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John Horne Blackmore (March 27, 1890 – May 2, 1971) was a Canadian school teacher and principal and Canadian politician. He was one of the first elected members and leaders of the Social Credit Party of Canada, a political party in Canada that promoted the social credit theories of monetary reform.
All 3 New Democracy candidates elected were Social Credit incumbents, Social Credit leader John Horne Blackmore and MPs Walter Frederick Kuhl and Robert Fair. The three continued to sit with the Social Credit Party following the election. Anthony Hlynka - Vegreville, Alberta, elected 1940-1945, def 1949
John Horne Blackmore was chosen as the party's parliamentary leader. In 1939, Social Credit merged with the New Democracy movement led by former Conservative William Duncan Herridge. However, Herridge failed to win a seat in the 1940 election, and Blackmore continued as parliamentary leader. At the party's first national convention in 1944 ...
The 3 New Democracy MPs elected were all Social Credit incumbents, including Social Credit parliamentary leader John Horne Blackmore while Herridge himself failed to win his seat. The party sat in the House of Commons under the New Democracy name until 1944 when its national convention voted to revert to the Social Credit name.
Charles Person, one of the original 13 Freedom Riders, commented from his Atlanta home, April 29, 2021: "Well there's amazement, because of the progress we've made and some disappointment because ...
The convention was held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The party leader was elected on April 6, 1944. First Ballot. Solon Earl Low acclaimed; Early in the convention MPs John Horne Blackmore, Victor Quelch and Rev. Ernest George Hansell were all reported to be possible contenders for the party leadership.
For years, Allen Brooks promised his mother Sarah Pearl Brooks he would finish college. In December 2024, the 60-year-old made his late mother's wish come true when he graduated from Alabama A&M ...
John Yoo, a Berkeley Law professor who was a top Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration, called Trump’s executive order "highly symbolic" but said it surprised him ...