio talk show host who received 17% of the vote in his riding, later left the party to form the British Columbia Party. British Columbia riding map showing the winning parties and their vote percentage of each riding. ... This page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. ... The British Columbia Party is a right-wing political party in British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1998 as a populist party by John Motiuk, a North Vancouver lawyer. ...

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Quebec

The movement also caught on in Quebec. It first nominated candidates under the New Democracy banner in the 1940 federal election, but none was elected. the movement was able to win a post World War II by-election under the Union des électeurs label, with Réal Caouette being sent to the Canadian House of Commons. He lost his seat in the 1949 federal election. Caouette founded Ralliement des créditistes in 1959. It achieved a major breakthrough in the 1962 federal election, and remained in the House of Commons under various names until 1980. The first European explorer of what is now Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ... New Democracy was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939. ... The Canadian parliament after the 1940 election The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... The Union des électeurs or UE (in English: Union of Electors) was founded in 1939 by Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier. ... David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. ... 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. ... 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. ... Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. ... When the Canadian federal election of 1962 was called, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada of John George Diefenbaker had governed for almost five years with the largest majority in the House of Commons in Canadian history. ...

Social Credit was never able to form a provincial government in Quebec due to the near dominance of social conservative votes by the Union Nationale party from the 1930s into the 1960s. The Social Credit Party, however, soon became a major contender in Quebec for seats to the federal Parliament in the 1960s. Although BC and Alberta would elect a few Social Credit Members of Parliament (MPs) in that decade, it would be Quebec that maintained the party's national presence after 1962. Social Credit remained dominant in the other two provinces in provincial elections. Union Nationale logo. ... The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is Canadas legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

In the 1962 election, Social Credit won 26 of 75 seats in Quebec, beating the Progressive Conservative Party. They continued to finish in second place in terms of federal seats from Quebec until their last MPs fell with the minority government of Joe Clark in 1980. The most Social Credit ever captured in terms of the Quebec popular vote was 27.3% federally, and 11.2% provincially. When the Canadian federal election of 1962 was called, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada of John George Diefenbaker had governed for almost five years with the largest majority in the House of Commons in Canadian history. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark, PC , CC , AOE , MA , LL.D (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 2, 1980. ...

The Quebec wing of the movement broke from the rest of the party in 1963 to form its own Quebec-only federal Social Credit party, the Ralliement des créditistes. As a social conservative party, the party generally attracted voters who supported of the Union Nationale in provincial elections. Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. ... Union Nationale logo. ...

The party formed a provincial wing in 1970, the Ralliement créditiste du Québec, which benefited as the UN declined after the death of Premier Daniel Johnson in 1968. The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a political party in Québec, Canada that operated under several names from 1970-1980. ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... Francis Daniel Johnson, Sr. ...

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In the 1970 provincial election, the Liberals took 72 seats, followed by the Union Nationale with 17, and Ralliement créditiste du Québec with 12. The party was riven by internal dissent for the remainder of its history, capturing two seats in the 1973 election, and only one in the 1976 election, the last time a créditiste was elected to the Quebec National Assembly. 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. ... The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a political party in Québec, Canada that operated under several names from 1970-1980. ... 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. ... The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... 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. ...

There is also a religious group called the "Pilgrims of Saint Michael", based in Rougemont, Quebec, that promotes social credit monetary policy coupled with conservative Catholicism. The Pilgrims publish The Michael Journal in English and Vers Demain in French. The group was founded by Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier in 1939, and is nicknamed "the White Berets" for the headgear worn by members. The Pilgrims of St. ...

Even and Mercier also founded the Union des électeurs in 1939 from which Réal Caouette split on May 4, 1958, to form Ralliement des créditistes du Canada as the Quebec wing of the Social Credit Party of Canada with himself as leader. The Union des électeurs or UE (in English: Union of Electors) was founded in 1939 by Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier. ... David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. ...

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New Brunswick

While Social Credit never won any seats in the New Brunswick Legislature, it won 3.1% of the vote in 1948. Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72 908 km² (8th) • Land 71 450 km² • Water 1 458 km² (2. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Manitoba

In Manitoba, the party was able to win a few seats in the Legislature, and was the third party in each at various times. From 1936 to 1940, the party supported John Bracken's minority government, and in 1940 it joined Bracken's coalition government. Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th) • Land 553,556 km² • Water 64,241 km² (14. ... In any two-party system of politics, a third party is a party other than the two dominant ones. ... The Honourable Professor John Bracken, PC (June 22, 1883-March 18, 1969) was an agronomist, Premier of Manitoba (1922-1943) and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942-1948). ... A minority government, or a minority cabinet, is a cabinet of a parliamentary system which does not represent a majority in the parliament — or in bicameral parliaments, in that chamber whose confidence is considered most crucial. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ...

Of the ten elections from 1936-1973, the party won seats in seven. In the 1936 provincial election, Social Credit finished third, and in the 1941 provincial election, it tied for third. However, Social Credit never won more than 14% of the popular vote. Manitobas general election of July 27, 1936 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. ... Manitobas general election of April 22, 1941 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. ...

See: Manitoba Social Credit Party The Manitoba Social Credit Party (originally the Manitoba Social Credit League) was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ...

Saskatchewan

In Saskatchewan, Social Credit won seats in the Legislature in two elections - 2 seats in the 1938 election, and 3 in the 1956 election. In 1956, the party held third party status. Social Credit was never able to win more 16% of the popular vote.
Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th) • Land 591,670 km² • Water 59,366 km² (9. ... The Saskatchewan general election of 1938 was the ninth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. ... The Thirteenth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on June 20, 1956. ... In any two-party system of politics, a third party is a party other than the two dominant ones. ...

See: Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the late 1960s. ...

Ontario

See: Social Credit Party of Ontario The Social Credit Party of Ontario was a minor political party at the provincial level in the Canadian province of Ontario from the 1940s to the early 1970s. ...

Other parties

Other political parties have also promoted social credit principles including John C. Turmel's Christian Credit Party and Abolitionist Party of Canada, and the short-lived Canada Party. The Global Party of Canada also appears to promote social credit economic policies. John C. Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and holds the Guinness world record for losing the largest number of elections — 59 as of March 17, 2005. ... The Christian Credit Party was a short-lived Canadian political party founded in 1982 by perennial candidate and former social credit activist, John C. Turmel. ... The Abolitionist Party was a Canadian political party founded by perennial candidate John C. Turmel on a platform of: monetary reform, including the abolition of interest rates, abolishing income tax, the use of Local employment trading system banking, and introducing a form of social credit with monthly dividends being paid... The Canada Party was a short-lived political party that ran 56 candidates in the 1993 Canadian election, and one candidate in a 1996 by_election, but was unable to win any seats. ... The Global Party of Canada is a minor green political party in Canada, led by Edward John Slota of Toronto. ...

The Canadian Action Party has monetary reform policies in its platform, but is not considered to be a social credit party. The Canadian Action Party (CAP) is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. ... Monetary Reform is accounting reform that reaches more deeply into banking central bank, money supply and monetary policy. ...

See also

• List of political parties in Canada
• Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER)
• Pilgrims of Saint Michael
• Australian League of Rights
• Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

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External link

• The Alberta Social Credit Party
• BC Social Credit Party
• Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit and the Jewish Response