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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.
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
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 ...
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.
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.
The strongest candidate of the two, Grant Mitton, a former radio talk show host who received 17% of the vote in his riding, later left the party to form the British Columbia Party. The Social Credit party only ran two candidates in 2005, none in 2009, and one in 2013. The party was de-registered shortly afterward.
British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC or "Brick") (Social Credit Party), a holding company formed under the government of William R. Bennett, was a public boondoggle involving publicly l-distributed and soon-worthless shares of a former Crown Corporation. Shares briefly rallied and then dropped and settled at less than one ...
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 ...