-
Social credit is a
distributive philosophy of
political economy developed in the 1920s and 1930s by C. H. Douglas.
Douglas attributed economic downturns...
- was po****r, but lost
support in
areas of
traditional Socred strength. This
resulted in the
Socred caucus being cut in half, from
eleven seats to six, and...
- Blue
Machine in
Ontario did, as
Bennett decided to
retire in 1986. All
Socred governments attempted to curb the
power of
trade unions and also limited...
- year and a half in
power was a
period of
adjustment for the
newly elected Socred MLAs and
their premier.[citation needed]
Certain historians believe that...
- the
Socreds to only
three seats, one
short of
official party status. In
March 1982,
Socred parliamentary leader Raymond Speaker announced the
Socreds would...
- NDP
member and a
Socred (Kim Campbell,
later a
Canadian prime minister), were elected. All
other districts elected either two
Socreds (12 districts) or...
- he
would remain for the rest of his
political career. In 1943, he
became Socred leader. At the
outbreak of
World War II,
Manning joined the
Edmonton Regiment...
-
Socreds'
expectations for the
election had been so low that they had not even
named a
formal leader for the campaign. When the
newly elected Socred MLAs...
- its
moderate success in the 1997 election, and sank back into obscurity.
Socred leader Lavern Ahlstrom, however,
performed well in
Rocky Mountain House...
- it was due to
Socred support collapsing in
favour of the BC Liberals,
splitting the vote. The
defeat was
magnified by
moderate Socred supporters voting...
