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The BC Social Credit Party drifted away from both social credit theories and from the federal Social Credit Party as many supporters of the federal Liberals and Conservatives joined it. While Bennett made sporadic appearances for the federal Socreds, their relationship was tenuous at best.
Alberta Premier Ernest Manning hand-picked Ernest George Hansell to lead the British Columbia party into the election despite the fact that Hansell was an Alberta politician. W.A.C. Bennett was chosen party leader by Social Credit MLAs following the provincial election. In 1973, the party elected W.A.C. Bennett's son, Bill Bennett, on the first ...
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 ...
British Columbia Social Credit Party politicians (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "British Columbia Social Credit Party" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
In the election of May 10, 1979, the Social Credit Party was re-elected with a reduced majority, followed by winning a larger majority in the 1983 election. He served until August 6, 1986. In 1978, Bennett was instrumental in establishing the BC Winter Games and BC Summer Games. [2]
The incumbent Social Credit Party of British Columbia, which had been beset by scandals during Bill Vander Zalm's only term as premier, was defeated by the New Democratic Party of Mike Harcourt. Liberal Party leader Gordon Wilson surprised observers by leading his party to winning one-third of the votes cast, and forming the official opposition ...
The governing Social Credit Party of British Columbia was re-elected with a majority government, defeating the opposition New Democratic Party of British Columbia. The "Socreds" increased both their share of the popular vote to almost half of all votes cast, and their number of seats in the legislature.
Weisgerber was first elected to the British Columbia legislature in 1986 as a Social Credit Party of British Columbia candidate for Peace River South.He served in the Social Credit government in several posts including Minister of State for the Northeast and Nechako, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, and as British Columbia's first Minister of Native Affairs.