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From 1932 to 1935, Aberhart tried to get the governing United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) to adopt social credit. [2] However, the 1935 UFA convention voted against adopting social credit and UFA Premier Richard Reid rejected the proposals as being outside the province's constitutional powers, so Aberhart entered Social Credit candidates in that year's provincial election.
United Farmers of Alberta Agrarianism, social democracy 1917-1921 — Progressive Conservative: 1905-2019 United Conservative Liberal conservatism, Red Toryism: 1905-1940, 1952-1963, 1967-2019 1971-2015 Representative: 1984-1989 — Conservatism, populism 1986-1989 — Social Credit: 1934-2017 Pro-Life Alberta Social conservatism, Social credit ...
William Aberhart (December 30, 1878 – May 23, 1943), also known as "Bible Bill" for his radio sermons about the Bible, was a Canadian politician and the seventh premier of Alberta from 1935 to his death in 1943. [1]
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The name Social Credit Party has been used by a number of political parties. In Canada: Social Credit Party of Canada; Manitoba Social Credit Party; Parti crédit social uni; Ralliement créditiste; Ralliement créditiste du Québec; Social Credit Party of Alberta; Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan; Social Credit Party of British Columbia ...
Ernest Manning had been Social Credit's leader and premier of Alberta since he was selected by his caucus to succeed deceased party founder William Aberhart in 1943. Though still not an old man, he had decided to retire as premier after a record-setting 25 years, sensing the mood of change that was beginning to grip the province - his son, Preston Manning, claimed in 2003 that his father was ...
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