The Social Credit Party of Canada (French: Parti Crédit social du Canada), was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. It was the federal wing of the Canadian social credit movement. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Social Credit is an economic ideology and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. ... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... Social Credit is an economic ideology and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. ... The Canadian social credit movement was a Canadian political movement originally based on the Social Credit theory of Major C. H. Douglas. ...

A Western protest movement: 1935–1961

When first formed in 1935, Social Credit took many voters from the Progressive Party of Canada and the United Farmers Movement. The party grew out of disaffection with the status quo during the Great Depression. The depression hit the party's western Canadian birth-place especially hard, and can be credited both for the creation of this party and the rise of a social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. 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 Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ... The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction. ...

In 1935, in the party's first election, it won seventeen seats, all but two of them in Alberta, where it won over 46% of that province's popular vote. The Canadian parliament after the 1935 election The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [province]) Area Ranked... This article is about the political process. ...

In 1939, Social Credit joined with former Conservative William Duncan Herridge and his supporters in the New Democracy movement. The Social Credit Party ran in the 1940 election under the "New Democracy" name, but reverted to "Social Credit" for the 1945 election. The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. ... Hon. ... 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. ... The Canadian parliament after the 1945 election The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. ...

Growth in Quebec: 1962–1972

Beginning in the early 1960s, there were serious tensions between the party's English and French wings. In 1960, Robert Thompson of Alberta defeated Réal Caouette of Quebec at the party's leadership convention. The vote totals were never announced; many suspect that Caouette actually won more votes, but was rejected by the party's western leadership for fear that he would be a liability. Alberta Socred Premier Ernest Manning had previously told the convention that his province would never accept a francophone Catholic as the party's leader, leading to suspicions that the vote was fixed in Thompson's favour. Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. ... David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² - Water... 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. ... Categories: Canada-related stubs | Alberta premiers ... Hon. ...

Caouette became the party's deputy leader after leading its Quebec wing to a major breakthrough in the 1962 election. 26 créditistes were elected from Quebec, while Thompson was responsible for a scant four Socred seats in rest of Canada, including his own. The linguistic imbalance caused severe tensions in the Social Credit caucus, as the Quebec MPs regarded Caouette as their leader. Also, Caouette and the other Quebec MPs remained true believers in social credit theory, while the English branch had largely abandoned the theory. The number of Socreds from English Canada was also declining. Thompson refused to stand down. The Canadian parliament after the 1962 election The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ...

On September 9, 1963, the party split into an English Canadian wing and a separate French Canadian party led by Caouette - the Ralliement des créditistes. Of the 20 Social Credit MPs from Quebec in 1963, 13 joined Caouette's Ralliement, five of the remaining seven ran in the next election as independents, and two joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Main article: Social Credit Party of Canada split, 1963

The English Canadian party, concentrated in Alberta and British Columbia, won only five seats in 1965. Party leader Robert Thompson was frustrated by the lack of support given to the federal wing, while the provincial Social Credit parties in Alberta and British Columbia ran powerful political machines and formed the governments. As well, Alberta Premier Manning was becoming concerned with the leftward trajectory of both the federal Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives and encouraged Thompson to try to bring about a merger of the federal Socred and PC parties. Negotiations failed but in 1967, with the support of both Manning and PC leader Robert Stanfield, Thompson ran in the next election with the PCs. Another MP left the party as well that year; Bud Olson defected to the Liberals. The split between Ralliement des créditistes, which was the Quebec wing of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and the national organization had its roots in a long-standing dispute between the de facto leader of the Ralliement, Réal Caouette, and the party’s national leader, Robert N... 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... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC (April 11, 1914–December 16, 2003) was Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. ... The Honourable Horace Andrew (Bud) Olson, PC (October 6, 1925-February 14, Canadian politician, rancher and farmer. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ...

In the 1968 election, Social Credit lost its last two seats in English Canada. The party would never elect another MP from English Canada, although Manning was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1970. In the Canadian federal election of June 25, 1968, the Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Pierre Trudeau. ... The Senate of Canada (French: Le Sénat du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ...

In 1971, the Ralliement and the English-Canadian Social Credit rump reunited into a single national party. Caouette defeated three challengers to become the party's official leader.^[1]

In the 1972 election, the Social Credit Party won 15 seats — all in Quebec — and 7.6% of the popular vote. The House of Commons after the 1972 election The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...

Decline: 1973–1980

End of Caouette era

In the 1974 federal election, the Social Credit Party machine in Quebec began to fall apart. Caouette was suffering from a snowmobiling accident, and therefore the powerful voice that had carried Social Credit in prior elections was silenced. When he was able to speak, Caouette focussed his attacks on the Progressive Conservatives and the New Democratic Party, instead of the Liberal Party, which was Social Credit's main competitor in Quebec. Two weeks before the election was called, Caouette had informed the parliamentary caucus that he would resign as leader in the fall. The House of Commons after the 1974 election The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The New Democratic Party (NDP; Nouveau Parti démocratique in French) is a political party in Canada with a progressive social democratic philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ...

Party rallies faced declining, aging attendance. Feuding within the party had accelerated: Some ridings in Quebec had two Social Credit candidates, while others — including the party's Levis stronghold — had none. The provincial wing of the party had split in two, and had lost ten of its twelve seats in the 1973 provincial election. Many Social Credit MPs ran for re-election on their own strengths, making little mention of the party or its leader in their campaign materials. The party's support in Quebec was undermined by rumours that its MPs had made deals with the Progressive Conservatives during Caouette's illness. 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 Social Credit Party won eleven seats, which was considered a success in light of the divisions that plagued their campaign. The Socreds failed in their attempts to convince Independent MP Leonard Jones to join their party. The Socreds made these attempts despite their almost complete absence of political compatibility in order to get recognition as an official party in the House of Commons. The Speaker of the House of Commons, with approval from the Liberal government, decided to recognize the party anyway. Leonard C. Jones (June 4, 1924 - June 23, 1998) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of the city of Moncton, New Brunswick between 1963 and 1974, and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Moncton between 1974 and 1979. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... Current house speaker Peter Milliken In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons (French: Président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house and is elected by fellow MPs. ...

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The provincial party, on the other hand, continued to face problems after the 1974 federal election as former federal Liberal cabinet minister Yvon Dupuis became leader, which alienated many of the party's members who still believed in social credit theories. 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. ...

Leadership turmoil

The decline of the party accelerated after Caouette's death in 1976. A 32-year-old Quebec MP, André-Gilles Fortin, was elected to replace Caouette on November 7, 1976. Social Credit was dealt a further blow when Fortin was killed in a car accident on June 24, 1977, after serving only eight months as leader. Réal's son, Gilles Caouette, was named acting leader five days after Fortin's death. André-Gilles Fortin (November 13, 1943 - June 24, 1977) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Gilles Caouette (born 1940) was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament. ...

In 1978, Socreds elected Lorne Reznowski as their leader, in an attempt to revive the party outside of Quebec. Reznowski, an anglophone Manitoban, presented himself as a candidate in the October 16, 1978 by-elections and fared extremely poorly (1,204 votes, only 2.76% of the 43,572 valid votes in the riding of Saint Boniface), which prompted him to resign quickly thereafter. He was replaced as acting leader by Charles-Arthur Gauthier. Lorne Reznowski is a former leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 15, 1870 (5th... Saint Boniface is the current English name of a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons located in the city of Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba. ... Charles-Arthur Gauthier (May 12, 1913 - May 12, 1997) was a long time Canadian Member of Parliament for the Social Credit Party and Ralliement Créditiste. ...

Roy's leadership

Popular provincial créditiste Fabien Roy was drafted to lead Social Credit just before the 1979 election. Under Roy, the party won the tacit support of the separatist Parti Québécois, which formed the government of Quebec. Social Credit attempted to rally the separatist and nationalist vote: Canadian flags were absent at its campaign kick-off rally, and the party's slogan was C'est à notre tour ("It's our turn"), which was reminiscent of the popular separatist anthem "Gens du pays" that includes the chorus, "C'est à votre tour de vous laisser parler d'amour". The party focused its platform on constitutional change, promising to fight to abolish the federal government's never-used right to disallow any provincial legislation, and stating that each province has a "right to choose its own destiny within Canada". Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... The House of Commons after the 1979 election The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Parti Québécois (PQ) is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and secession from Canada, as well as social democratic policies and has traditionally had support from the labour movement. ... Gens du Pays is the unofficial anthem of the Canadian province of Québec. ...

Support from the Parti Québécois was not welcome by everyone; for instance, Gilles Caouette publicly denounced what he called "péquistes déguisés en créditistes" (Parti Québécois disguised as Socreds). While the party did manage to somewhat increase its vote in Péquiste areas, it also lost many votes in areas of traditional Socred strength, with the end result being a drop from eleven to six seats and a slightly reduced share of the popular vote compared to the 1974 election. (See also: Social Credit Party candidates, 1979 Canadian federal election.) Gilles Caouette (born 1940) was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament. ... The Parti Québécois or PQ is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. ... The Parti Québécois (PQ) is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and secession from Canada, as well as social democratic policies and has traditionally had support from the labour movement. ... 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 Social Credit Party of Canada won six seats in the 1979 federal election, all in the province of Quebec. ...

Clark minority government

Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives formed a minority government after the election. The Socreds had just enough seats to give the Tories a majority in the House had the two parties formed a coalition government or otherwise agreed to work together. Prime Minister Clark, who declared that he would govern as if he had a majority, refused to grant the small Social Credit caucus the official party status it wanted, let alone form a coalition or make concessions to the party in order to gain its votes. Clark convinced one Socred MP, Richard Janelle from Lotbinière, to leave the party and join the government caucus. In December 1979, the remaining five members of the Social Credit caucus demanded that the Conservatives amend their budget to allocate the controversial gas tax revenues to Quebec. Clark refused and the Social Credit caucus abstained in a vote on a Motion of No Confidence, causing the Conservative government to fall. Charles Joseph Joe Clark, PC, CC, AOE, MA, LLD (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ... A motion of no confidence, also called a motion of non-confidence, a censure motion, a no-confidence motion, or simply a confidence motion, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. ...

The abstention by Social Credit on the important budget vote (while the Liberals and NDP voted to bring down the government) contributed to the growing perception that the party had become irrelevant following the death of iconic leader Réal Caouette. The resulting February 18, 1980 election not only defeated the Clark government but wiped out the Socreds. Social Credit's popular vote collapsed and the party ended up without any MPs in Parliament. David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. ... 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. ...

The death of the Social Credit candidate in the riding of Frontenac, Quebec, resulted in the postponement of the election in that riding to March 24, 1980. Fabien Roy sought to return to the House of Commons in that by-election, but lost to the Liberal candidate. Roy resigned as leader on November 1, 1980. The party would never again win a seat in the House of Commons. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...

Denouement: 1981–1993

After Fabien Roy's resignation, the party chose Martin Hattersley in 1981 as interim leader over Alberta evangelist Ken Sweigard. Hattersley was an Edmonton lawyer and former British army officer. Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1932 births | Alberta politicians | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... Ken Sweigard (born 1919) is a Pentecostal evangelist from Grande Prairie, Alberta, and politician who led the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1983 to 1986. ...

In the May 4, 1981 by-election in Levis, Quebec, the party nominated Martin Caya. Caya placed 6th in a field of seven candidates, winning 367 votes (1.1% of the total), ahead of renegade Socred John C. Turmel. Turmel, running as an independent, won 172 votes. John C. Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the Guinness Book of Records holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost — 60 as of the January 23, 2006 Canadian federal election . ...

In the August 17, 1981 by-election in Quebec, party president Carl O’Malley placed 5th in a field of eight candidates, with 92 votes (0.2% of the total). Turmel won 42 votes, placing last.

Hattersley resigned in 1983 when the party would not drop from its membership three outspoken Albertans accused of anti-Semitism. The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ...

In June 1983, Sweigard was elected interim leader by means of a telephone conference call of 19 party executive members, with nine votes to five votes for party vice-president Richard Lawrence. Quebec party member Adrien Lambert was nominated, but could not be reached by telephone. He nonetheless won two votes.

When the call began, two candidates were in the race: professional gambler John Turmel of Ottawa, and tractor dealer Elmer Knutson of Edmonton, the founder of West-Fed, a western Canada separatist movement. Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location of the City of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1850 as Town of Bytown Incorporated 1855 as City of Ottawa Amalgamated January 1, 2001 Government  - Mayor Larry OBrien  - City Council Ottawa City Council  - Representatives 8... Elmer S. Knutson was a Canadian fringe politician. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ...

Turmel's candidacy was rejected on the basis that his membership had been suspended. Turmel subsequently formed the Christian Credit Party, and later, the Abolitionist Party of Canada, both based on social credit principles. Knutson failed to win endorsement because he was not well known by the members of the executive. Knutson subsequently quit the party to form the Confederation of Regions Party. 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 Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) was a right-wing Canadian political party founded in 1984 by Elmer Knutson. ...

The meeting decided to appoint an interim leader until a leadership convention could be held in September 1983. This convention was deferred until June 1986, and Sweigard remained as interim leader until that time. Also in 1983, Manning retired from the Senate after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, ending the Social Credit's representation on Parliament Hill. Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada Parliament Hill, (French Colline du Parlement), -The Hill for locals- is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ...

In the 1984 election, the party nominated 52 candidates in 51 ridings, and collected a total of 17,044 votes (0.13% of votes cast in all ridings). Two candidates ran as Social Credit candidates in the BC riding of Prince George-Peace River. The party's strength remained in Quebec and Alberta, but also ran candidates in BC, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick. See also: Social Credit Party candidates, 1984 Canadian federal election. The Canadian federal election of 1984 was called on July 4, 1984, and held on September 4 of that year. ... The Social Credit Party of Canada ran a number of candidates in the 1984 federal election, none of whom were elected. ...

Sweigard resigned as leader in 1986. The party's leadership was subsequently won by the socially conservative Ontario evangelical minister Harvey Lainson, who defeated holocaust denier James Keegstra by 67 votes to 38 at a delegated convention in Toronto. Lainson's campaign focused on gun rights and an opposition to abortion and the metric system. (He was not affiliated with the anti-Semitic groups that endorsed Keegstra.) Canadian social conservatives openly support notions of natural law, tradition and conservative family values and policies. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 4th... Richard Harwoods Did Six Million Really Die? Holocaust denial is the claim that the mainstream historical version of the Holocaust is either highly exaggerated or completely falsified. ... James Jim Keegstra is a far-right Canadian political figure, and former public school teacher. ... The International System of Units (symbol: SI) (for the French phrase Syst me International dUnit s) is the most widely used system of units. ...

The party nominated Andrew Varaday as its candidate in the 1987 Hamilton Mountain by-election. He won 149 votes (0.4% of the total), placing last in a field of six candidates, which included John Turmel (166 votes).

In the 1988 election, the party nominated nine candidates: six in Quebec, two in Ontario, and one in BC. These candidates collected a total of 3,408 votes (0.02% of votes cast in all ridings). The BC candidate, running in New Westminster-Burnaby, won 718 votes (1.3% of the total). Although the party did not nominate the 50 candidates required to obtain official party status, the Chief Electoral Officer agreed to put the party's name on the ballots for the nine candidates on the basis of its historical status as an official party. Map of the Popular Vote with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories The Canadian Parliament after the 1988 election The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...

In 1990, the remnant of the federal Social Credit party was taken over by social conservative evangelist Ken Campbell, who rechristened it the Christian Freedom Social Credit Party, and later the Christian Freedom Party. Social conservatism is a belief in traditional morality and social mores and the desire to preserve these in present day society, often through civil law or regulation. ... Ken Campbell (born January 19, 1934) is a Canadian fundamentalist Christian evangelist and political figure who was the final leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1990 to 1993. ...

In 1990, the party nominated two candidates in by-elections, each of whom won 96 votes. In the February 12 by-election in Chambly, Quebec, Emilian Martel placed last in a field of six, winning 0.2% of the total vote. Party leader Ken Campbell placed 7th out of 10, winning 0.4% of the total vote in the August 13 by-election in Oshawa, Ontario. John Turmel placed last with 50 votes in this race.

The party failed to nominate at least fifty candidates for the 1993 election, and was deregistered by Elections Canada on September 27, 1993. Its candidates in that election were reclassified as Independents. Popular vote map with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories. ... Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency of the Government of Canada responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums. ...

Social Credit has not attempted to run candidates on the national level since then, but still exists as an incorporated entity in the form of the "Social Credit Party of Canada, Incorporated" under which Ken Campbell published political advocacy material in order to preserve his ministry's status as a religious charity.

Election results (1935–1988)

(These results do not include those for Union des électeurs, Independent Social Credit candidates, or the Ralliement des créditistes.) The Union des électeurs or UE (in English: Union of Electors) was founded in 1939 by Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier. ... Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. ...

* In the 1940 election, W.D. Herridge ran a group of 17 social credit candidates as members of a party called New Democracy. In addition to the official Social Credit party, they won 3 seats and received 73,083 or 1.59% of the national vote. The Canadian parliament after the 1935 election The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Categories: People stubs | 1890 births | 1971 deaths | Members of the Canadian House of Commons | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... The Canadian parliament after the 1940 election The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. ... Categories: People stubs | 1890 births | 1971 deaths | Members of the Canadian House of Commons | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... The Canadian parliament after the 1945 election The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. ... Categories: People stubs | 1900 births | 1962 deaths | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... 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. ... Categories: People stubs | 1900 births | 1962 deaths | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... National results Notes: (1) The Liberal-Labour MP sat with the Liberal caucus. ... Categories: People stubs | 1900 births | 1962 deaths | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... The Canadian parliament after the 1957 election The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to elect members of the 23rd Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Categories: People stubs | 1900 births | 1962 deaths | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... 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. ... Categories: People stubs | 1900 births | 1962 deaths | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... The Canadian parliament after the 1962 election The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. ... Map of Canadas provinces and territories and which party won the most votes in each province and territory and their popular vote. ... Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. ... 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. ... Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. ... In the Canadian federal election of June 25, 1968, the Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Pierre Trudeau. ... Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. ... The House of Commons after the 1972 election The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. ... The House of Commons after the 1974 election The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. ... The House of Commons after the 1979 election The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... 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. ... Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... The Canadian federal election of 1984 was called on July 4, 1984, and held on September 4 of that year. ... Ken Sweigard (born 1919) is a Pentecostal evangelist from Grande Prairie, Alberta, and politician who led the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1983 to 1986. ... Map of the Popular Vote with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories The Canadian Parliament after the 1988 election The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Hon. ... New Democracy was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939. ...

** In the 1965 and 1968 elections, Quebec social crediters ran separately as the Ralliement des créditistes. Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. ...

Where did the Socreds go?

Quebec Social Credit supporters were mostly social conservatives and Quebec nationalists, while western Canadian supporters were mostly socially conservative populists. Social conservatism is a belief in traditional morality and social mores and the desire to preserve these in present day society, often through civil law or regulation. ... Quebec nationalism is the subject of many international studies together with the contemporary nationalism of Scotland, Catalonia and other non-sovereign regions of the world. ... Look up Populism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

With the collapse of Social Credit in western Canada in 1968, many former members of Social Credit, including a number of MPs, joined the Progressive Conservatives. After the collapse of the party in Quebec, many of its supporters supported Brian Mulroney in his "great coalition" of western populists, Quebec nationalists, and Ontario fiscal conservatives. {{Infobox Prime Minister | name=The Rt. ...

Mulroney's coalition fell apart in the 1993 election. Most of the coalition's western support left the party to form the Reform Party of Canada (later the Canadian Alliance). The Quebec nationalist wing of the party left to form the Bloc Québécois. Popular vote map with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories. ... The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party founded in 1987. ... The Canadian Alliance, formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... The Bloc Québécois is a centre-left federal political party in Canada that is devoted to the promotion of sovereignty for Quebec. ...

Western social conservatives would likely have been attracted to the PC and Reform parties or the Christian Heritage Party. Quebec nationalists probably moved first to the PC Party and then Bloc Québécois. The true believers in social credit monetary theories continued to promote their beliefs through the short-lived Canada Party in the 1993 election and subsequently in the Canadian Action Party. The Christian Heritage Party of Canada is a federal political party that advocates the governance of Canada according to the inspired, inerrant written Word of God. [1] This socially and fiscally conservative party held its founding convention in Hamilton, Ontario in November 1987, where Ed Vanwoudenberg was elected its first... 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 Canadian Action Party (CAP) is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. ...

There have been discussions by the Alberta Social Credit Party to re-start the federal party, but ideological differences between monetary reformers and social conservatives in the party have thus far stalled such efforts. 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. ...

Leaders of the Social Credit Party of Canada

• John Horne Blackmore (1935–1944)
• Solon Earl Low (1944–1961)
• Robert Thompson (1961–1967)
• Alexander Bell Patterson (1967–1968) acting leader
• Réal Caouette (1971–1976)
• André-Gilles Fortin (1976–1977)
• Gilles Caouette (1977–1978) acting leader
• Lorne Reznowski (1978)
• Charles-Arthur Gauthier (1978–1979) acting leader
• Fabien Roy (1979–1980)
• Martin Hattersley (1981–1983)
• Ken Sweigard (1983–1986)
• Harvey Lainson (1986–1990)
• Ken Campbell (1990-1993)

Categories: People stubs | 1890 births | 1971 deaths | Members of the Canadian House of Commons | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... Categories: People stubs | 1900 births | 1962 deaths | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. ... Alexander Bell Patterson (born April 22, 1911) was a long time Canadian Member of Parliament and was briefly leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada. ... David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. ... André-Gilles Fortin (November 13, 1943 - June 24, 1977) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... Gilles Caouette (born 1940) was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament. ... Lorne Reznowski is a former leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada. ... Charles-Arthur Gauthier (May 12, 1913 - May 12, 1997) was a long time Canadian Member of Parliament for the Social Credit Party and Ralliement Créditiste. ... Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1932 births | Alberta politicians | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... Ken Sweigard (born 1919) is a Pentecostal evangelist from Grande Prairie, Alberta, and politician who led the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1983 to 1986. ... Ken Campbell (born January 19, 1934) is a Canadian fundamentalist Christian evangelist and political figure who was the final leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1990 to 1993. ...

See also

• Canadian social credit movement

The Canadian social credit movement was a Canadian political movement originally based on the Social Credit theory of Major C. H. Douglas. ...

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