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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 .
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 1986 British Columbia general election was the 34th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The sitting Social Credit government was re-elected. The election was called on September 24, 1986.
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.
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.
Bennett joined in order to use the party as a political vehicle. He quickly jettisoned the original ideology, and reorganized the party into the conservative populist British Columbia Social Credit Party. Social Credit's first government in British Columbia was a very small minority, but they were elected to a majority a year later. After the ...
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 .
Social Credit Party of Canada (1 C, 4 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Social credit parties in Canada" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.