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The British Columbia Social Credit Party was a conservative political party in British Columbia, Canada.It was the governing party of British Columbia for all but three years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election.
BC Liberal Party (known as BC United after 2023) 1903 Conservatism, Neoliberalism: Kevin Falcon: 1903–1912, 1916–1975, 1991–2024 1916–1928, 1933–1952, 2001–2017 British Columbia Social Credit Party: 1935 Social credit, Conservatism, Right-wing populism: Vacant: 1952–1996 1952–1972, 1975–1991
The Social Credit Party dominated elections from 1952 to 1986, winning eleven of the twelve elections (the single exception a NDP victory). Provincial politics since 1986 have been dominated by the New Democratic Party (NDP) which won both elections held in the 1990s, and by the Liberal Party, which won the 2001 election and the next three ...
David Barrett led the social democratic New Democratic Party to victory, winning a majority government. The Social Credit Party, led by Premier W. A. C. Bennett, were defeated after governing British Columbia since the 1952 election. Social Credit's share of the popular vote fell by over 15 percentage points, and the party lost 28 of the seats ...
The Canadian social credit movement was largely an out-growth of the Alberta Social Credit Party, and the Social Credit Party of Canada was strongest in Alberta during this period. In 1932, Baptist evangelist William Aberhart used his radio program to preach the values of social credit throughout the province. [ 4 ]
The party leader, Victor Stephens, complained during the campaign that the Federal PC Party was providing no assistance to the provincial party and favoured Social Credit instead. That caused embarrassment for the federal party leader, Joe Clark , who was leading his own election campaign for the May 22, 1979 federal election .
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Pages in category "British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs" The following 151 pages are in this category, out of 151 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .