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1181:, as most electricity was generated from coal. With this one strike alone accounting for 30% of all time lost to strikes in Canada in 1948. In Alberta, the time lost was even worse. With it being responsible for well over 99% of all person-lost days due to strikes for the entire year. Manning acted swiftly to avert the crisis. Rewriting the province's labour laws in March to allow the government to shut down the strike. Greatly weakened by charges of communism, and Manning's Stallworth defiance of union threats caused the unions to attempt to persuade legislators instead of protesting using strikes, or violence. Manning's steadfast defiance in the face of union threats halted the rise of militant unionism in Alberta, as it did in other areas like 1311:, Lougheed's PCs ended Social Credit's 36-year hold on power. The Socred share of the popular vote decreased slightly, but still they finished only five points behind the PCs and won a record number of votes (due in part to Alberta's larger population). While they mostly held their own in their rural heartlands, their support in Edmonton and Calgary plummeted from 1968. The PCs took every seat in Edmonton, and all but five in Calgary. The Socreds lost a number of ridings by a small margin. However, due to the 698: 1079:". Saying in one "letter to a CCFer, who... had naively written to suggest CCF-Social Credit electoral co-operation: "it's an insult to suggest to the Canadian people who are sacrificing their sons to remove the curse which the socialism of Germany has brought in the world that their own social and economical security can be attained only by introducing some form of socialism in Canada. the premise embodied in your proposed resolution, namely, that there is such a thing as 487:, followed quickly by the discovery of oil in north-central Alberta and its accompanying wealth for many, Social Credit took on a more conservative hue. Its policies were pro-business and anti-union, and largely opposed to government intervention in the economy. It stayed in power until 1971, one of the longest unbroken runs in government at the provincial level in Canada. However, it held no seats after 1982, and finished a distant seventh in the 4793: 4839: 1668: 4865: 1121:. Durning the Throne debate in February 1944, Hooke said: "I wonder if this is what our boys are fighting for? They are being told today by many spokesmen in Canada that socialism is the answer to their problems. If this is true, Mr Speaker, why send them to Europe to fight against it? Why don't we tell them that international finance, their worst enemy, is backing the philosophy of socialism."" 816: 533: 76: 690:
who had been hired by the UFA as a financial advisor, were colourful but unproductive. Aberhart, consumed with details of governance and administration, made little progress along the social credit monetary reform road. After election he hired an orthodox financial expert named Magor, much to Douglas's displeasure, thus forestalling radical monetary reform. In March 1937 many Socred MLAs
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Social Credit went into the 1982 election in a precarious position. Not only was it without a full-time leader or incumbents, but it had been unable to get its leader elected to the legislature at any point during the parliamentary term. The party ran only 23 candidates and garnered only 0.8 percent
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Social Credit sank into near-paralysis in opposition. Having spent all but a few months of its history before the 1971 government, it was unable to get the better of the Tories. It didn't help matters that Schmidt was never able to get into the legislature; he lost a by-election shortly after taking
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system, which awards seats to the candidate with the most votes in a district, even if they do not get a majority of votes (and awards power based on seats won), Social Credit's caucus was cut almost in half. It was cut down to 25 seats, and was consigned to the opposition benches for the first time
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Manning also fought against the media and education system, believing that they were full of Marxists and sympathetic to the communist cause. Stating that it is "evident, in my view, in the news media, which are very heavily slanted, as a general rule favorably slanted, to socialist philosophy. This
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Though Aberhart's government initially enjoyed widespread support from Alberta's working class, labour unions viewed his government with suspicion, and believed that Aberhart was authoritarian. A number of labour leaders took issue with the party's campaign to control prices, fearing that this would
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The first year and a half in power was a period of adjustment for the newly elected Socred MLAs and their premier. Certain historians believe that much of the Social Credit Party's leadership, and many of its members, didn't understand Douglas' teachings. Negotiations between Aberhart and Douglas,
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Not even the Socreds had expected to win the election. Indeed, they hadn't even named a leader during the campaign. The Socreds now found themselves having to choose a formal leader who would become the province's new premier. Aberhart was the obvious choice, having been the party's driving force
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Manning led Social Credit to seven consecutive election victories. He governed with very large majorities for virtually his entire tenure, winning well over 50 percent of the popular vote and rarely facing more than ten opposition MLAs. For most of the next two decades, Alberta was virtually a
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has been smart enough to see... that there are always a goodly number of men in that field who are sympathetic to the socialistic and even communistic philosophy. You even have the same thing, to varying degrees, in the field of education. It isn't by chance that you find these agitations of
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The Social Credit Party council quickly distanced itself from Speaker's statement. There was wide speculation at the time that Speaker would cross the floor to Western Canada Concept. Unable to attract a new leader, the Social Credit membership held an emergency meeting 18 September 1982. A
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After the 1997 election, polling revealed that the Social Credit Party was poised for a break-through: an estimated 150,000 Albertans would have been ready to once again support Social Credit as an alternative. This could have meant eight seats in the Legislature. However, in April 1999,
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from the beginning. He didn't want the office, but was persuaded to take power. He was elected as leader and premier-designate at the party's first caucus meeting, and was sworn in on 3 September. He became a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) a year later in a by-election.
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To uphold its election promise of democratizing Alberta's government, Aberhart passed a law allowing for the recall of members of the Legislative Assembly by petition of constituents. However, he repealed the legislation when he himself became the target of a recall drive.
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sided with Bowen and struck down the bills because only the federal government can legislate on banking. Thwarted in its attempt to gain control of Alberta's private banks, Aberhart's government gained a foothold in the province's financial sector by creating the
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to dismiss Aberhart. In the end, Bowen chose not to take this extraordinary action. Had Bowen sacked Aberhart, it would have triggered a new election, and the Socreds were so popular that they would have almost certainly been re-elected.
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The latter years of Aberhart's government saw a decline in popularity, with party membership falling from 41,000 in 1938 to just 3,500 in 1942. The Albertan public recognized that the party's initial campaign promises, such as
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Clark, who had the support of half of the party's MLAs, led Schmidt on the first ballot, 583 votes to 512 votes. But in an upset victory, Schmidt won on the second ballot with 814 votes, defeating Clark by 39 votes.
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on 3 March. The party received 0.22% of the total or 2,051 votes, a decline of 1.0% from the previous election. The best individual riding result, and the only result over 3.0 percent, was for Wilf Tricker in
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emerged as a new challenger to the Social Credit Party, they were wary of the strong anti-communist and anti-union sentiments formed in Alberta, and ran a modest campaign alleging corruption within Manning's
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By the mid-1950s, oil royalties provided the Albertan government with the majority of all its revenue, and the province enjoyed significantly higher per capita revenue than its Canadian counterparts.
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In 2016, pro-life activist Jeremy Fraser won the Social Credit Party's leadership. Bearing no resemblance to its predecessor, the Party changed its registered name with Elections Alberta to the
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Under Manning's leadership, the party largely abandoned social credit monetary theories, though it did issue prosperity certificates from oil royalties in 1957 and 1958. Manning moved to purge
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Despite winning 55 of the 65 seats in the legislature, it received less than 45% of the popular vote—its lowest share of the popular vote since 1940. This was a significant drop from
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Labour unions subsequently defended themselves as non-communist, or simply refused to respond to these charges in the hopes of maintaining good relationships with the government.
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also lead to strict wage controls. Aberhart's administration legislated the right to organize, although labour leaders viewed these protections as too weak to be meaningful.
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The Alberta Social Credit party won a majority government in 1935, in the first election it contested, barely months after its formation. During its first years, when led by
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was appointed Social Credit leader in February 2001. Under Ahlstrom's leadership, the party made moves toward re-embracing elements of social credit monetary theory.
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activist, was elected as party president. In 1992, Thorsteinson was elected as leader, and Robert Alford as president. Social Credit improved its performance in the
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During the campaign, the party used such prosperity to fervently denounce the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's calls for public ownership of the oil industry.
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joined to form the Alberta Alliance Political Association. The Alliance fell apart when the WCC left, followed by Social Credit. The AAPA became the present-day
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The Manning administration now re-elected with a resounding majority of seats as a result of the 1944 election, devoted itself to an anti-socialist crusade.
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resolution was put forward that would have dissolved the party. This was soundly rejected by the attending delegates and a new president was elected.
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and Social Credit. Most right-wing voters went back to supporting the Progressive Conservatives, who had experienced a resurgence in popularity.
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from the party. While anti-Semitism had been part of the party's Christian populist rhetoric for years, it had become far less fashionable after
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Prolife Alberta advertises itself as "...a group of women and men committed to promoting pro-life public policy in Alberta, through politics."
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for male workers (female workers already coming under legislation passed by the UFA government), and centralized the province's school system.
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Following the 1937 revolt, the government made a serious attempt to implement social credit policies. It passed several pieces of radical
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However, historians suggest that a number of other problems were brewing during Manning's later years, such as the province's poor
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announced his retirement. For the first time since 1935, the party had no incumbents. George Richardson was named acting leader.
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In 1937, the administration created the Board of Industrial Relations, which was tasked with enforcing maximum working hours,
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UFA members to transfer their allegiance to the Christian-based Social Credit movement. The Social Credit Party campaigned on
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rejected the proposals as being outside the province's constitutional powers, so Aberhart entered Social Credit candidates in
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of the vote. It was shut out of the Legislative Assembly altogether for the first time, and has never elected another MLA.
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Clark returned to the backbench a little more than a year after the election. On 29 November 1980, former Calgary mayor
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wing, as the party's leader—even though Caouette headed the party's third-strongest faction (behind the Alberta and
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The Socreds also passed bills that would have placed the province's banks under government control. However,
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Donn Downey, "OBITUARY / Ernest Charles Manning History of former Alberta premier also history of Socreds,"
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Beginning in 1947, Alberta experienced a major oil boom, aiding Manning in fending off political challenges.
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for the federal party's leadership in 1961, only to have his win vetoed by Manning and the Alberta Socreds.
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who became provincial secretary in 1943 "came even closer than Manning in negating the differences among
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by-election on 12 June 2007, the party's candidate Larry Davidson placed third with 11.7% of the vote.
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The beginning of the end for Social Credit came when Clark retired from politics in 1981. His seat of
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Strom led the Socreds into opposition, but resigned as party leader in 1973. Former Health Minister
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as well. For example, he let it be known that his province would never accept francophone Catholic
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the leadership. Henderson remained parliamentary leader until September when Clark succeeded him.
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which some historians view as partially responsible for Manning's high levels of popular support.
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which the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation attempted to use against him in the 1948 election.
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Ernest Manning's government was starkly right-wing, attacking a number of unions with charges of
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on a number of instances, likening the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to "the socialism of
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538–292. Again without its leader in the legislature, the party continued to sag in the polls.
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to Alberta residents (dubbed "funny money" by detractors) in accordance with the theories of
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left the party to become independent candidates for the legislature. The party's third MLA,
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became interim leader, and hence Leader of the Opposition. In the 1973 leadership election,
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Albertan peoples, high housing and land prices, and relatively low royalty prices on oil.
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Censoring films sympathetic to international cooperation due to allegations of communism,
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Alberta received high amounts of oil royalties during much of Manning's term as premier,
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This enabled the government to spend large amounts on education and healthcare,
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In the 22 August 1935 election, much to its own surprise, Social Credit won a
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demonstrated a weaker standing of the Alberta Social Credit Party. While the
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The government's attempts at film censorship continued through the 1960s.
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was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on
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Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit and the Jewish Response
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Manning prided his administration's good relations with oil investors,
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As well, the government passed stronger labour legislation, such as a
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Caldoralo, Carl (1979). "The Social Credit in Alberta 1935–1971".
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In late 2005, the party entered discussion about merging with the
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Manning retired in 1968 and was replaced by Agriculture Minister
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Johnson, L.P.V. and Ola MacNutt, Aberhart of Alberta, p. 100-149
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and seeking to create a welcoming environment for oil investors.
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and seeking to create a welcoming environment for oil investors.
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and so forth in many of our universities. It isn't by chance."
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enabling large amounts of spending on education and healthcare.
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Continuing the UFA government's conservatism (which verged on
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Changed its name to Pro-Life Alberta Political Association
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became the party's new leader, defeating Edmonton alderman
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Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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was largely an out-growth of Alberta Social Credit. The
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The Prairie Roots of Canada's Political 'Third Parties'
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1968 Social Credit Party of Alberta leadership election
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From 1932 to 1935, Aberhart tried to get the governing
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promoted social credit theory before becoming premier.
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was strongest in Alberta, before developing a base in
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On 31 March 1982, Social Credit parliamentary leader
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formed the government for many years in neighbouring
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Bowen also refused Royal Assent to the government's
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Archived from 1612:replaced Lavern Ahlstrom as leader of the party. 1339:, dean of business education at Alberta College. 448:and on conservative Christian social values. The 2914:James Henderson 1973 (leader in the legislature) 1152:Manning's administration also sought to disrupt 3743:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta 2415:did not contest the 1986 general election (see 1525:the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3705:"Social Credit" by Major Clifford Hugh Douglas 5401: 5283: 4822: 4001: 3766: 3301: 3299: 1582:where Lavern Ahlstrom tied for second place. 1542:to lead the party in a hotly contested race. 1483:Interim leadership of the party was given to 969:As a result of an oil boom in the late 1940s, 8: 4586:North-West Territories Liberal-Conservatives 3270: 3268: 1615:The party fielded eight candidates for the 844:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 561:. 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Archived from 1797: 1666: 1653: 942:to fend off left-wing challenges from the 254: 5770:Social Credit Party of Canada split, 1963 5462:Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform 1604:Alberta Social Credit in the 21st century 1570:The party nominated 12 candidates in the 864:Learn how and when to remove this message 581:Learn how and when to remove this message 240:Learn how and when to remove this message 222:Learn how and when to remove this message 160:Learn how and when to remove this message 5823:Political parties disestablished in 2017 2779: 2414: 1628:candidate and well ahead of the NDP and 1105:The former social credit board chairman 5843:Provincial political parties in Alberta 5760:1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt 3782:Provincial political parties in Alberta 3380:The Social Credit phenomenon in Alberta 3343:The Social Credit phenomenon in Alberta 3309:The Social Credit phenomenon in Alberta 3032: 1824: 1821: 1289:, won six seats, mostly in Calgary and 1086:greatly weakening workers' protections, 1071:on a number of instances, likening the 1048:greatly weakening workers' protections, 670:. The only elected opposition was five 4257:Conservative Party of British Columbia 3554:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 3547: 3412:"Contraction and Expansion: 1930–1950" 1765:Pro-Life Alberta Political Association 1659:Pro-Life Alberta Political Association 1647:Pro-Life Alberta Political Association 1365:(Ludwig eliminated, Taylor withdraws) 1145:In 1946, Manning's government began a 1021:In 1946, Manning's government began a 692:revolted against Aberhart's leadership 500:Pro-Life Alberta Political Association 336:Pro-Life Alberta Political Association 18:Pro-Life Alberta Political Association 5818:Political parties established in 1935 5558:Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand) 3184: 3182: 3180: 3178: 3176: 3174: 3172: 3170: 3168: 3166: 3164: 3162: 3160: 3158: 3156: 3154: 3152: 3150: 3148: 3146: 3144: 3142: 3140: 3138: 3136: 3134: 3132: 3130: 3128: 3126: 3124: 3122: 3120: 3118: 3116: 3114: 3112: 3110: 3108: 3106: 2940:1980–1982 (leader in the legislature) 2920:1973–1975 (leader in the legislature) 1787:efforts, in the province of Alberta. 1387:The party's support collapsed in the 714:legislation, such as the issuance of 468:movement into the federal party. The 7: 5522:Social Credit Party of New Brunswick 5447:British Columbia Social Credit Party 3905:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 3104: 3102: 3100: 3098: 3096: 3094: 3092: 3090: 3088: 3086: 1281:More importantly, the once-moribund 944:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 927:and Minister of Trade and Industry, 842:adding citations to reliable sources 659:of $ 25 a month to Albertan adults. 559:adding citations to reliable sources 470:British Columbia Social Credit Party 98:adding citations to reliable sources 5578:Solomon Islands Social Credit Party 5532:Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan 1635:It fielded three candidates in the 1487:, an Edmonton lawyer, and later to 1267:system, the poor conditions of the 1063:censoring films sympathetic to the 612:in Calgary, adding a heavy dose of 4920:List of premiers by time in office 3657:from the original on 20 March 2019 3620:Markusoff, Jason (26 April 2023). 2899:1968–1972 (9th Premier of Alberta) 2893:1943–1968 (8th Premier of Alberta) 1278:, when it took all but six seats. 25: 5858:2017 disestablishments in Alberta 5599:Irish Monetary Reform Association 5568:Social Credit Party (New Zealand) 4602:Protestant Protective Association 4102:National Liberal and Conservative 3920:Independent Citizen's Association 3021:List of Alberta political parties 3016:List of Alberta general elections 1523:Thorsteinson, a devout member of 1302:party's first leadership election 762:Accurate News and Information Act 701:Aberhart and his cabinet in 1935. 616:to the Social Credit theories of 44:This article has multiple issues. 4863: 4837: 4791: 4109:Democratic Representative Caucus 2861: 2860: 2853: 2817: 2816: 2809: 2765: 2764: 2757: 2724: 2723: 2716: 2682: 2675: 2636: 2629: 2591: 2590: 2583: 2544: 2537: 2503: 2496: 2458: 2457: 2450: 2398: 2397: 2390: 2389: 2350: 2343: 2304: 2297: 2296: 2258: 2257: 2250: 2249: 2208: 2201: 2200: 2166: 2159: 2158: 2122: 2115: 2114: 2080: 2073: 2072: 2038: 2031: 2030: 1994: 1987: 1953: 1946: 1945: 1906: 1899: 1898: 1865: 1864: 1857: 1856: 1479:Rebirth in the 1990s and decline 814: 531: 267: 176: 74: 33: 5833:Social credit parties in Canada 5502:Ralliement créditiste du Québec 3695:The Alberta Social Credit Party 3676:"Speaker Optimistic Over AGM". 3277:Society and Politics in Alberta 1399:, holding onto its four seats. 1251:Manning's last election win in 641:that year's provincial election 600:lay-preacher and evangelist in 450:Canadian social credit movement 444:monetary policy put forward by 85:needs additional citations for 52:or discuss these issues on the 5853:1935 establishments in Alberta 5848:Conservative parties in Canada 5838:Organizations based in Calgary 5609:Social Credit Party of Ireland 5527:Social Credit Party of Ontario 4017:Conservative parties in Canada 3893:represented in the legislature 3455:Bragg, Bob (1 December 1980). 3418:. 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In 1991, 1331:, former Education Minister 940:Alberta Federation of Labour 792:Alberta Federation of Labour 5828:Political history of Canada 5813:Alberta Social Credit Party 5553:Country Party (New Zealand) 5548:Australian League of Rights 5512:Alberta Social Credit Party 5300:Alberta Social Credit Party 4948:Executive Council (Cabinet) 4887:Former lieutenant governors 1630:Separation Party of Alberta 1515:, but won no seats. 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Red Deer. p. A1 3377:Finkel, Alvin (1989). 3340:Finkel, Alvin (1989). 3306:Finkel, Alvin (1989). 3189:Finkel, Alvin (1988). 1559:Alberta Alliance Party 1509:Reform Party of Canada 1424:Western Canada Concept 1285:, led by young lawyer 1102: 907: 702: 524: 5497:Ralliement créditiste 5131:Wildrose Independence 4755:New West Progressives 4658:Ralliement créditiste 4579:Northwest Territories 4291:Wildrose Independence 4139:Ralliement créditiste 3877:Wildrose Independence 3678:The Lethbridge Herald 3045:The Eugenics Archives 1617:2008 general election 1403:Dormancy in the 1980s 1393:official party status 1156:, denouncing them as 1097: 1075:to "the socialism of 902: 750:financial institution 700: 649:socially conservative 518: 466:Ralliement créditiste 446:Clifford Hugh Douglas 438:Alberta Social Credit 260:Alberta Social Credit 5649:John Horne Blackmore 5563:Douglas Credit Party 5120:Solidarity Movement 4679:Independent Alliance 4507:Freedom Conservative 4119:Progressive Canadian 4114:Liberal-Conservative 4097:Liberal-Conservative 3925:Labor Representation 3915:Freedom Conservative 3790:Legislative Assembly 3491:on 27 September 2007 2417:Representative Party 1622:Rocky Mountain House 1580:Rocky Mountain House 1473:Representative Party 1435:that year's election 1257:New Democratic Party 1111:democratic socialism 1081:democratic socialism 995:federal counterparts 964:Legislative Assembly 925:Provincial Secretary 838:improve this section 668:Legislative Assembly 555:improve this section 464:agreed to merge his 94:improve this article 5507:Social Credit Board 5176:Electoral districts 5135:Jeevan Singh Mangat 4995:United Conservative 4943:Former legislatures 4874:Lieutenant Governor 4843:Politics of Alberta 4715:Upper Canada Tories 4464:Yukon Freedom Party 4262:Saskatchewan United 4219:Official opposition 4036:Official opposition 3930:Non-Partisan League 3891:Historical parties 3872:Solidarity Movement 3798:United Conservative 3653:. 20 January 2015. 3518:on 5 February 2006. 3261:on 19 October 2013. 3195:Labour / Le Travail 2926:Robert Curtis Clark 2918:Robert Curtis Clark 2323:Robert Curtis Clark 1743:Politics of Alberta 1598:Drumheller-Stettler 1552:Alberta First Party 1333:Robert Curtis Clark 1313:first past the post 727:Lieutenant-Governor 417:Politics of Alberta 375:Right-wing populism 371:Economic liberalism 5694:Robert A. Heinlein 5114:Randy Thorsteinson 4766:Progress Vancouver 4427:Équipe Autonomiste 4312:Christian Heritage 4205:Saskatchewan Party 4061:Christian Heritage 3536:on 30 October 2007 3416:history.alberta.ca 3293:, 20 February 1996 2976:Randy Thorsteinson 2905:(acting) 1972–1973 2885:Premier of Alberta 2476:Randy Thorsteinson 1530:In November 1999, 1505:Randy Thorsteinson 1446:writs were dropped 1316:in party history. 1173:In January 1948 a 1119:national socialism 1103: 1011:Robert N. Thompson 908: 739:to the bills. 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Strom 2894: 2891:Ernest Manning 2888: 2876: 2873: 2870: 2869: 2866: 2858: 2851: 2846: 2844: 2841: 2838: 2835: 2832: 2826: 2825: 2822: 2814: 2807: 2802: 2800: 2797: 2794: 2791: 2790:Jeremy Fraser 2788: 2782: 2781: 2778: 2774: 2773: 2770: 2762: 2755: 2750: 2748: 2745: 2742: 2739: 2733: 2732: 2729: 2721: 2714: 2709: 2707: 2704: 2701: 2698: 2692: 2691: 2688: 2680: 2673: 2668: 2666: 2663: 2660: 2657: 2655:Len Skowronski 2652: 2646: 2645: 2642: 2634: 2627: 2622: 2620: 2617: 2614: 2611: 2606: 2600: 2599: 2596: 2588: 2581: 2576: 2574: 2571: 2568: 2565: 2560: 2554: 2553: 2550: 2542: 2535: 2530: 2528: 2525: 2522: 2519: 2513: 2512: 2509: 2501: 2494: 2489: 2487: 2484: 2481: 2478: 2473: 2467: 2466: 2463: 2455: 2448: 2443: 2441: 2438: 2435: 2432: 2427: 2421: 2420: 2413: 2407: 2406: 2403: 2395: 2387: 2382: 2380: 2377: 2374: 2371: 2366: 2360: 2359: 2356: 2348: 2341: 2336: 2334: 2331: 2328: 2325: 2320: 2314: 2313: 2310: 2302: 2294: 2289: 2287: 2284: 2281: 2278: 2276:Werner Schmidt 2273: 2267: 2266: 2263: 2255: 2247: 2242: 2240: 2237: 2232: 2229: 2224: 2218: 2217: 2214: 2206: 2198: 2193: 2191: 2188: 2185: 2182: 2176: 2175: 2172: 2164: 2156: 2150: 2147: 2144: 2141: 2138: 2132: 2131: 2128: 2120: 2112: 2107: 2105: 2102: 2099: 2096: 2090: 2089: 2086: 2078: 2070: 2065: 2063: 2060: 2057: 2054: 2048: 2047: 2044: 2036: 2028: 2023: 2021: 2016: 2013: 2010: 2004: 2003: 2000: 1992: 1985: 1980: 1978: 1975: 1972: 1969: 1963: 1962: 1959: 1951: 1943: 1938: 1936: 1933: 1930: 1927: 1925:Ernest Manning 1922: 1916: 1915: 1912: 1904: 1896: 1891: 1889: 1886: 1883: 1880: 1874: 1873: 1870: 1862: 1854: 1849: 1847: 1844: 1841: 1838: 1833: 1827: 1826: 1823: 1820: 1817: 1814: 1811: 1808: 1805: 1802: 1795: 1792: 1759: 1758: 1756: 1755: 1750: 1745: 1739: 1736: 1735: 1723: 1722: 1718: 1717: 1714: 1710: 1709: 1704: 1698: 1697: 1694: 1690: 1689: 1686: 1682: 1681: 1678: 1672: 1671: 1663: 1662: 1658: 1657: 1650: 1648: 1645: 1610:Len Skowronski 1605: 1602: 1480: 1477: 1413:Julian Kinisky 1404: 1401: 1381: 1380: 1377: 1363: 1362: 1359: 1356: 1353: 1325:Werner Schmidt 1287:Peter Lougheed 1248: 1245: 1209: 1208:Oil production 1206: 1154:labour strikes 1139: 1136: 1029:films such as 1018: 1017:Anti-communism 1015: 929:Ernest Manning 913:price controls 904:Ernest Manning 896: 893: 872: 871: 822: 820: 813: 807: 806:Other policies 804: 779: 776: 707: 704: 653:price controls 625: 622: 589: 588: 539: 537: 530: 512: 509: 507: 504: 485:Ernest Manning 433: 432: 430: 429: 424: 419: 413: 410: 409: 406: 402: 401: 396: 390: 389: 363:Anti-socialism 359:Anti-communism 356: 350: 349: 343: 339: 338: 333: 329: 328: 315: 311: 310: 297: 293: 292: 287: 283: 282: 279: 273: 272: 264: 263: 259: 258: 251: 248: 247: 230: 229: 184: 182: 175: 168: 167: 82: 80: 73: 68: 42: 41: 39: 32: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 5875: 5864: 5861: 5859: 5856: 5854: 5851: 5849: 5846: 5844: 5841: 5839: 5836: 5834: 5831: 5829: 5826: 5824: 5821: 5819: 5816: 5814: 5811: 5810: 5808: 5793: 5788: 5786: 5781: 5780: 5777: 5771: 5768: 5766: 5763: 5761: 5758: 5757: 5755: 5751: 5745: 5742: 5740: 5737: 5735: 5732: 5730: 5727: 5725: 5722: 5720: 5719:Neil Morrison 5717: 5715: 5712: 5710: 5707: 5705: 5702: 5700: 5699:Norman Jaques 5697: 5695: 5692: 5690: 5689:John Hargrave 5687: 5685: 5682: 5680: 5677: 5675: 5672: 5670: 5669:C. 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