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SOCIAL CREDIT PARTY [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

[The principles of the Alberta Social Credit Party are: to] promote the principles of social credit[; to] promote the objectives of the Party, as related to these principles [and; to] promote the election of enough candidates of the Alberta Social Credit Party to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to form the government and thus make possible the implementation of social credit principles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
OBS

Fondé en 1934, le Parti Crédit social de l'Alberta a gouverné la province de 1935 à 1971, période durant laquelle neuf gouvernements créditistes majoritaires furent successivement dirigés par les premiers ministres William Aberhart, Ernest Manning et Harry E. Strom.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

Registered political party for the purposes of the September 1984 Federal election. Shortened names for use on ballots: Social Credit/Crédit Social.

Key term(s)
  • Social Credit Party

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
OBS

Nom abrégé sur les bulletins de vote : Crédit Social.

Key term(s)
  • Parti Crédit Social
  • Parti Créditiste

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election. For three decades, the party dominated the British Columbian political scene, with the only break occurring between the 1972 and 1975 elections when the New Democratic Party of British Columbia was in power.

Key term(s)
  • BC Social Credit Party

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé

Spanish

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