NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ralliement des créditistes

Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the Social credit philosophy; at various times they had varying degrees of affiliation with the Social Credit Party of Canada at the federal level. This article describes the Canadian province. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The Canadian social credit movement was a Canadian political movement originally based on the Social Credit theory of Major C. H. Douglas. ... Social Credit is an economic theory and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. ... The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. ...

The greatest success achieved by a provincial social credit party in Quebec was the Ralliement créditiste du Québec, which won 12 seats in the 1970 Quebec election. The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a political party in Québec, Canada that operated under several names from 1970-1980. ... (Redirected from 1970 Quebec election) 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 des électeurs

The créditiste movement first appeared in Quebec under the name Union des électeurs, founded in 1939 by Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier. It ran two candidates, Even and Armand Turpin in the 1940 federal election as part of the Canada-wide New Democracy. Even won 17% of the vote and placed third in the riding of Lac St. John-Roberval. Turpin placed second with over 31.8% of the vote in Hull. This article describes the Canadian province. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1940 Canadian federal election was the 19th General Election in Canadian history. ... New Democracy was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939. ... This page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. ... Hull is a community in western Quebec, Canada and is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa, Ontario. ...

The Union des électeurs ran more candidates in the 1944 Quebec election, but won no seats. In the 1948 Quebec election, the party managed to get 9.25% of the popular vote, but again won no seats. (Redirected from 1944 Quebec election) In the Quebec general election on August 8, 1944, the Union Nationale under Maurice Duplessis defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party under Adélard Godbout. ... (Redirected from 1948 Quebec election) In the Quebec general election on July 28, 1948, the incumbent Union Nationale under Maurice Duplessis won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Adélard Godbout. ...

Réal Caouette won a 1946 by-election for the party and sat as an MP in the Canadian House of Commons. He failed to win re-election in the 1949 federal election, when the party ran a total of 56 candidates. None were successful. The party subsequently faded away. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... 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. ... The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ... 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. ...

Even and Mercier also founded a lay Catholic group called the "Pilgrims of Saint Michael", based in Rougemont, Quebec, that continues to promote 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 in 1939 and is nicknamed "the White Berets" for the headgear worn by members. Catholic is a term generally used in relation to the members, beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

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The Canadian parliament after the 1945 election The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th General Election in Canadian history. ... 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. ...

Candidats des électeurs

Réal Caouette led a group of candidates running under this name in the 1957 and 1958 federal elections, but failed to win any seats. The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957. ... The 24th general election was held just nine months after the 23rd and transformed Prime Minister John Diefenbakers minority into the largest ever majority government in Canadian history. ...

Candidats libéral des électeurs

In the 1962 and 1963 federal elections, a small breakaway from Social Credit ran a single candidate under the name Candidat libéral des électeurs without success. The 1962 candidate, J-Edouard Pharon, received 1,800 votes - 500 more than the Social Credit candidate. 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 Canadian federal election of 1963 resulted in the defeat of the minority Progressive Conservative government of John George Diefenbaker. ...

Ralliement des créditistes du Canada

Réal Caouette had been a social credit stalwart since the joining the movement in 1939, running as a candidate for the Union des électeurs. He won a seat in the House of Commons in a by-election, but lost it in the next general election. He was a true believer in social credit theory and a charismatic, almost evangelical speaker. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...

In 1958, he broke with Union des électeurs founders Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier, and formed the Ralliement des créditistes du Canada as the Quebec wing of the Social Credit Party of Canada on May 4, 1958. Caouette was named leader of the new organization. His party political broadcasts on Quebec television developed a great following. Caouette ran for the leadership of the Social Credit Party of Canada in 1961, but was defeated by Robert N. Thompson. The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. ... 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 (link will take you to calendar). ... Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. ...

Driven by Caouette's fiery oratory, the Social Credit party achieved a breakthrough in the 1962 federal election, winning 26 seats in Quebec. Only 4 Social Credit MPs were elected in the rest of Canada. 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. ...

Thompson insisted on remaining national party leader after 1962, even though the Social Credit caucus was overwhelmingly from Quebec and regarded Caouette as its leader. Thompson accepted Caouette as his deputy leader. A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ...

This tension led to a split: in 1963, the Quebec wing became independent from the party in the rest of country as the Ralliement des créditistes, or Social Credit Rally in English. Of the 20 Social Credit MPs elected in Quebec in the 1963 federal election, 13 followed Caouette into the Ralliement, 5 ran in the next election as independents and 2 joined the Progressive Conservatives. Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ... The Canadian federal election of 1963 resulted in the defeat of the minority Progressive Conservative government of John George Diefenbaker. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ...

The Ralliement ran as a separate party in the 1965 federal election. In 1967, Thompson defected to the Progressive Conservatives. 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. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ...

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Ralliement créditiste

In October 1967, the Ralliement des créditistes changed its name to Ralliement créditiste. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

In the 1968 federal election, the Social Credit Party won no seats in the House of Commons, while Caouette's Ralliement créditiste returned several MPs. In the Canadian federal election of June 25, 1968, the Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Pierre Trudeau. ... 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. ...

On January 25, 1970, the federal Ralliement créditiste established a provincial wing in Quebec, the Ralliement créditiste du Québec, to compete in provincial elections. The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a political party in Québec, Canada that operated under several names from 1970-1980. ...

In 1971, Caouette and the Ralliement créditiste rejoined the Social Credit Party of Canada, and Caouette was elected national leader.

General election results - Ralliement créditiste