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The two parties merged into a single national party under the Social Credit name, and Caouette won the leadership on the first ballot. In the 1972 election, the Social Credit Party won 15 seats—all in Quebec—and 7.6% of the popular vote.
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.
In the 1940 federal election many Social Credit Party MPs ran for re-election under the New Democracy party led by former Conservative William Duncan Herridge as part of a joint effort. All 3 New Democracy candidates elected were Social Credit incumbents, Social Credit leader John Horne Blackmore and MPs Walter Frederick Kuhl and Robert Fair ...
Pages in category "Social credit parties in Canada" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 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
This category lists past and present members of the Canadian House of Commons representing the Social Credit Party of Canada. Pages in category "Social Credit Party of Canada MPs" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total.
McGillivray spoke to the convention on social credit economics, and claimed that using social credit to wipe out poverty would eliminate socialism in Canada. The convention attracted 979 delegates of which 655 (70%) were from Quebec, 149 from Ontario, 121 from Western Canada, 51 from the Atlantic provinces, and three from the United States.